For more than two years — indeed, since the assassination of President Ndadaye — Burundi has been experiencing difficulties. There are significant risks of that country’s destabilization. They have been compounded by the tragic events which occurred in Rwanda and which we do not wish to see repeated…
The President of the French Republic, Mr. Jacques Chirac, and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs yesterday expressed France’s views at the Paris Peace Conference, during the signing of the Peace Agreement. I should like to quote the conclusion drawn by the President of the French Republic:
“Al…
The French delegation would like to recall the reasons for the vote it is going to cast on draft resolution A — document A/C.1/50/L.3 in the First Committee —
France supports the conclusion, as early as 1996, of a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty. France was the first among the nuclear-weapon …
In recent months there have been crucial developments in Liberia. The signing of the Abuja Agreement was an essential step in the return to peace in Liberia. In that agreement the parties agreed to implement the peace process according to a timetable agreed upon by all. The establishment of a cease-…
Allow me to congratulate you most sincerely, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency and to assure you of the support of the French delegation in your work of guiding our deliberations.
I should like also to convey my congratulations to Ambassador Gambari and to the Nigerian delegation for the ex…
I am honoured, as Chairman of the francophone Group at the United Nations, to introduce draft resolution A/50/L.4.
The draft resolution, which is particularly dear to the hearts of all the members of the francophone family, relates to cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency for Cultur…
