On closer reflection, France has decided to vote in favour of draft resolution S/2023/427, which is being put before us today. However, I would like to provide some clarifications.
Brotherhood and tolerance are important values; but they are also ambiguous concepts subject to at times contradictory…
I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General, President Santos Calderón and Ms. Kadry for their briefings.
It has been said time and again — climate change is an aggravating factor in a context of fragility. Of the 20 countries most affected by conflict, 12 are among the most vulnerable to cli…
I thank Ms. DiCarlo, Mr. Aboul Gheit and Ms. El Omrani for their briefings.
We must contribute collectively to peace and stability in the Arab world. There will be no lasting peace in the region without a political settlement in Syria. The regime must make concrete gestures so that a genuine politi…
I thank Mr. Griffiths for his briefing.
The partial destruction last night of the Nova Kakhovka dam, in the Kherson region, is a particularly serious act. It illustrates once again the disastrous consequences of Russian aggression, particularly on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. None of this wou…
I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing.
On 31 May this year, a North Korean military satellite crashed into the sea off the coast of South Korea, along with its space launcher. That attempted launch is yet another flagrant violation of international law and Council resolutions. France strongly condem…
I thank Mr. Wennesland and Ms. Hary for their briefings.
France is concerned about the continuing use of unilateral measures. It condemns the decision by the Israeli authorities to authorize the establishment of settlers in Homesh, in the northern occupied West Bank. That decision, like all announc…
I thank the Secretary-General, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Ms. Mounkaïla for their briefings.
The picture is bleak. Civilian populations are still paying the highest price in conflicts. The sharp rise in the number of civilians killed in armed conflicts in 2022…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
This is the fifth time that Russia has called a meeting on arms deliveries to Ukraine. Repeating that exercise ad nauseam will not be enough to bring about a parallel reality. The end of this war and its
negative consequences depends exclusively on Russia. On 24 F…
I would like to thank Ms. Pobee, Mr. Tiaré and Ms. Diouf for their briefings.
The primary challenge in the Sahel is obviously a political one, as it involves strengthening State systems and consolidating democracy. France calls for the transitions in Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea and Chad to be carrie…
I thank Mr. Griffith for his briefing. At the meeting of the emergency special session of the General Assembly held on 22 February, exactly one year after Russia launched its war against Ukraine, the Secretary-General clearly reaffirmed that:
“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ... is an affront to our c…
I thank Mr. Pedersen and Ms. Doughten for their briefings. I would like to stress two points.
The only thing that will put an end to the suffering of the Syrian people is a political solution to the conflict in Syria. As we repeat every month, the war in Syria is still not over. That is why France …
I thank Mr. Wennesland for his briefing.
France is concerned about the current cycle of violence in the occupied Palestinian territories and in Israel. We condemn all violence against civilians, whether it involves attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians or terrorist attacks again…
Built on the rubble of the Second World War, the multilateral international order created by the Charter of the United Nations is an instrument for peace, based on principles such as the sovereign equality of nations, respect for international law, the non-use of force and the peaceful settlement o…
I thank Special Representative Bathily for his briefing.
France welcomes the recent progress achieved in the implementation of the 2020 ceasefire agreement under the auspices of the 5+5 Joint Military Commission, with the two Chiefs of Staff and all security actors, under the impetus of the Special…
I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
Warning sirens sounded again on the island of Hokkaido after a long-range ballistic missile was fired on 13 April. The threat posed by North Korea to its neighbours is real, and for more than a year, in the face of the increasing number of launches, we have rema…
I will be brief. I obviously have no intention of arguing with the representative of Mali. Anything excessive is unimportant, and what he just said about my country was excessive and therefore unimportant. I would just like to point to three things.
First, at the beginning of 2013 — when in my pre…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing. I wish to highlight three points.
My first point concerns the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali. The Council has always been unanimous in emphasizing the major importance of that agreement and calling for its …
France condemns the agreement between Russia and Belarus to deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of the latter. That is yet another blow to the arms- control architecture, to strategic stability in Europe and to international peace and security. In 2018 Russia began violating the Intermediate-Ran…
France congratulates Mozambique on convening today’s debate. We commend the path taken by the country in the area of peace and national reconciliation. I thank Ms. Duarte, Mr. Chambas and Mr. Manzoni for their briefings.
Africa faces considerable challenges today, such as the pressure of climate ch…
I thank the Special Representative for her briefing, and I would like to emphasize three points.
First, we must consolidate our efforts to guarantee the integrity and sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For more than a year, the actions of the Mouvement du 23 mars (M-23), an armed …
