At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Madam President, on Slovenia’s presidency of the Council for December and thank Sierra Leone for its stewardship of our proceedings over the past month. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Mohamed Al Hassan, …
France voted in favour of renewing the sanctions regime established by resolution 2140 (2014).
I have four points to make in that regard.
First, we would like to thank the British penholder for its constant efforts to engage in consultation and compromise. Its efforts made possible the adoption of…
First of all, I would like to thank Sierra Leone for taking the initiative to organize this important meeting. I would also like to thank the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Ms. Andersen, as well as Mr. Jalloh and Ms. Dinat, for their contributions to our work.
The …
At the outset, I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Ms. Martha Pobee, and the Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Mr. Guang Cong, for their briefings.
Those briefings served as a reminder that the situation in the Abyei region remains tense. Given the regional context…
France welcomes the Security Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2795 (2025), which renews the mandate of the European Union military operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina for 12 months. France also welcomes the presence of Mr. Željko Komšić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina…
I would first like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Valentine Rugwabiza, for her briefing and to reiterate to her France’s full support. I would like to welcome the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic.
The Central Africa…
I would like to congratulate Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu on his appointment as Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and to thank him for his briefing on the situation in Haiti and the activities of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH).
At the outset, I would l…
I would like to thank the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Shin, for his briefing. I also welcome the presence among us of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Marko Đurić, and of Kosovo, Ms. Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz, as well as the presence of the representativ…
France thanks Panama and the United States for their efforts in adopting this resolution (resolution 2794 (2025)).
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2794 (2025), which renews the sanctions regime in Haiti for one year. This sanctions regime is an essential tool for the Council to…
I would like to begin by thanking the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, for his briefing.
France underscores, as it does at all times, its dedication to international law and the Charter of the United Nations. The principles of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States must…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Sima Bahous, for their statements and their commitment to the women and peace and security agenda.
Twenty-five years on from the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), the agenda has allowed notewort…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Republic of Korea for the initiative to hold this open debate. I also thank the Secretary-General for his remarks and his written report (A/79/966) and the briefers, Mr. Bengio and Ms. Choi, for their insights into the topic of today’s debate.
Artificial int…
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and his commitment to supporting the two-State solution in favour of peace and security for Israel and Palestine.
Yesterday, from the rostrum of the General Assembly during the High-level International Conference for the Pea…
At the outset, I thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his briefing. I would like to welcome the ministers in attendance at this emergency meeting, in particular the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Estonia and the High Representative of the European Union, Ms. Kaja Kallas.
As we know…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Tom Fletcher, for their
France strongly condemns the arbitrary arrests of United Nations personnel carried out by the Houthis in Sana’a …
At the outset, I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Nakamitsu, for her briefing to the Security Council. I also wish to extend a welcome to the new Permanent Representative of Syria, Mr. Ibrahim Olabi, and commend him for his presence among us today.
In Decemb…
First of all, I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča for his briefing.
We are gathering here today to recall the reality of the war that the Ukrainian people continue to face every day, as Mr. Jenča once again just reminded us.
France condemns in the strongest terms the R…
I would first like to thank the Secretary-General for being here this morning in the Security Council and for his commitment to fostering a return to security and stability in Haiti. I also thank UNICEF Executive Director, Ms. Catherine Russell, for her briefing on the worrisome situation of childre…
First of all, I would like to thank all the members of the Security Council for their commitment and availability throughout the negotiation process on the resolution renewing the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) (resolution 2790 (2025)).
The negotiations this year to…
I apologize for extending this meeting slightly, but the matter of hostages is a serious and important topic. I will not repeat what I said already, namely regarding our solidarity on the matter and the need to release the hostages as soon as possible.
I would like to challenge at least two points …