First of all, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for having taken the initiative of holding this ninth open debate on women and peace and security. I would also like to welcome the Secretary-General here today and to thank him for the presentation of his first report on implementation of resol…
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank Mr. Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for his briefing, and Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, and Ambassador Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and …
At the outset, I should like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Victor Da Silva Angelo, for his very detailed and comprehensive briefing. The situation in Chad and the Central African Republic continues to pose many challenges for the Security Council and for the Unite…
At the outset, I wish to thank Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing and to welcome him to the Security Council.
Naturally, France endorses the statement to be made by the Permanent Representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union.
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First of all, I too would like to thank Mr. Alain Le Roy for his presentation and to welcome the presence of Mr. Margelov in the Council.
I would like to make a few comments on various aspects of the issue that we are considering. First of all, in our view, the political process must remain the pri…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his comments.
I listened very closely to the comments of the Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire. We did not intend to speak at this meeting, but the comments made by Mr. Djédjé, as Council members can well understa…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting on an important subject, one close to us all. We welcome your presence here with us, and we also welcome the presence of the Secretary-General.
Permit me to make a few remarks. I wish first to thank t…
At the outset, I wish to say that France subscribes to the statement made this morning by the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic on behalf of the European Union. I also wish to convey France’s gratitude to the Secretary-General for the very high quality of his report on the implementatio…
At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to express our great satisfaction in seeing you assume presidency of the Security Council. We assure you of our support for the Turkish delegation in the exercise of its presidency. We also express our gratitude to the Permanent Representative of the Russia…
As you stated, Mr. President, I have the honour of making a statement on behalf of the Permanent Representative of France, who is not in New York today and who is the Acting Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), known as the Counter-Terrorism Comm…
I should like at the outset to forcefully reiterate, Mr. President, that France attaches great importance to the Conference to be held in early June on your initiative. We believe it essential that the United Nations not only make its voice heard, but also make the proposals, views and positions of …
I, too, should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month and to thank Ambassador Heller and his team for their excellent presidency during the month of April. I also thank Ms. Landgren for her briefing and in particular for the …
I wish to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/189). I also wish to thank you, Sir, for having organized this debate in order to follow up on the initiative of Burkina Faso in organizing an initial discussion in the…
On behalf of the delegation of France, I would first like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I also wish to thank delegations for their kind words about our presidency. I would also like to thank Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg, Executiv…
On behalf of the European Union, France would like to request a recorded vote on the deletion of paragraph 3 bis of section XI of draft resolution I, which is contained, for the time being, in document A/C.5/63/L.23. The European Union will vote in favour of the deletion of that paragraph.
We would first like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia for introducing their biannual reports. May I specifically congratulate Judge Patrick Robinson on becoming President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the…
At the outset, my delegation wholeheartedly thanks you, Sir, and your country for having organized this debate during the Croatian presidency of the Security Council in December. I welcome your leadership in today’s debate, as well as the presence of the Secretary- General.
I have the honour to spe…
In addition to speaking on behalf of France, I am also speaking on behalf of the European Union and the countries that have aligned themselves with this statement: Albania, Croatia, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro and Turkey.
I should like at the outset to thank the High Representative for his …
The Libyan request for a meeting of the Security Council following the interception of a Libyan vessel raises the more general question of access, in particular humanitarian access, to Gaza.
The French position was recalled in a statement issued on 14 November by the presidency of the European Unio…
On behalf of my delegation, I wish to thank you, Sir, for organizing this debate on such an important topic. I would also like to thank Ambassadors Grauls and Jurica for the briefings that they have just delivered to the Council on the work of the Committees they had chaired. I should also like to t…
