I would like to thank Khaled Khiari and Lisa Doughten for their briefings.
France is deeply concerned by the ongoing violence and atrocities committed by the junta in Burma against the population. The regime that arose from the coup d’état continues to massacre civilians. The junta’s indiscriminate…
I thank the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan for his briefing.
The report of the Panel of Experts of the Sanctions Committee (see S/2024/65) describes the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed in Darfur by t…
I would like to thank Hans Grundberg and Edem Wosornu for their briefings and welcome the presence here today of the representative of Yemen.
The attacks by the Houthis in the Red Sea have continued despite the warnings of the Security Council, as the latest report of the Secretary-General on the s…
I thank Japan for organizing this extremely important open debate. I also thank the Under-Secretary- General and the briefers for their presentations.
I would like to emphasize three messages today.
First, the New Agenda for Peace proposed by the Secretary-General offers the opportunity for us to …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and Head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) for their briefings. I would also like to welcome the representative of the So…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya for their briefings, and I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya among us this morning.
More than two y…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings and welcome the presence among us today of the representative of Yemen.
The Houthis must stop their destabilizing action in the Red Sea. France reiterates its condemnation of the attacks on commercial ships that they have carried o…
I thank you, Mr. President, and commend you for having taken the initiative of convening this debate
on the topic of climate, food security and conflict, which is a subject that must indeed be addressed within the Security Council. I would also like to join others in thanking the briefers for their…
I thank Mr. Miroslav Jenča for his briefing.
Let us start by recalling what the Minsk agreements were: both ceasefire and political agreements, the main objective of which was the reintegration of certain regions of Donetsk and Luhansk — under full Ukrainian sovereignty — in exchange for a special…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her briefing, and I welcome the presence among us this morning of the representatives of Iraq and Kuwait.
France welcomes the efforts of the Iraqi Government to carry out the reforms expected by the Iraqi population and calls for their…
France thanks the United Arab Emirates for preparing resolution 2720 (2023) and appreciates its efforts throughout the negotiations process. France welcomes the adoption today of a resolution that makes it possible to respond to the humanitarian emergency on the ground and improve the delivery of ai…
France would like to congratulate the three African members of the Council, namely, Gabon, Ghana and Mozambique (A3), on the successful adoption of their very important resolution (resolution 2719 (2023)).
Over the past few years, we have consistently supported the principle of partial financing of…
France was unfortunately unable to support the amendment submitted by the United States. We do believe, however, that the draft resolution is insufficiently clear on the financing of the 25 per cent that would not be covered by assessed contributions. Indeed, we believe that one of the key elements …
I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Ms. Lisa Doughten for their briefings.
Allow me to underscore two points.
Without a political horizon, there can be no lasting and just peace in Syria, nor stability in the region. Eight years ago, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2254 (2015), calli…
I thank Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva, Ramesh Rajasingham and Shaharzad Akbar for their briefings.
France remains concerned about the situation in Afghanistan. France is following with the greatest concern the deterioration of the humanitarian situation and the increase in human rights vio…
France and Costa Rica are very pleased to introduce for adoption today by the General Assembly draft resolution A/78/L.25, on the modalities of the third United Nations Ocean Conference. The draft resolution constitutes our roadmap, setting a horizon — June 2025 — and a framework to begin prepar…
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 representative of Libya to this meeting.
I echo the words of my colleagues to express our profound sadness following the shipwreck of a c…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee for her briefing, and I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan here today. I would like to emphasize several points.
First, no military solution can end the crisis. The continued clashes over the past seven months have not …
I thank the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Mr. Marwan Jilani for their briefings.
The massive terrorist attacks by Hamas and other terrorist groups against Israel on 7 October must be unanimously condemned. All the hostages must be released immediately, without conditio…
I would like to thank Mr. Jenča for his briefing.
This meeting once again gives us an opportunity to recall the need to respect international humanitarian law and protect civilians in all circumstances, and France calls upon Russia to respect its obligations in that regard. We take note of the even…
