I join others in vigorously condemning attacks such as those that took place yesterday, especially the one launched against the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross. As the Secretary-General rightly said, that attack was a crime against humanity. I also associate myself with the co…
Among the suggestions put forward with regard to the revitalization of the General Assembly is that we should avoid repetitive speeches. I will not, therefore, repeat the detailed comments of the Italian presidency of the European Union. France fully associates itself with the statement made by the …
At the outset, I welcome the presence among us of the Secretary-General at this important meeting.
France, Germany and Russia decided to support the resolution we have just adopted and to agree on the text of a joint statement to be issued here in New York.
With so much at stake, we feel that the …
France welcomes the high level of attention being given to Africa by the Assembly. Our debate today, like the resolution we adopted last year, attests to the importance assumed by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) — an initiative of African countries — and the need to continue and…
The Charter of the United Nations has invested the Security Council with primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. As the President of France emphasized at the opening meeting of the current General Assembly session, it is desirable for the Security Council’s le…
France has just voted for the draft resolution that has been adopted as resolution 1510 (2003).
Afghanistan is now at a critical juncture for its future. We commend the determination of the international community to support the Afghan people and authorities to assist them to meet the immense chall…
I should like to begin by thanking the President Meron, President Møse, Ms. Del Ponte and Mr. Jallow for their interventions, which my delegation listened to most attentively. Once again, we reiterate my country’s support for the two Tribunals.
Like previous speakers, the French delegation has clos…
I would like to thank Lord Ashdown and President Meron for their briefings, which complement the report of the High Representative.
I would like to make three comments. First, I reaffirm France’s support for the action undertaken by Lord Ashdown in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We share the priorities th…
Since this is the first time I am taking the floor this month, like my colleagues who have spoken before me I should like to wish you great success, Sir, in your duties.
I also thank Ambassador Jones Parry for the way in which he conducted our work last month.
We are deeply concerned by the deteri…
I, too, would like to thank the Assistant Secretary- General for Political Affairs, Mr. Kalomoh, for his thorough briefing, which gave us much information on the situation on the ground, and the Special Envoy of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, Mr. Ramos Horta, who made a very useful …
France voted in favour of the text submitted to a vote, which seems to us to reflect the general message expressed yesterday in the open debate. Violence and terrorism must end. The decision to expel President Arafat is against the law, politically counterproductive and should not be implemented. Th…
I should like at the outset to say that France associates itself fully with the statement to be made later by the representative of Italy on behalf of the European Union.
I should like to thank the Secretary-General’s Special Coordinator, Mr. Roed-Larsen, for his briefing. France shares his analysi…
We are pleased to welcome among us Mr. Diarra, Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire. We thank him most warmly for his briefing, to which we listened with great interest. I am thoroughly convinced that Council members are well aware of the extent of his tasks and of the efforts he is making, which they ap…
I would like to begin by welcoming you, Madam President, and by saying how pleased we are that you have agreed to preside over this important meeting. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his detailed and informative report on the situation in Iraq (S/2003/715) and on the work of the…
I, too, should like to begin by thanking Mr. Guéhenno and Mr. Ramcharan for their briefings. I pay tribute to the extremely difficult work being carried out by the human rights staff of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). I believe that they deser…
I wish to thank Mr. Guéhenno and Mr. Costa for their mutually complementary briefings.
The representative of Greece will shortly make a statement on behalf of the European Union with which France fully associates itself. I will make just a few remarks on the problem of the anti-drug campaign.
I wi…
In the context of the Security Council mission that will visit Central Africa from 9 to 16 June, I should like to refer to the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in Burundi.
Several years ago, the Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a situation of conflicts that we are t…
The Iraqi people must take control of its own future, both at home, where a representative and sovereign Government must be established as speedily as possible by the Iraqis themselves, and within the international community, to which Iraq must soon return.
There are many challenges. The situation …
At the outset, I should like to tell you, Sir, how pleased I am to be at this meeting under your presidency. I should also like to take this opportunity to congratulate you and Pakistan on the particularly distinguished way in which Ambassador Akram and the Pakistani
delegation are conducting the p…
France warmly welcomes the presence in our Council today of Mr. José María Aznar, Prime Minister of a friendly country. We are all the more pleased because Mr. Aznar has expressed his views on a subject that is
crucial not only to Spain, but to the entire international community.
Spain, which has …
