The French delegation worked with others to find a consensus solution, so that we could issue a unanimous decision on a situation which, in everyone’s view, warranted a reaction by the Security Council. It was not possible to achieve that consensus, which we regret.
We consider that the Security Co…
I would first like to welcome Mr. Carneiro, Vice-Minister without Portfolio of Angola, and also the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Beye, whom I would also like to commend for his talent and dedication through these difficult years.
Two years ago, in February 1995, the Council,…
The French delegation will vote in favour of the draft resolution now before us for action. This draft resolution provides first of all for further extension of the mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III) until 28 February 1997. It will also mark the agreement of the S…
An amendment has been proposed on operative paragraph 7 of the draft resolution. The terms of this amendment accord with the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency and its conclusions. France supports the actions of the Agency, and wishes to see Iraq continue to cooperate with that body in…
The French delegation has carefully studied the report the Secretary-General has issued on the situation in Liberia. This report gives a grim account of the consequences of the
The new plan for the implementation of the Abuja Agreement, revised by the States of the Economic Community of West Africa…
The French delegation voted in favour of the resolution just adopted by the Council. I wish to point out that France welcomed the steps taken by the authors of the draft from the time it was first submitted to the Council. Indeed, this draft reiterated a number of concerns that had been previously e…
Recent events have shown that the situation in Haiti still presents risks and that the unquestionable progress accomplished so far could be fragile. Despite these uncertainties, we should not overlook the importance for that country of the exemplary democratic transition it has
The report submitted…
The Security Council has on several occasions set out the principles that would make it possible to bring about a political settlement in Burundi. To summarize these principles, it is a matter, first and foremost, of the cessation of violence, the initiation of a comprehensive political dialogue bet…
The Security Council has been considering the question of Sudan since the beginning of the year. It took up the question following serious events that endangered the life of the Egyptian President. It was following the attempted assassination of Mr. Mubarak that the Council requested, in resolution …
May I at the outset welcome the initiative that you, Mr. President, have taken in organizing this debate.
At the end of a year which will have seen the adoption of General Assembly resolution 50/70 — which sets the goal of the final elimination of anti-personnel mines — and the conclusion of work o…
It gives me pleasure, Sir, to convey to you the compliments of the French delegation on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for May. I wish also to convey to Ambassador Somavía and his delegation our very sincere thanks for the manner in which they conducted the presidency of t…
First, I would like to say that France fully associates itself with the statement made by the Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy on behalf of the European Union.
Since the last time the General Assembly was given the task of considering the situation of democracy and human rights in Haiti, gr…
The French delegation, which actively participated in the preparatory work on the draft resolution, supported the text just adopted unanimously by the Council. Indeed, the resolution will provide an essential tool for the long-term monitoring of dual-use goods and technologies in Iraq, once the curr…
The 26 June 1995 assassination attempt against President Mubarak reminded us that the terrorist threat remains ever present.
France condemned the attempt at the time, with all the vigour demanded by that abominable act. Today it renews that condemnation.
With a wisdom that we salute, the Ethiopian…
France is most concerned at the deterioration of the situation in Burundi. The conclusion of the Convention of Government had laid the grounds for understanding, which should have made it possible to ease tension and restore the rules of democracy. My Government, which had hailed that progress, stil…
I apologize for speaking again, but I cannot help but react to the assertion made by the Permanent Representative of Rwanda when he said that:
“Operation Turquoise ... only exacerbated an already complex situation. In spite of its mandate to provide security and to protect displaced persons ... Ope…
We are beginning a third year of discussion on the expansion of the Security Council. After the long months needed to get negotiations under way, positions have recently been stated. The time has come to enter a negotiating phase that would make it possible for us to advance towards the conclusion o…
I am speaking in order to request members of the Assembly not to vote in favour of this motion for adjournment that has just been presented under rule 74 of the rules of procedure.
I should like to say first of all that France, with all the co-sponsors of the draft resolution submitted to the Assem…
I should like to introduce the revised version of draft resolution A/50/L.6/Rev.1, which was distributed as an official document yesterday and on which we will be taking a vote.
The only paragraph of the draft which differs from the version of the text distributed previously is operative paragraph …
The penultimate preambular paragraph of draft resolution A/50/L.11 contains a reference to the resolution GC(39)/RES/23, which was adopted on 22 September 1995 by the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and which deals with nuclear testing.
When that text was adopted…
