I thank the Special Coordinator for his briefing. I would like to emphasize three points today.
First, the Security Council must mobilize to prevent an escalation on the ground. The year 2022 was a very deadly one. The beginning of this year has also been marked by a very high level of violence in …
I thank Ms. Brands Kehris and Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Anthony for their briefings.
Russia is once again trying to create a diversion by today exploiting the freedom of religion or belief. It seeks to divert the Security Council’s attention from its responsibility for the war of aggression that …
I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing.
For almost a year, with bravery and determination, Ukraine has been resisting the Russian aggression unleashed in violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. Russia had bet on the rapid collapse of the Ukrainian army and authorities. Eleven m…
I thank the Secretary-General, the President of the International Court of Justice and Professor Akande for their briefings.
As we just celebrated the tenth anniversary of the declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national and international levels (…
The renewal of the cross-border humanitarian mechanism is essential, as it remains a vital mechanism for millions of Syrians. I welcome the efforts of Ireland and Norway, as well as of Brazil and Switzerland, to reach agreement on the renewal of resolution 2642 (2022), which enables the mechanism to…
I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
France expresses its deep concern following the recent visit by Israel’s Minister of National Security to the mosques’ plaza on 3 January. We must do everything possible to prevent an escalation, which would have grave consequences on the ground.
France, which …
First of all, I would like to congratulate Japan on its assumption of the functions of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January, and I would also like to welcome all the new non-permanent members who are at this table today for the first time. I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.…
At the outset, I express the condolences of France to Ireland following the death of one of its peacekeepers in Lebanon.
I thank India for organizing this debate. I also thank the Under-Secretary-General and the representative of the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive
Directorate for their brie…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this debate. I would like to welcome the participation of the Secretary- General and the President of the General Assembly.
The international multilateral order is currently being undermined by those who support the idea that might makes right. The idea …
I would like to thank Ms. Keita for her briefing and especially for her work as Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). I welcome the participation in this meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
for Foreign Affairs …
Once again, Russia would have us believe that its war is being waged by Ukraine, encouraged by the United States and Europe. On 24 February, however, it was indeed Russia that invaded Ukraine, in defiance of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. It was Russia that started the war …
France fully associates itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union (see A/77/PV.48) and would now like to make a few comments in its national capacity.
We too thank Singapore and Norway for having facilitated negotiations on the two draft resolutions on our agenda (A/77/L.3…
I thank Mr. Griffiths for his briefing and all United Nations agencies for the work they are carrying out in very difficult conditions in Ukraine.
Russia continues its aggression and is now using winter as a weapon of war. France condemns, in the strongest possible terms, Russia’s ongoing massive a…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
The lack of progress is frustrating, but we must face facts. The sole responsibility lies with the Syrian regime, which stubbornly refuses to cooperate. As everyone knows, we are gathered here because the Syrian regime has used weapons of mass destruction ag…
I thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Griffiths for their briefings.
The situation in Syria remains a regional destabilizing factor. The war in Syria is not over, and too many civilians continue to pay the price every day.
The recent escalation in the north of the country is a cause for concern. We are dee…
I thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process for his briefing.
As the Special Coordinator said, the risk of escalation on the ground is real, and France calls on the parties to exercise restraint. We condemn in the strongest terms the two attacks that struck Jerusalem on 23 Nov…
I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing and welcome the participation of President Zelenskyy in this meeting.
Russia is continuing its strategy of systematically targeting Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. After the strikes on 15 and 17 November, which were on a
scale unprecedented since the conflic…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for her briefing.
France condemns in the strongest terms the firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile on 18 November, which fell within Japan’s exclusive economic zone. France assures Japan and the Republic of Korea of its solidarity following that irre…
I thank the Assistant Secretary-General and the Executive Secretary of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel) for their briefings.
As has been underscored, the G-5 Sahel is in crisis. It is an institutional crisis caused by Mali’s decision to leave the Group. It is a political crisis that requ…
As the leaders of the Group of 20 met to defend peace, Russia once again demonstrated its lack of scruples by launching a new round of air strikes against Ukrainian cities, targeting civilian infrastructure. France condemns these strikes, which constitute flagrant violations of international law, in…
