I wish at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for having placed the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the heart of the Security Council’s agenda for the month of February, during which you will be presiding over the work of the Council. I want also to thank the Secretary- General for the messa…
I would like to thank Ambassador Chowdhury for presenting the report of the Panel of Experts, and I congratulate the members of the Panel of Experts, who are sitting behind him here in the Chamber.
First of all, I would like to say that my delegation associates itself fully with the statement to be…
I should like to thank the Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Cheikh Tidiane Sy, for his statement, which clearly sets out the current situation in the Central African Republic. I should like also to thank for their statements Mr. Frederick Lyons, Acting Deputy Director of the Regional Bu…
France associates itself in advance with the statement to be made later in our debate on behalf of the European Union by the Ambassador of Sweden, the current President of the European Union.
On behalf of France, I would like to thank Jean- Marie Guéhenno and Dr. Piot for their statements and for t…
The Permanent Representative of Sweden will shortly be expressing the views of the European Union on the situation in Kosovo. France subscribes to the statement
that he will make. I should like simply to offer a few additional comments.
Last Saturday, after a remarkable stint of 18 months at the h…
I note from the Secretary-General’s smile that he is particularly pleased that we are discussing this item on our agenda. We, too, are pleased. We have left the conference room used by the Fifth Committee, which through long nights gradually became a souk, then a dormitory and eventually a torture c…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe associated with the European Union — Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia — and the associated countries Cyprus, Malta and Turk…
Several weeks ago, France proposed that an observer mission be sent to the Palestine territories to contribute to ending the violence and to protecting civilians. The violence has claimed far too many victims, most of them Palestinians. I want to repeat here how moved we are by that tragic toll, and…
On behalf of the European Union and all the sponsors, I have the honour to present the draft resolution entitled “Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel”, contained in document A/55/L.64.
May I first of all inform the Assembly that the following cou…
I should like to welcome Senator Biden. Like all members of the Council, I am pleased to see him sitting at the table. We welcome him to the Security Council. He is sitting in the midst of an Organization that is doing better. We have a Secretary-General whose exceptional success is acknowledged by …
Allow me to thank the Legal Counsel, Mr. Hans Corell, for his very clear account of the actions undertaken by the United Nations to combat international terrorism.
The French delegation, like many that have already spoken, would like first to reaffirm its absolute
and unconditional condemnation of…
The Security Council will be extending the humanitarian programme in Iraq for a ninth phase. France will vote in favour of the text for two reasons.
First, France is deeply committed to the continuity of the programme, for the long-suffering
Iraqi population, after 10 years of sanctions, needs it …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union — Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia — and the associated countries Cyprus, Malta and Turke…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union — Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia — and the associated countries Cyprus and Malta align …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union.
The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union — Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia — and the associated countries Cyprus and Malta align…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union — Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia — and the associated countries Cyprus and Malta align …
I wish to thank Ms. Carolyn McAskie, acting Emergency Relief Coordinator, for her accurate and detailed briefing, which is very useful for our Security Council because it sheds light on a misunderstood or little known aspect of the tragedy being experienced by the Democratic Republic of the Congo: t…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the European Union (EU). The Central and Eastern European countries associated with the European Union — Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia — and the associated countries Cyprus and Malt…
The Security Council is meeting once again this evening to express the extreme concern of the entire international community at the unleashing of increasingly uncontrollable violence, which inexorably leads the Palestinian and Israeli peoples into a never-ending spiral of hatred, repression, vengean…
The reports submitted yesterday to the General Assembly by the President of the International Tribunal for Rwanda and the President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Presidents’ statements to the Council today, as well as that of the Prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, provide…
