I thank Mr. Lacroix and Ms. Tetteh for their briefings and welcome the presence of the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan at this morning’s meeting. For my part, I will emphasize four points.
First of all, the action of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is essen…
I thank Mr. Pedersen and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings.
I would like to focus on three points.
The current situation in Gaza runs the risk of disrupting the entire region, but an escalation that would drag the region into a war with incalculable consequences for all its populations is not inevit…
I thank Brazil for organizing this open debate, the Secretary-General for opening our meeting this morning and the speakers for their valuable insights.
As the seventy-fifth anniversary of the adoption in Paris of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approaches, the rights of women and girls a…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, María Isabel Salvador, and the
Executive Directors of UNICEF and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ms. Catherine Russell and Ms. Ghada Fathi Waly, respectively, for their briefings. I would also like to welcome the President o…
I thank the Special Representatives for their respective briefings, and I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Somalia at this morning’s meeting. For my part, I would like to emphasize three points.
First of all, France welcomes the efforts that have been made to bring peace to S…
I would like to thank Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva, UN-Women Executive Director Ms. Bahous and Ms. Karima Bennoune for their statements.
The situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate. The Taliban continue their policy of systematic oppression of Afghan women, who continue to be de…
France deeply regrets Russia’s veto of the draft resolution renewing the sanctions regime in Mali (S/2023/638). Together with the United Arab Emirates, France worked tirelessly in recent weeks to present a balanced text at the end of a process of in-depth consultations, while listening to the views …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Ms. Abouya for their briefings.
France takes note of the letter of the Secretary- General (S/2023/611) on the withdrawal of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). We pay tribute to the w…
I would like to thank Ms. DiCarlo, Ms. Rashevska and Mr. Kuleba for their briefings.
On this day celebrating Ukrainian independence, France pays tribute to the unshakeable courage of the Ukrainian people, who, 32 years after gaining independence, find themselves forced to continue fighting tireless…
I would like to thank Geir Pedersen and Lubna Alkanawati for their statements.
I would like to emphasize two messages.
The Syrian regime is behind the suffering of the Syrian people and the destruction of the country.
Since the peaceful uprising of Syrian demonstrators in March 2011, the regime h…
I would like to thank Special Representative Abdoulaye Bathily and Ms. Noura Al Jerbi for their briefings.
The Libyans have clearly expressed their desire to hold presidential and legislative elections. It is important to listen to them. The full commitment of all Libyan and international players t…
I thank the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk, and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Ms. Elizabeth Salmón, for their informative briefings. I would like to commend the courage of Ilhyeok Kim for his …
I thank the representative from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for her briefing. I also welcome the presence among us today of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Armenia. I want to stress three points.
First, the restrictions and total blockade of traffic on…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee and Director Edem Wosornu for their extremely comprehensive briefings, and I would like to focus on two points.
First, all parties must cease fighting immediately. Over the past three months, the security situation in the Sudan has steadily deteriora…
I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, and thank the United States for convening this open debate on such an important subject, which expands upon that of the meeting convened by the United Kingdom presidency on 17 July (see S/PV.9380), in which the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affair…
I congratulate Special Representative Leonardo Santos Simão on his appointment and thank him for his briefing. I wish him every success in the discharge of his mandate. He can count on the full support of France. I also welcome the participation in this meeting of the President of the Commission of …
I too would like to thank the briefers for their interventions. I welcome the participation of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia in this meeting. I want to congratulate Ms. Catriona Laing and Ms. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira on their appointments as Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in S…
I too would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, and Ms. Shabana Basij-Rasikh for their briefings.
The situation in Afghanistan remains very worrisome. The Taliban continue to flout the demands of the international community and the resolutions of …
I would like to thank the Special Representative for her comprehensive briefing. I would also like to
thank Ms. Sima Sami Bahous, Mr. Bankole Adeoye and Mr. Rhosyns Ngatondang for their briefings. I would also like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic to today…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the Permanent Representative of Japan, and Ms. Abeir Imneina for their briefings. We welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya in the Chamber today.
National elections in Libya are within reach. The full …
