Eighty years ago, women and men from every continent signed a historic pact for global peace and security. It was 26 June 1945, in San Francisco. The United Nations was born, and in its Charter,
In March 2023, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin for the deport…
I would like to thank Slovenia for organizing this open debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for their briefings.
It was essenti…
I decided to call this emergency meeting on behalf of France. The situation in Lebanon today threatens to reach a point of no return. We are now beyond escalation. Israeli strikes have killed too many people, and Hizbullah continues to target population centres in Israel. Since the beginning of the …
For two and a half years now, Ukraine, with admirable courage deserving of our gratitude, has been exercising its right to legitimate self-defence, a right that is unambiguously recognized in the Charter of the United Nations — a right to defend its freedom, its territory, its independence and its e…
We are gathered today to reaffirm our commitment to an ambitious, effective and representative multilateralism to face the challenges of the future. Many of us want to advance our multilateral system — a system based on respect for the rule of law and clear principles established after the Second Wo…
