I must say that we have had a highly useful debate, highlighting all areas of cooperation between the United Nations and the European Union, and that almost every — all except one — Council member said basically the same thing. We heard a lot of useful contributions from non-European Member States r…
At the outset, I would like to thank the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Ms. Kaja Kallas, for her statement.
I would like to make three points.
First of all, the European Union is striving with the United Nations for law to prevail over force. The…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, and Ms. Azadah Raz Mohammad for their briefings.
The Taliban regime has placed gender-based persecution and violence against women at the heart of its political identity. Afghan women and girls have been denied their …
I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing, and I will make three points.
First of all, since December 2024, Syria has entered a historic transition phase. France supports a transition process that will make it possible to build a f…
First of all, Madam President, I congratulate you on your presidency in the month of March and thank the United Kingdom for its work, which made it possible to achieve the Council’s unanimous renewal of the sanctions regime against Al-Shabaab.
The adoption of resolution2776 (2025) attests to the su…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, his Police Adviser, Mr. Faisal Shahkar, and the heads of the police components of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, Mr. Christophe
At the outset, I would like to p…
At the outset, I thank Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for her briefing.
I would then like to emphasize three points.
First, as we just heard, the Sudan continues to endure one of the worst humanitaria…
I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Tom Fletcher, for their briefings. I welcome the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of Yemen.
France expresses its profound indignation at …
At the outset, I would like to congratulate China on its presidency of the Security Council for the month of February, and I wish you, Mr. President, and your team an excellent presidency.
I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, for his b…
At the outset, I would like to thank Prosecutor Karim Khan for presenting the fortieth report in accordance with resolution 1593 (2005).
France remains concerned by the continuing clashes in the Sudan. We condemn the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law perpetrated since 15…
At the outset I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, for his briefing. I welcome the presence among us of the Colombian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Luis Gilberto Murillo, and I would also like to thank Mr. Diego Tovar, signatory of t…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti, Ms. Salvador, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Ms. Waly, for their briefings.
I welcome the presence in the Council of the Minister for F…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Geir Pedersen, and the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Tom Fletcher, for their briefings.
The fall of the Al-Assad regime has created a historic opportunity t…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khiari for his briefing.
On 6 January, North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile, which crashed off the coast of Japan. The North Korean authorities once again sought to highlight the missile’s advanced features, including its hypersonic natur…
First of all, I would like to thank Ms. Edem Wosornu of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and Ms. Beth Bechdol of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for their briefings.
I would like to emphasize three points.
First, France is concerned about the wors…
France thanks the United Kingdom for its crucial role in preparing the text. We welcome the adoption of resolution 2767 (2024), which establishes the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). The Mission represents a new stage in support for Somalia’s efforts in the fight …
I would like to thank Special Representative Leonardo Santos Simão and Ms. Levinia Addae-Mensah for their interventions.
France continues to closely monitor the situation in West Africa and the Sahel. France is concerned by the deterioration of the security situation in the central Sahel and the La…
I would like to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, for her briefing.
This umpteenth meeting on arms deliveries requested by Russia is only a smokescreen that cannot mask how Russia continues to treat the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. There is ind…
France would first like to thank Sierra Leone for the efforts undertaken with us to prepare draft resolution S/2024/943. We would also like to thank all members of the Security Council for their unflagging commitment during the negotiations.
Draft resolution S/2024/943 will renew the mandate of the…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. I also thank the briefers for sharing their views with us today on this important subject.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the major revolutions of this century. It is already shaping our daily lives, our economies …
