France did not support the draft resolution submitted by Russia on the situation in the Middle East (S/2026/159).
As I previously stated, when explaining our vote on the resolution submitted by Bahrain and adopted with an overwhelming majority (resolution 2817 (2026)), France is gravely concerned a…
France voted in favour of the resolution submitted by Bahrain on behalf of the States of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Jordan (resolution 2817 (2026)). We supported and co-sponsored this resolution with nearly 135 countries, in other words, an overwhelming majority of Members of our Organization.…
Allow me to thank and welcome you, Madam President and First Lady of the United States, to assure the United States of our support as it embarks on its presidency of the Security Council and to commend the decision to devote this first event to children in armed conflict seen through the lens of tec…
I thank the Secretary-General of the United Nations, His Excellency Mr. António Guterres, for his comprehensive and insightful briefing. I would also like to thank the presidency of the Security Council for facilitating this meeting at such short notice. The President of the Republic, Mr. Emmanuel M…
At the outset, I would like to thank Special Representative Valentine Rugwabiza and Mr. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of Morocco, in his capacity as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their precise and engaging briefings — a fine example of strategic alignment between the actions of …
France agrees with your comments, Mr. President, regarding Russia’s allegations that France and the United Kingdom are preparing to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
These remarks are a gross provocation. They are an attempt at misinformation. They are a blatant lie, devoid of any factual basis …
At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
Four years to the day after Russia invaded Ukraine and one year after the Council adopted resolution 2774 (2025), which Russia itself voted in favour of, calling for a swift end to the conflict, this sad…
I thank Under-Secretary General Jean- Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Police Adviser Faisal Shahkar, and Ms. Mamouna Ouédraogo and Mr. Meinolf Schlotmann, Heads of the police components of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United Nat…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United States and Panama for the constructive approach and the flexibility they have shown throughout these negotiations, which have led to the unanimous adoption of resolution 2814 (2026).
With this adoption, the Council is sending a clear message about the…
I would like to thank the Secretary- General for his briefing, which reminds us of our duties under the Charter of the United Nations, as well as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, His Excellency Mr. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, and the founding President of the African Institute of Internat…
At the outset, I thank Special Representative Miroslav Jenča for his briefing and his endeavours since taking the helm. I also wish to welcome His Excellency Vice-Minister Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir. His presence is an opportunity to convey to him, and to Colombia, our wishes and our friendly support…
First, I wish to thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, and Mr. John Brandolino, Acting Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, for their briefings. I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Haiti, as well…
At the outset, I wish to thank Deputy Prosecutor Ms. Nazhat Shameem Khan for presenting the forty-second report submitted pursuant to resolution 1593 (2005). We regret that it was impossible for her to attend in person, owing to the lack of a visa. We remind the host country of its obligations under…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Ms. Marta Pobee, Ms. Masih Alinejad and Mr. Ahmad Batebi for their briefings.
We meet today to discuss the situation in Iran, and the briefings just delivered illustrated for us the extreme gravity of what is happening right before our eyes. Since 28 December, in…
I would first like to thank Under- Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and the Director of the Humanitarian Sector Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, for their briefings.
The situation they describe leaves no room for ambiguity. On …
I would like to begin by thanking Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing.
France recalls its commitment to the unity, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Somalia, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. France welcomes the recent renewals of the sanctions regi…
At the outset, I would like to pay tribute to the decisive action of Ms. Bintou Keita at the helm of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) over the course of nearly six years. I would also like to thank the members of the Council for …
I first thank the Under-Secretary- General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Ms. DiCarlo, and the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Msuya, for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Jalabi for her poignant testimony and proposals.
On 8 December, the Syrian people commemora…
First of all, I thank the Deputy Special Representative, Ms. Barrie Freeman, for her briefing, and I welcome the presence of the representatives of Benin and Côte d’Ivoire.
I would now like to make three points.
First, in the past few weeks, the region has experienced major upheavals or attempts a…
France has joined others in condemning in the strongest possible terms the heinous antisemitic terrorist attack that has plunged Australia into mourning. Nothing can ever justify such violence. We extend our condolences for the victims, their loved ones and the Australian people.
We thank the Deput…
