Today I have with me Ms. Joyce Bukuru, who will make a statement as a representative of children.
Five years ago, the Member States of the United Nations, meeting in a special session of the General Assembly, developed a vision of a world fit for children and collectively subscribed to commitments …
My delegation too would like, first of all, to express our gratitude to the Indonesian delegation, to your country and to you, Sir, in particular, for having taken the initiative to organize this debate on a subject which is fundamentally important to the United Nations and the Security Council. I w…
I should like to start by thanking you, Mr. President, for taking the initiative to hold this public debate on women and peace and security. The French delegation appreciates your presence here with us.
I would like at the outset to recall that France fully aligns itself with the statement that wil…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President for having organized today’s especially timely debate.
First of all, I should like to say that France fully associates itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Portugal on behalf of the European Union. I shall therefore …
My delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy, Mr. Gambari, for their very thorough briefings.
Unfortunately, what we have just heard about the situation in Burma and the attitude of the authorities of that country only confirms our fears. On 26 September, the Securi…
Allow me first, by way of introduction, to recall that the corrections read out by the President have not been included in the French version of the text (A/61/47) that has recently been distributed. Paragraph 21 (c) of the text to which we agreed clearly spells out the goal of continuing efforts to…
I wish at the outset to thank the Secretariat, and particularly Mr. Michael Williams, for the briefing on the situation in the Middle East. And I should like to take this opportunity, at a time when he is leaving his post, to thank Mr. Williams for his remarkable work over the past few years and to …
First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this public debate. The involvement of the Congo, which chairs the working group on conflict prevention established in accordance with resolution 1625 (2005), is long-standing and active. We welcome this involvement and the…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 1769 (2007). The establishment of the African Union/United Nations hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) is a decisive step in the international community’s action to put an end to the suffering of the people of Darfur and to restore lasting stabili…
My delegation too would like to thank the Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda for their briefings today. I would like to reaffirm the full support of France.
I would like in particular to congratulate Judge Dennis Byron on his …
My delegation would like at the outset to welcome the presence in the Council of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Hoshyar Zebari. I would like also to thank Mr. Ashraf Qazi as well as Ambassador Khalilzad for their respective briefings.
For my part, I will make the following comments.
My …
My delegation too would like to thank the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, as well as the Prosecutor, for having taken the initiative to come to the Council to brief us on the work of the Court. It is legitimate that the Security Council, which endorsed the Court’s creation, should b…
At the outset, let me thank Mr. Lynn Pascoe for his briefing.
In recent weeks, several events of great importance have occurred in the Middle East, events that have strengthened the positive movement that began to emerge at the end of last year and at the beginning of this year. I am thinking first…
My delegation would first like to thank the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Mr. José Ramos-Horta, for his presentation as well as Mr. Atul Khare, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his statement. We welcome the role they play in stabilizing the situation in Timor-Leste.
In a few mi…
My delegation wishes at the outset to thank the Russian Federation for its initiative to organize today’s debate during its presidency of the Security Council. I wish also to welcome the President of the Economic and Social Council, the Chairman of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding C…
France voted in favour of the draft resolution submitted by the United Kingdom and the United States. We regret that the Security Council was not able to adopt it, because we feel that the situation in Burma calls for the international community’s serious concern with respect to important aspects of…
I should like at the outset to welcome the presence of Mr. Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union (EU), and to thank him for his briefing. I should also like to thank
Mr. Jean-Marie Guéhenno and Mr. Ibrahim Gambari for their briefings.
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I should like at the outset, on behalf of the French delegation, to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to thank the Ambassador of Qatar and his delegation for their conduct of the presidency last month. My delegation would also like to welcome the…
My delegation would like at the outset to thank Mr. Ibrahima Fall and Ms. Liberata Mulamula for their presentations this afternoon.
The holding of the Second Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region is an important event with respect to a lasting return to peace and stabilit…
Permit me first of all, Madam President, to welcome your initiative in convening this meeting today for a joint debate on the annual report of the Security Council to the General Assembly and on the reform of the Security Council.
On the report (A/61/2) introduced this morning by the representative…
