I would like to read a communiqué issued this evening by the French authorities, which is as follows:
“France deplores the chain of events that led to the American military strikes against Iraq and the serious human consequences that they may have for the Iraqi population.
I would like to thank th…
The report entitled “An Agenda for Peace” and its supplement stressed the importance of peace-building and proposed guidelines in that connection. The Security Council responded by endorsing assessments of the report in the statement made by the President of the Council on 30 April 1993, document S/…
The draft resolution before us is necessary. It describes a situation that has become intolerable over the years: ongoing conflict, external interference, discrimination, the assassination of Iranian diplomatic personnel, the murders of high-ranking United Nations officials, humanitarian crisis and …
I should simply like to confirm the wish of my country to have the work on the expansion of the Security Council conclude soon with a general agreement.
The position we advocate is well known: we are in favour of an increase in the number of members of the Council in both existing categories. We ar…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to organize this most timely debate.
I would like to thank Mrs. Ogata for having referred to Mr. Cochetel at the very outset of her intervention. Mr. Cochetel, a high-ranking official of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner f…
The Security Council has been seized of the question of Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which poses a threat to international peace and security, and it adopted successively resolutions 1160 (1998) and 1199 (1998). In implementation of those resolutions, agreements were concluded between the…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for expressing on behalf of all the members of the Council the feelings of respect, friendship and esteem that we all have for Ambassador Owada. I readily join in the wishes you have just expressed for the success of his future endeavours. I think it is quit…
The situation in Abkhazia, Georgia, is of great concern. The resumption of hostilities last May caused some 40,000 persons who had returned to live in the Gali region to leave their homes. The patient efforts of international organizations in recent years to make possible the return of refugees and …
France’s position on the occupied territories, including
We have supported the peace process since its inception and have on several occasions — including recently, with our European partners — reaffirmed our support for the efforts of the United States to secure the agreement of the parties on pro…
This debate shows clearly how well-founded was your initiative, Mr. President. In this context, we associate ourselves with those who have thanked you for preparing, with the support of the members of the Council, a statement on children in armed conflict, which we will soon be adopting. This is a v…
The text before us is the welcome outcome of long and difficult negotiations. It is welcome because the text rules out for good wording that could have proved dangerous. The principles underlying the oil-for-food programme have been respected. The Memorandum of Understanding of May 1996, which serve…
I also welcome the presence in our midst of General Carneiro.
France is deeply concerned at the deterioration of the situation in Angola in recent weeks. This situation has been marked by an absence of progress in the peace process and by an increased number of armed incidents, including against th…
The Security Council, in resolutions 808 (1993) and 827 (1993), entrusted the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia with the task of trying persons charged with serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of the former Yugoslavia from 1 January…
The evolution of the peace process in Angola has always been a contrasting mixture of progress and setbacks, of violence and peacemaking. We note, however, that in recent months important steps have been taken towards the implementation of the Lusaka Protocol. We hope that these steps will be irreve…
France pays tribute to the Secretary-General for the report that he has prepared. It is remarkable in two ways. On the one hand it contains precise and honest analyses of realities and of past experience and also makes useful and well-founded proposals; on the other, it is remarkable in its timeline…
Unfortunately, violence and instability continue to affect the Great Lakes region. Civilian populations are terrorized, attacked and taken hostage. This climate of insecurity obstructs national reconciliation and jeopardizes economic reconstruction. Rwanda is a particular victim of these tragic even…
The situation in Kosovo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia calls for a response from the Security Council. The tragic events that have marked the former Yugoslavia in recent years have indeed demonstrated the need for a rapid and appropriate response to crisis situations in the region.
During th…
Allow me to say once again how honoured we are that you, Sir, are presiding over this debate. It is a useful debate. For almost seven years now, the Security Council has been
In its first resolution on this matter, the Security Council urged the Libyan Government to provide a full and effective res…
I wish first of all, Sir, to say how pleased and honoured we are to begin our deliberations this month under the guidance of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Gambia. I also wish to convey sincere congratulations to your predecessor, our friend the Permanent Representative of Gabon, and to his…
The text that we shall be adopting today represents an important step in the right direction. Before the Secretary-General’s important visit to Baghdad it was essential for us to be able to express our support for his report and his recommendations for improving the arrangements provided for in reso…
