I listened closely to the new wording that the Ambassador of Argentina just read out. It was not the same as the technical revisions to the paragraph agreed upon in informal consultations. I ask you, Sir, to give the delegations concerned a brief opportunity to reconsider the issue.
France, with its partners in the European Union, voted in favour of the draft resolution. It gives its full support in particular to the paragraphs relating to Angola, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
In this context, France wishes, nevertheless, to recall its traditional reservations as to the concept of…
