I would like to thank the Special Adviser, the Assistant-Secretary-General, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Executive Director of the Center for Civilians in Conflict for their briefings.
This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of resolution 1265 (1999), t…
France voted against the draft resolution (S/2024/383) submitted today.
We deplore the obstructive method used by Russia, who clearly sought only to divide the Council and place the responsibility for the failure of this draft text without genuinely supporting its objectives. France’s vote today re…
It will have escaped no one’s notice that the Security Council’s handling of the Ukrainian dossier is now marked by alternating meetings focused on Russia’s attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and meetings that could be described as retaliatory, where Russia accuses the inter…
I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings.
France is deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Rafah, which continues to worsen. I have three points to make today.
As President Emmanuel Macron of France has conveyed to Prime Minister Netanyahu on several occasions, …
I thank the Special Representative for her briefing. I welcome the presence among us this morning of the representatives of Iraq and Kuwait.
France welcomes the Iraqi Government’s efforts to accomplish the reforms expected by the Iraqi people. It encourages Iraq to pursue its efforts to diversify i…
I thank High Representative Christian Schmidt for his briefing, and I welcome the presence, in this morning’s meeting, of the Chairman of the collegial Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the representatives of the European Union, Serbia and Croatia.
The situation in Bosnia and Herzego…
I would like to thank Mr. Grundberg and Mr. Griffiths for their briefings, and to join my colleagues in saluting the commitment of Martin Griffiths throughout his missions as Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs. We thank him for his unwavering commitment in the service of peace and the…
I would like to thank Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Hanna Tetteh for their briefings, and I welcome the presence of the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan at today’s meeting.
I would like to emphasize four points.
First, the conflict in the Sudan is hampering a political settlement on the fina…
I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General Huang Xia, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya, and Ms. Pétronille Vaweka for their briefings.
I would like to emphasize three points.
First, the escalating situation that is threatening the stability of the Great Lak…
I would first like to thank the Maltese presidency for holding today’s open debate and to thank the briefers for their presentations and their harrowing testimonies.
I reiterate France’s full support for the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and her Team of Experts on t…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. María Isabel Salvador; the Executive Director of UNICEF, Ms. Catherine Russell; and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, for their briefings. I also welcome the rep…
I would like to thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Ms. Edem Wosornu and Mr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas for their briefings.
A year has passed since the start of the conflict that is devastating Sudan — a year in which tens of thousands of people have lost their lives and more than 8 million have been forcibly d…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing, and I welcome the participation of the many Ministers and senior officials in today’s meeting.
The region experienced a major development on the night of 13 and 14 April with the unprecedented attack by Iran and its proxies on Israel. France has conde…
France would like to thank Algeria for submitting this draft resolution (S/2024/312), which it voted in favour of.
It is time to achieve a global political settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, on the basis of the two-State solution — the only option that can meet the long-term security n…
I would like to thank the Commissioner- General for his briefing.
In that connection, I would like to make three points today.
First, France reiterates its call for full, massive and unimpeded humanitarian access and delivery in order to meet the immense needs of the civilian population of Gaza. I…
I thank the Maltese presidency for organizing today’s important debate. I thank Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo, Secretary-General of the Union for the Mediterranean Nasser Kamel, and Ms. Sarra Messaoudi for their statements.
The Mediterranean concentrates multiple security, humanitarian,…
I would like to thank the Special Representative and the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) for their briefings. I welcome the participation of the representative of Libya this morning. I would like to emphasize the following points.
First, our collective priority…
I thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for his briefing.
When we last met in January to discuss the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (see S/PV.9526), we noted that the situation there was precarious and worrisome. Maintenance operations and the power and water…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
France condemns in the strongest terms Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel yesterday, which threatens to destabilize the region. The Secretary- General has also condemned it. The attack constitutes a serious and major threat to international peace a…
I too would like to thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, and Ms. Marcela Sánchez Buitrago for their briefings. I would also like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Mr. Lu…
