This is an emotional moment for me, taking leave of my colleagues at this last public meeting in which I will have had the honour of having taken part.
Our Council has become somewhat a family for the 15 members who make it up. I think we probably spend more time together than we do with our real f…
France considers that the resolution that has just been adopted unanimously is a good resolution for the following reasons. The resolution strengthens the role and authority of the Security Council. That was the main and constant objective of France throughout the negotiations which have just conclu…
As this is our first formal meeting in November, I should like to express to you, Sir, France’s wishes for every success
as you preside over the Council during this extremely important month for the future of the United Nations. I should like to add to those customary compliments a very particular …
I thank the Secretary-General for his presence at the opening of this meeting, but also, and above all, for his commitment to this great undertaking.
Just one set of figures enables us to measure the scope of today’s debate. During the First World War, 80 per cent of those who died in combat were m…
I would like first of all to join in the unanimous condemnation expressed in the Assembly and, yesterday, in the Security Council, with regard to the Bali tragedy. I would like, on behalf of France, to convey our condolences to the bereaved families, both Indonesian and those of other countries.
I …
We wish to express our best wishes at the beginning of a month that is very important to the Security Council regarding
international peace and security. We have full confidence in you, Mr. President, and in your team.
France would like to associate itself in advance with the statement to be deliv…
I had a text to read out, but I think that after Ambassador Mahbubani’s long statement, I will instead contribute to a spontaneous discussion, at the risk of having appear in the verbatim record statements that are not carefully weighed word by word.
Kishore Mahbubani’s final comment was interestin…
France fully endorses the statement to be made shortly by the
representative of Denmark on behalf of the European Union.
The situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories has tragically deteriorated in recent days. Given the responsibilities conferred upon the Security Council by the Charter…
Once again the Council is obliged to meet because of a tragic worsening of the situation in the Middle East. France and the European Union have strongly condemned the Israeli military action taken on 22 July in a densely populated area of the Gaza Strip. That attack resulted in a large number of dea…
I wish to begin by warmly welcoming Lakhdar Brahimi in our midst. It is difficult to steal him away from the Afghan people, who have adopted him. He has been an honorary citizen since the Loya Jirga met and conferred that honour on him. However, we need to hear him on a regular basis, because each t…
France fully supports the statement made on behalf of the European Union by the Ambassador of Denmark.
As my country addressed the Council on this issue on 30 June, today I wish simply to speak in greater depth on a few points relating to the Rome Statute and to peace operations.
First, a word abo…
France deeply regrets the present situation. Intensive negotiations were held this past week in the Security Council and among our various capitals. Despite the efforts made, no solution reconciling the various interests was agreed.
The veto of the United States is a threat to the existence of the …
France associates itself with the statement that will later be made by the Ambassador of Spain on behalf of the 15 member States of the European Union. But I would like to say a few words in my national capacity.
Last 11 September, we experienced one of the moments that define the development of th…
I thank Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his very complete — as usual — briefing on the latest developments in Kosovo. France endorses the statement which the representative of Spain will make during our discussion on behalf of the European Union. I shall limit my statement to recalling issues which are impo…
I had the privilege of presiding, with Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury acting as moderator, over a panel whose subject matter is of concern to all of us, namely, what the United Nations can do to help African countries and the least developed countries make progress in the field of information technolo…
We thank you, Sir, for personally presiding over this extremely important Security Council meeting. We also thank
Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul for having been at the starting point of our debate by creating the ad hoc Working Group, which he is leading with all of his talent.
As you have invited us …
Mr. Minister, we welcome you once again to New York. We thank you for honouring with your presence the New York part of East Timor’s independence ceremonies. It is truly a beautiful symbol that the only member of the Security Council belonging to that region holds the Council presidency on the new c…
We have heard the major interlocutors with great interest. I would like to thank them for their remarks, with one necessary clarification on one point, with regard to paragraph 23 of the Council’s report — and I am looking to my friend, Ambassador Kumalo — so that there is no misunderstanding as to …
The members of the Council have before them the report of the third Security Council mission to the Great Lakes
region. I believe that we may be able to use this meeting to reflect on the significance of our mission.
In 10 days we met with 8 heads of State, the leaders of several rebel movements -…
Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Health, who was the first Special Representative to Kosovo, took advantage of his presence in New York for the Global AIDS Fund to sit at France’s seat and listen to the statements of the Special Representative and of the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Čović. By that gestur…
