At the outset, I would like to thank the Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov, and the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Joyce Msuya, for their briefings. I would also like to thank Ms. Ashing for her briefing on the tragic consequ…
At the outset I would like to thank the Assistant Secretary-General, Ms. Martha Pobee, for her briefing, as well as the United States for requesting this meeting.
As noted by the United Nations, we are once again facing a very worrisome deterioration of the security situation in the eastern Democra…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Hanna Tetteh, for her briefing. I express our full support for the implementation of the road map. The fragile situation in Libya attests to the urgent need to relaunch the political process. I also thank the representati…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate on the crucial issue of protecting victims of sexual violence in conflict zones. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Pramila Patten, to whom
The use of rape and se…
I would like to thank Mr. Hans Grundberg, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General; and Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; for their brief ings. I also welcome the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of Yemen.
France once again …
I wish to thank the Republic of Panama for convening this meeting on maritime security and welcome you, Mr. President, among us.
I also thank the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, Mr. Arsenio Domínguez, as well as Mr. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales and Mr. Valdecy Urquiza, Sec…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this emergency meeting, which we requested together with our European partners on the Security Council. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenča and Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair…
I would like to thank Mr. Leonardo Simão, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN-Women, for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Levinia Addae-Mensah for her remarks and her commitment to peace and conflict prevention in Africa.
I also wish to ex…
I thank the Assistant Secretary- General, Mr. Jenča, for his briefing, and Mr. Ilay David for his moving testimony. On behalf of France, I wish to assure him of our solidarity and support. I welcome the presence among us of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Israel, Mr. Gideon Saar. I also welcome …
At the outset, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee for their briefings and Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein for his remarks. I also pay tribute to the vital contribution made by the women and men working in peacekeeping operations a…
In July 2024, the Security Council made significant changes to the sanctions regime through the adoption of resolution 2745 (2024), enabling the Council to come to a consensus on this file for the first time since 2020.
France wanted to build on that collective success by proposing a technical roll…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, and Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings.
After more than 50 years of dictatorship and war, the transi…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Mohamed Al Hassan, for his briefing. I also want to welcome the presence here today of the representative of Iraq and the Permanent Representative of Kuwait.
I would like to make three points.
First, France supports the…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abdou Abarry, for his briefing and his observations on the situation in the region. I wish also to thank the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Mr. Gilberto Da Piedade…
I would like to thank the Under- Secretary-General, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, and Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director of the Financing and Partnerships Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings.
Every day Russia chooses to continue its aggression against Ukraine. No rhe…
In his latest report (S/2025/257) on the implementation of resolution 2733 (2024), the Secretary-General highlights the fragile political and security environment in Libya. The capital, Tripoli, remains under the control of militias and armed groups, as underscored by the violent clashes of recent w…
I would like to thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Rajasingham for their briefings on the situation in Syria.
More than five months have elapsed since the dictatorship imposed by the Al-Assad family collapsed. The road to transition since then has been arduous, and France wishes to stand by the Syrian peop…
I would like to thank Greece for its initiative in organizing this meeting on maritime safety and welcome the presence of the Greek Prime Minister, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Gerapetritis. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement, an…
Let me begin, Mr. President, by wishing you every success in your presidency of the Security Council. I would like to thank High Representative Christian Schmidt for his briefing to the Council. I also want to welcome the presence in the Security Council of Ms. Željka Cvijanović, Chairperson of the …
I would first like to thank the Executive Director of UNICEF, Ms. Catherine Russell, and the Secretary General of Médecins sans frontières, Mr. Christopher Lockyear, for their briefings. I would also like to acknowledge the presence among us of Lord Ray Collins of Highbury and the Permanent Represen…
