I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate. I welcome and thank Mr. Ban Ki-moon personally and as a member of The Elders, as well as Ms. Anjali Dayal, for their insightful and inspiring briefings.
The Secretary-General is one of the global leaders most exposed to the upheavals of hi…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and the President of Médecins sans frontières, Mr. Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim, for their very insightful remarks. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, Mr…
First, allow me to welcome you to New York, Madam President, and to assure you of France’s support as Slovenia assumes the presidency of the Security Council. I also thank Ms. Kayoko Gotoh, Officer-in-Charge from the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secre…
This draft resolution (S/2025/762) is part of the Council’s work in support of peace and stability in Libya. We know that the arms embargo remains essential in order to prevent sporadic clashes, particularly in the area around Tripoli.
The Secretary-General emphasized this point in his report (S/20…
I thank the Deputy Special Coordinator, Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov, for his briefing.
Since the ceasefire made possible on 10 October by the efforts of the United States, Qatar, Egypt and Türkiye, the fragile calm that prevails in Gaza calls for the engagement and vigilance of the Security Council and the…
First of all, I would like to thank Ms. Kayoko Gotoh, Officer-in-Charge of the Europe, Central Asia and Americas Division of the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, and Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Af…
I would first like to thank the Deputy Special Envoy, Ms. Najat Rochdi, and the Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Lisa Doughten, for their briefings, and I also express France’s support for their work. I welcome the representatives of Syria, Iran, Türkiye, Isra…
I would like to thank the Secretary- General and the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of
The Sahel, as several have said, has become the main epicentre of terrorist violence, accounting for nearly half of the terrorism-related deaths recorded worldwide last year. Branches of th…
I welcome you, Mr. President — or, should I say, Mr. President of the Republic — to New York. My delegation would first like to congratulate Sierra Leone on its presidency of the Council and to thank you for your personal efforts, as Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States, to r…
France commends the commitment of the United States in its decisive efforts, undertaken together with Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye, which have led to a ceasefire agreement, the release of hostages and the resumption of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and which are reflected in this resolution 2803 (2025).
Fr…
I welcome the presence among us of the representative of the Central African Republic.
The text that we are about to vote upon (S/2025/737) provides for the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) for a…
I welcome the representative of South Sudan’s presence among us. I thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary- General for Peace Operations; Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN-Women; and Mr. Solomon Ayele Dersso, Executive Director of Amani Africa Media and Research Services, for their br…
I welcome you, Mr. President, to New York. France thanks the Sierra Leonean presidency of the Security Council for convening this open debate on a topic, which, it goes without saying, warrants the attention of the Council. I am taking this opportunity to congratulate Sierra Leone on assuming the pr…
France welcomes the adoption of the resolution renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for 12 months (resolution 2797 (2025)). This resolution is the result of an open process that allowed for numerous contacts with the members of the Securit…
France welcomes the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and highlights its excellent work and the contribution it has made to implementation of the 2016 peace agreement. It is essential for the Mission to continue to play its advisory, support and galvaniz…
France welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) for one year. We thank the United Kingdom as penholder for leading an inclusive negotiation process that made it possible to achieve a balanced text. This resolution (resolution 2796 (2025)) usefully d…
I wish first to thank Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee and Under-Secretary-General Tom Fletcher for their briefings, which sounded the alarm on the sudden deterioration of the political and humanitarian crisis in the Sudan and called for a strong response from the Council.
As we have just h…
I thank the Secretary-General for his statement, which reminded the Security Council of its duties and responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations.
It has been 80 years since the Second World War ended and our Charter made a commitment to the peoples of the world that never again would…
I would first like to thank the Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov, for his briefing. I also welcome the presence of the representatives of Israel, Palestine, Senegal and Kazakhstan.
The past month has been marked both by the painful memory of the seco…
At the outset, I wish to thank Ms. Najat Rochdi, Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria and Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their informative and illuminating briefings.
The President of Syria stated the principles of the…
