It is my honour to speak in my national capacity. My country wishes to make the following brief remarks with regard to draft resolution A/63/L.27 tabled by Switzerland, entitled “Promoting development through the reduction and prevention of armed violence”. France, like all European Union States, en…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The candidate countries Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania and Montenegro, the country of the European Free Trade Area Iceland, …
At the outset, I would like to say that my delegation fully endorses the statement made earlier by the Permanent Representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union.
In 2005, the heads of State and Government, meeting at the World Summit, wanted to ensure that never again would we witness mass…
First of all, I too would like to thank the representatives of the Secretariat for their briefings.
Both in its role of the presidency of the European Union (EU) and in its national capacity, France has strongly condemned the decision taken by the Russian Federation to recognize the independence of…
First of all, my delegation would like to thank the Secretary- General for his briefing and you, Mr. President, for having organized this open meeting on the implementation of measures adopted in July 2006 to improve the effectiveness and transparency of the work of the Security Council and to enhan…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting at the request of my delegation. Allow me also to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Assistant Secretary-General Mulet for their briefings and the Permanent Representative of Georgia for his statement.
France has…
I wish first of all to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Assistant Secretary-General Mulet for their briefings, and to reaffirm our full confidence in them and our support for them and for all members of the Secretariat and the Secretariat leadership.
My delegation regrets that it is obliged…
My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having brought the situation in South Ossetia, Georgia, to the attention of the Council at the request of the Russian Federation and of Georgia. A clear threat to peace and security is posed, and we are particularly concerned at the risk of a…
France greatly deplores the fact that since our meeting this morning the situation has considerably worsened. It is unacceptable to hear reports of destruction, of bombings, of general mobilizations and of foreign interventions. We have a simple message for the Ossetians, the Georgians and the Russi…
I should like at the outset to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to express the thanks of the French delegation to the representative of Viet Nam and his delegation for the excellent work accomplished during Viet Nam’s presidency last month. I sh…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States.
The Group of Western European and other States welcomes the appointment by the Secretary-General of Ms. Navanethem Pillay to the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. We welcome the fact tha…
I should like at the outset to thank Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Mr. Skender Hyseni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, for their presence at this meeting. We listened to both of them very attentively. I should like to congratulate Mr. Jeremić on his appointment…
First of all, I would like to welcome the presence at this Security Council debate the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Mr. Hoshyar Zebari.
I would also like to thank the Assistant Secretary- General Gambari, the United Nations Controller,
Mr. Warren Sach, and you, Mr. President, for your res…
France welcomes the Security Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 1817 (2008) on combating the trafficking in chemical precursors of heroin in Afghanistan, which is one part of the overall fight against drug production and trafficking, on the eve of the international conference in support of A…
I, too, should like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica for his participation in this debate, and to pay tribute to his country’s activities on behalf of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the fight against impunity.
I join with those who have welcomed the new Permanent …
My delegation would like to join previous speakers in thanking Tribunal Presidents Pocar and Byron and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their very precise and detailed briefings. We also, of course, associate ourselves with the statement to be delivered by Slovenia on behalf of the European Unio…
I would first like the welcome the presence among us of Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to whom we listened with great attention. I would also like to thank the High Representative, Ambassador Lajčák, for his briefing on the situation in Bosnia and …
France welcomes the adoption by a very large majority — indeed, by near unanimity — of resolution 1803 (2008). The resolution is the outcome of a collective approach that led its three authors — France, the United Kingdom and Germany — as well as China, the Russian Federation, the United States and …
First of all, I too would like to thank Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno for his briefing on the situation in Timor-Leste, which the Security Council has followed with particular attention since the attacks against President José Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão 10 days ago. I would also like to …
I would like to thank Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. I should also like to thank the representative of Somalia for his statement. I would like to reiterate to Mr. Ould Abdallah that he has the full support of France in carrying out his d…
