I would first like to thank Ms. Reena Ghelani, Director for Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for her very useful briefing, and to commend the excellent work of all the teams involved in responding to the urgent humanitarian situation in Syria. I als…
I thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, for her very informative briefing on the unrelenting tragic situation facing the Venezuelan people.
As Venezuela undergoes the most serious humanitarian crisis in its history and civilians, especially wom…
I thank the Equatorial Guinean presidency for organizing today’s meeting, which comes at a particularly important time for the Central African Republic, two weeks after the signing of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, on 6 February. I would also li…
France aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union.
Five years have already elapsed since the illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by Russia. Despite the guarantees it provided when it signed the Budapest Memorandum, wher…
First of all, I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, as well as the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, for their very informative briefings and their exemplary dedication and…
I thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Miroslav Jenča; the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Ursula Mueller; the Chief Monitor of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Mr. Ertuğrul Apa…
I should like to join others in warmly thanking Under-Secretary- General Vladimir Voronkov and Assistant Secretary- General Michèle Coninsx for their very informative
briefings and the exemplary commitment that they and their teams have demonstrated in our common struggle against terrorism.
As the…
I thank Equatorial Guinea for taking the initiative of organizing this meeting on transnational organized crime at sea, and I welcome the presence of the country’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. I also thank Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs an…
I should like at the outset, on behalf of my authorities, to warmly thank you, Sir, for having organized this debate and for your presence among us. I also offer you our best wishes for your success in Equatorial Guinea’s presidency of the Security Council this month.
I thank the Secretary-General,…
As the penholder, France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2454 (2019), which renews the sanctions regime on the Central African Republic. In a context characterized by the holding of direct dialogue in Khartoum between the Government of the Central African Republic and armed groups unde…
I should like to begin by thanking Mr. Mark Lowcock for his briefing, which, as always, was very useful, and to reiterate to him our admiration for his work as well as that of his team in responding to the humanitarian emergency in Syria. I wish also to commend Germany and Belgium, which, along with…
I would first like to thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his very informative briefing on the outstanding work of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia. Allow me to take this opportunity to again pay tribute to his predecessor, Mr. Jean …
I would like to begin my statement by honouring the memory of the 10 Chadian Blue Helmets of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) who lost their lives on Sunday in northern Mali. I offer my condolences to the families of the victims and to the people…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Ghassan Salamé, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his detailed briefing on the most recent developments in Libya and, more broadly, for his exemplary commitment and that of his team. I also wish to thank Ambassador Juergen Schulz for his fi…
I thank the Assistant-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her informative briefing. I also would welcome the presence at this table of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali, Her Excellency Ms. Kamissa Camara. Her participa…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, to whom I wish once again to pay tribute; the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Zambia; the President of the Commission élector…
I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Yemen, Mr. Martin Griffiths, and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Mark Lowcock, for their very precise and enlightening briefings, as well as for their exemplary commitment…
I would like to start with a friendly but important remark concerning procedure. Multilingualism is a fundamental value of the Organization. The adoption of resolution 2451 (2018) in a single language is linked to exceptional circumstances and should not constitute a precedent.
That being said, Fra…
I warmly thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan De Mistura, for his particularly important briefing. More broadly, on behalf of France I would like to offer him our deep gratitude for his exemplary engagement and intensive and tireless efforts over the past four year…
I would like to begin by thanking the two facilitators of the negotiations, the Permanent Representatives of Switzerland and Mexico, for their significant efforts. I also wish to congratulate Morocco on organizing the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Reg…
