I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his precise briefing and commitment, which is more necessary than ever. I will be brief. We have had an opportunity to speak several times on the situation in Gaza and the Israeli-Palestinian question over the past few weeks. I will keep to…
I thank the Polish presidency of the Security Council through you, Mr. Minister, for convening today’s important public meeting of the Security Council on the situation in Ukraine. Let me also welcome the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and Ukraine.
I would like to thank the Assist…
I would like to thank Mr. Michel Kafando, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Burundi, for his informative briefing and for his commitment. I am also grateful to my Swiss colleague, Mr. Jürg Lauber, in his capacity as Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for his…
I thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Bintou Keita, the Permanent Secretary of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel), Mr. Maman Sidikou, whom I welcome and thank particularly for his exemplary commitment, as well as the Permanent Observer of the African Union…
I would like to begin by thanking the Polish presidency of the Security Council for taking the initiative to organize today’s very important debate on the protection of civilians, presided over by Poland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs. I would also like to thank the Director- General of the Internat…
I thank the Special Representative, Mr. Ghassan Salamé, for his briefing and once again pay tribute to his tireless efforts to move forward the political transition in Libya. I would like here, on behalf of France, to reiterate to him once again our full and unwavering support. My thanks go also to …
I would like to thank Poland for holding today’s important debate on upholding international law within the context of the maintenance of international peace and security. We are very honoured today to welcome the President
of the Republic of Poland. I would also like to thank the speakers for thei…
At the outset, I should like to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his detailed and informative briefing and his dispassionate approach to a particularly troubling situation, the developments about which he has consistently alerted us.
Yesterday and today mark the culmination of a month and a half of …
I just want to warmly thank the Member States for their constructive spirit and support, which enabled us to achieve today’s excellent result of 143 votes in favour of resolution 72/277. We are particularly encouraged by the support of approximately 100 sponsors. We are pleased to follow up with dis…
I have the honour to introduce, on behalf of its 90 sponsors, draft resolution A/72/L.51, entitled “Towards a Global Pact for the Environment”.
The unprecedented degradation of the environment is, we know, already causing hundreds of thousands of deaths owing to global warming, water and air pollut…
I would like first to thank the Polish presidency for having organized this important debate on a topic to which, as the Security Council knows, France is resolutely, consistently and deeply committed. I would also like to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Oper…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2414 (2018). I would like to thank the United States penholder for its efforts on the text. The resolution that we have just adopted sets out a horizon. It should enable us jointly to prevent any risk of escalation, to support the essential work of the Unit…
I would like at the outset to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his precise and enlightening briefing, as well as for the clear warning bells he has sounded today. We also thank him and his team for their exemplary commitment.
We have been saying for years that the reality on the ground is wrongly de…
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his important briefing and for his exemplary commitment to sustainable peace. I would also like to thank the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, Mr. Dan Neculăescu, and the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Mr. Smail Che…
France welcomes the end of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), but I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, and the Deputy Permanent Representative of Sweden for their very insightful briefings. I wo…
We are all in a state of shock following the death of our colleague and friend Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue. On behalf of France and on a personal level, I want to once again express our heartfelt condolences and deep sympathy to his family, friends and all the members of the Permanent Mission of Côte d’…
I thank the United Kingdom for this very timely update on the circumstances of the chemical-weapons attack in Salisbury on 4 March. I also thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Nakamitsu, for her very clear briefing.
The day after the hostile act of 4 March, France expressed i…
At the outset, I should like to thank Martin Griffiths for his very detailed and illuminating briefing and for his initial assessment of the steps needed to revive
political negotiations in the difficult situation we are seeing. I would like to assure the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for …
At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Mark Lowcock, for his briefing, and once again commend his tireless efforts, as well as those of his teams, in responding
to the urgency and gravity of the humanitarian situation in Syria. I would also l…
I want to start by thanking Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, for their very insightful speeches, as well as Ms. Razia Sultana for her powerful speech, which should challenge us to refle…
