I join in others in congratulating and welcoming Ambassador Philippe Kridelka, to whom I wish every success.
I also wish to join in expressing condolences, through the Somali authorities, to the families of the victims of the attack on the Elite Hotel in Mogadishu last weekend, which we very strong…
I, too, thank the Special Envoy and the Acting Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs for their briefings and I reiterate to them France’s full support. The violence that they described, the risk of an increasing military escalation and the humanitarian repercussions are a source of gr…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2513 (2020). This text welcomes the recent progress made on the path towards peace in Afghanistan. The priority going forward will be implementation of the commitments undertaken by the various parties. Intra-Afghan negotiations must now get under…
I wish to begin by warmly thanking Mr. David Shearer and Mrs. Betty Sunday for their very enlightening briefings and for their personal commitment to peace in South Sudan.
After two postponements, we are now pleased to be in a position to welcome the establishment of the Government of National Unit…
I, too, congratulate China on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March, during which it can count on the French delegation’s cooperation. I also thank Belgium for its outstanding leadership of our work last month. I would also like to start by thanking Ms. Jean…
I, too, thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-
General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti, Ms. Helen La Lime, for her briefing. I also welcome to today’s meeting Ms. Marie Yolène Gilles, Executive Director of Fondasyon Je Klеrе, in her capacity as civil …
I too thank the briefers for their interventions, and I welcome the report of the Secretary-General (S/2019/1011), which contains very comprehensive recommendations. The proliferation of and illicit trade in small arms and light weapons pose a serious threat to international peace and security. Thes…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2507 (2020), renewing the sanctions regime concerning the Central African Republic. As penholder, we are of the view that the text is a good compromise that we managed to reach following negotiations throughout which the delegation of France strived through…
I too would like to thank the Secretaries-General of the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for their briefings, which highlighted how cooperation between ASEAN and the United Nations cover all the areas regularly addressed by the Security Council, and beyond.
I w…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ghassan Salamé, for his briefing and his tireless efforts to find a political solution to the Libyan crisis. I would like to reiterate France’s full support for Mr. Salamé. We support his efforts and those of the United Nations Support…
I, too, would like to thank Ms. Khawla Matar for her briefing.
I would like to address three points.
First of all, I would like to return to the issue of the tragedy taking place in Idlib, which we addressed earlier today (see S/PV.8707). It is a humanitarian disaster affecting 3 million civilians…
I would like to thank Mark Lowcock for his briefing. As Mr. Lowcock said, our immediate priority is to do everything in our power to end the offensive under way in Idlib.
France strongly condemns the intense bombing by the regime’s air force and its allies in Idlib governorate. The fight against te…
Before addressing the situation in Colombia, I would also like to thank you, Mr. President, for the two minutes of silence that were observed earlier, first of all in memory of the countless victims of the Haitian earthquake on 12 January 2010. I would also like to offer my condolences to Ambassador…
It was essential that the cross-border humanitarian assistance mechanism for Syria be renewed today, when it was set to expire. France deeply regrets that resolution 2504 (2020), which we have just adopted, reduces its scope from four crossing points to two and from a duration of 12 months to a dura…
France commends the Special Representative and the team of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) for their work. West Africa is an area of strategic importance for France and the European Union. The region faces myriad challenges and is one where our common future is large…
France deeply regrets the fact that the draft resolution set out by the humanitarian co-penholders and supported by 13 of the 15 members of the Security Council was not adopted because Russia, followed by China, decided to exercise its veto and to jeopardize the delivery of international humanitaria…
I would like to thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Rajaa Altalli for their briefings. I particularly wish to commend Ms. Altalli for her unwavering commitment to making the voice of Syrian civil society, the voice of the suffering silent majority and the voice of women, who must be heard and able to pa…
At the outset, I wish to thank the briefers for their statements and the Secretariat for its thorough and detailed report and for its commitment and professionalism. It may rest assured of our full support.
We are meeting today for the eighth time in this format since the entry into force of the Jo…
At the outset, I extend my sincere thanks to Ms. Ursula Mueller for her briefing. I welcome the participation of the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kuwait at this meeting. And I fully echo the congratulations expressed by Ambassador Heusgen to Kuwait on its outstanding contribution to the wo…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2502 (2019), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). By this resolution, the Security Council seeks to endorse the emergence of the Democratic Republic of the…
