I would like to thank Mr. Lacroix for his briefing.
Despite the challenges of the past year, peacekeeping remains an irreplaceable instrument. It is often the only possible response to contemporary security challenges. Conflict prevention and peacebuilding are useful levers but are unsuitable once …
I thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her briefing.
We are meeting once again because the Syrian regime has used weapons of mass destruction against its own population. Independent reports from the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OP…
First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council, and I assure you of France’s full support throughout the month of September. I thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s open debate and for your work in your capacity …
I thank Mr. Khiari for his presentation.
The situation on the ground has not improved, and trust between the parties is at an all-time low. France is deeply concerned about the escalation of tensions. We condemn all attacks targeting civilians, Israeli or Palestinian. Given the heavy toll of milita…
This meeting is yet another diversionary exercise orchestrated by Russia as part of its disinformation campaign. I will therefore limit my remarks to the essential.
To date, it is Russia’s actions in its war of aggression against Ukraine that have violated human rights. Numerous United Nations repo…
I would like to thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
For over a week, Russia has been raining missiles and drones down on the Odesa region. These murderous strikes have but one objective: to punish Ukraine for its resistance to Russian aggression, which has kept Odesa a free city.
Since ending the B…
I would like to thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Rajasingham for their contributions.
The war in Syria continues, as does the suffering of the Syrian people. Twelve million people have been displaced, millions of whom have found refuge in neighbouring countries or elsewhere, and 130,000 have disappeared.…
I would like to thank Ms. DiCarlo and Mr. Griffiths for their briefings.
France, along with Ecuador, called for today’s meeting because Russia crossed this week a new line in terms of cynicism and irresponsibility. We have all heard it claim over the past few months that it was very concerned about…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Jack Clark and Mr. Yi Zeng for their briefings.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the revolution of the twenty-first century. At a time when we are facing a tougher world, marked by competition and hybrid wars, it is essential to make artificial intell…
I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
France condemns in the strongest terms North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on 12 July. In the past, such missile launches were denounced through the adoption of new Security Council resolutions, because everyone felt it represented a ma…
France regrets that draft resolution (S/2023/506), submitted by Switzerland and Brazil and supported by nearly all members of the Security Council, was not adopted owing to the lone veto of the Russian Federation. That decision jeopardizes international humanitarian aid in Syria and the survival of …
This is the third time in less than a month that Russia has requested a meeting on this subject, without any new
developments to justify it. In addition, we cannot help but highlight the contradiction between the deep concern expressed by the Russian Federation about the presumed attack on critical…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General, the Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations for their briefings.
We are at a particularly grave moment in history. Iran has been engaged in a continuing nuclear escal…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti and
Ms. Gilles for their briefings. I would like to welcome the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Ha…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing
Russia bears sole responsibility for this situation. It is Russia that, in violation of every norm of international law and in its a crude attempt to rewrite history, decided to attack a sovereign neighbouring country. No one other than Russia seeks to sustai…
I thank Ms. Rochdi and Mr. Griffiths for their briefings, and I would like to focus on three points.
The conflict in Syria began 12 years ago, and those 12 years of war can be summed up as follows. More than 500,000 people are dead, more than 130,000 are missing and 12 million Syrians have been for…
France is seriously concerned about the deteriorating situation in Israel and the occupied territories. We condemn in the strongest possible terms all attacks targeting civilians and in particular the terrorist attack perpetrated on 20 June in the West Bank, which killed at least four Israelis and w…
I would like to thank Ms. Pobee for her briefing.
I wish to focus on three points.
First, efforts to ensure the withdrawal of the Movement du 23 mars (M-23) and to demobilize the armed groups must be accelerated.
France condemns the many abuses committed by the armed groups. The violations of hum…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing and to welcome Mr. Diop, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali, to the Council.
I would like to begin by paying tribute to the memory of the victims of terrorism in Mali, be they …
I thank the Secretary-General, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Archbishop Gallagher and Ms. Ibn Ziaten for their briefings.
Fraternity and tolerance are essential values that we all share. But we should also remember, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that t…
