Like my colleagues, I also wish to extend
my deepest condolences to the Government and the people of Gabon and to the entire Permanent Mission in New York on the passing of their Foreign Minister, Mr. Michael Moussa Adamo.
I would like to thank Ms. La Lime for her briefing and welcome the presence…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Carlos Ruiz Massieu and the representative of the High-level Forum of Ethnic Peoples of Colombia, Mr. Wouriyu Valbuena, for their briefings. I also welcome the Vice-President of Colombia, Ms. Francia Márquez Mina, at this meeting and join my c…
I thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Helen La Lime for their briefings. I also thank Ambassador Biang for his briefing on the implementation of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022), concerning Haiti.
I would like…
I thank Geir Pedersen and Martin Griffiths for their briefings.
I would like to underscore the three following points.
First, I regret once again the absence of a political process. While the situation remains volatile, especially in the northern part of Syria, we reiterate our call for a nationwi…
France voted in favour of resolution 2670 (2022) in response to the request by Somalia and the African Union for an additional six months, on an exceptional basis, to implement the withdrawal of 2,000 soldiers from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). We count on Somalia, the Afr…
France welcomes the Security Council’s adoption of a resolution on the situation in Burma (resolution 2669 (2022)). We thank the United Kingdom for all its efforts to arrive at it. Faced with the continuous deterioration of the situation since the coup of 1 February 2021, it was essential that the C…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, and Under- Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for their briefings. I welcome the participation of Ms. Mahbouba Seraj at this meeting and thank her.
I would like to address three points.
First, the human rights situat…
I thank Mr. Jenča for his briefing. The events that have taken place over the past few days are very worrying. In that regard, I would like to stress two points.
First, it is unacceptable that the flow of traffic though the road corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia has been blocked sin…
I thank the Special Representative for his briefing and efforts to engage with Libyan and international actors. I also welcome the participation of the Permanent Representative of Libya in today’s meeting.
The Libyan authorities failed to implement the agreement reached in the Libyan Political Dial…
I would like to thank Special Representative Nicholas Haysom and the representative of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development for their briefings, and welcome the representative of South Sudan to today’s meeting.
I would like to make three points. First, the 2024 elections have set a politi…
I too would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abdou Abarry, for his briefing. France congratulates him on his appointment. We welcome it, and we wish him every success in his work as Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA). I would a…
I thank Special Representative Volker Perthes for his briefing. I also welcome the participation of the Sudan in this meeting today. I would like to stress three points.
We welcome the signing on 5 December of a framework agreement between the military and a large part of the civilian opposition, w…
At the outset, I would like to thank Hans Grundberg and Reena Ghelani for their briefings. I would also like to welcome the presence of the representatives of Yemen and Saudi Arabia in this afternoon’s meeting.
I have three messages today. First, the Security Council must do everything possible to …
We are responsible for creating the conditions for peace and an international order that serve the objectives of the United Nations. That is why here, at this very rostrum, the President of the French Republic, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, called for the reform of the Security Council to finally take place,…
France welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in resolution 2659 (2022), which maintains MINUSCA’s robust mandate as it operates in
a challenging environment. The situation in the Central …
I would like to thank Ghana for convening this important meeting, and I welcome your presence among us, Mr. President. I also welcome the participation of the Deputy Secretary-General, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, the President of the International Crisis Group and the Managing D…
I welcome the President of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina to today’s meeting.
France welcomes the holding of general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 October. We call on all the newly elected political representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina to cooperate constructivel…
I thank the Special Coordinator for his presentation.
France is very concerned about the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly in East Jerusalem. The figures speak for themselves. Since the beginning of the year, more than 120 Palestinians from the West Bank and Jerusalem …
I thank the Special Envoy for his presentation.
I would like to make three points.
First, it is imperative that the regional peace initiatives yield concrete results. Late last week, as was noted today, fighting between the Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo and the Movement du 2…
I thank Mr. Pedersen and Ms. Ghelani for their briefings.
As we say every month, the war in Syria is not over. The clashes in north-west Syria in recent weeks are further proof of that. Some 60 people, including a dozen civilians, are said to have lost their lives in the fighting, while more than 6…
