At the outset, I congratulate the Russian Federation on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of September and thank it, on behalf of Côte d’Ivoire, for agreeing to co-organize, with the African members of the Security Council, this briefing on the subject of “Peace and secur…
As this is the first time I take the floor at an open meeting of the Security Council under the French presidency, I am pleased to congratulate your country, Mr. President, and to express Côte d’Ivoire’s appreciation for the smooth conduct of the Council’s work and for the well-chosen topics address…
Côte d’Ivoire welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2463 (2019), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). We congratulate the French penholder for the excellent work done, which made compromise possib…
Allow me, first of all, to express the regrets of His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, who, owing to scheduling constraints, could not attend this high-level debate to
which you, Mr. President, kindly invited him. I would therefore like to extend to you,…
Côte d’Ivoire is grateful to the United States presidency of the Security Council for organizing this briefing on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery. The topic of today’s debate is all the more relevant as it comes in a context marked by recurrent violat…
As this is the first time I take the floor before the Security Council since the sudden passing away of our compatriot and friend and Council members’ colleague, Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue, Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire to the United Nations, I would like to convey to members the…
At the outset, I should like to welcome the convening of this meeting on the maintenance of international peace and security and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the relevance and timeliness of which invites us to turn to the resources of the Charter and the Security…
On behalf of the President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, His Excellency Mr. Alassane Ouattara, and the Ivorian Government, I wish every success to the Bolivian presidency of the Security Council and pay tribute to Uruguay for the effective way in which it steered the deliberations of this import…
