I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg, Ms. Ghada Mudawi and Ms. Azal Al-Salafi for their presentations. I also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Yemen.
France welcomes the renewal of the truce this month, which constitutes a positive and encouraging signal from the parties to the conflic…
I would like to thank Special Representative Volker Perthes for his very comprehensive briefing. I would also like to welcome the presence in the Chamber today of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan.
I would like to highlight three points.
France reiterates its full support for the joint fac…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-Genera1 James Swan and Mr. Francisco Caetano José Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Somalia, Ambassador Osman, to today’s …
I would first like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Ms. Edwar for their briefings. France commends the Special Representative’s outstanding work in Iraq in a very difficult context. I would also like to welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Iraq amon…
I thank High Representative Christian Schmidt for his briefing and welcome the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina to today’s meeting.
France expresses its concern about the ongoing political crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which began last summer. The crisis is marked by the crippl…
I would like to begin by thanking the Special
Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes for his briefing, as well as all other briefers.
I would like to focus on three points.
First, I would like to recall the importance of dialogue among the States of the region to address the security …
I too thank Special Envoy Geir Pedersen, Ms. Joyce Msuya and Ms. Nirvana Shawky for their very comprehensive briefings.
The war in Syria continues. As we say every month, the war is unfortunately not over. Idlib continues to be subjected to indiscriminate shelling and bombing by the regime and its …
The veto is not a privilege. It implies duties and a special responsibility for the permanent members. The use of the veto cannot be intended to paralyse the Security Council in fulfilling its mandate to maintain international peace and security. That would be contrary to the spirit of the Charter o…
I thank all our briefers for their very moving presentations. I reiterate our full support for the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten. I also commend the outstanding commitment of Nadia Murad and, through her, reiterate our …
I would like to thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. I also welcome the presence here today of the President of Colombia, Mr. Iván Duque Márquez.
In a world shaken by conflict, Colombia is an example to the international community. Th…
I welcome President Zelenskyy’s participation in this meeting. Through him, I commend the courage and spirit of resistance of the Ukrainian people. France stands by his side. I thank the Secretary- General, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and the Under-Secretary- …
I thank Special Representative Volker Perthes for his statement. For my part, I would like to highlight three points.
First, France supports the efforts of the United Nations, the African Union (AU) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to facilitate dialogue among the stakehold…
I too would like to thank Hans Grundberg and Martin Griffiths for their briefings.
As the Special Envoy said, the intensity of the fighting on the ground is decreasing. But let us make no mistake: that relative lull will be short-lived, since the warring parties continue to favour the military opti…
At the outset I would like to acknowledge the commitment of the United Arab Emirates to implementing the women and peace and security agenda. I would also like to thank the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Sami Bahous, for her presence and briefing, as well as the Managing Director of the Interna…
I join my colleagues in wishing you, Madam President, every success for your presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. Know that you have our full support. I would like to thank Deborah Lyons for her briefing and assure her of our unwavering support in all her work. I would also lik…
First of all, I would like to begin by thanking Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing and by commending the vital work of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
The publication of a report of the Fact-Finding Mission, led by the OPCW in Syria, again …
I thank Ms La Lime, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her briefing, and I also welcome the presence of the representative of Haiti among us.
Haiti is currently experiencing an extremely serious crisis on several fronts. The political class is being undermined by divisions and mos…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, James Swan; the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, Francisco Madeira; and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, Olof Skoog, for their briefings.
I welco…
I join others in congratulating you, Madam President, on your presidency of the Security Council for the month of February, and I wish you great success. We also thank Norway for its very successful presidency in January. Finally, I thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo and Mr. Martin Griffiths for their brief…
By voting in favour of resolution 2619 (2022), France reaffirmed its support for the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
Nonetheless, we deplore the fact that the Council did not reach an agreement on a substantive renewal of the Mission’s mandate. Indeed, following the postponement o…
