I thank the President of the International Court of Justice, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Professor Dapo Akande for their briefings.
I take this opportunity to reiterate France’s support for the remarkable work and action of the International Court of Justice and the Of…
I would like to thank all the briefers and to welcome the participation in this meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the representatives of Rwanda and Uganda. I want to highlight three points.
First, in the context…
On 24 May North Korea once again fired three ballistic missiles, and there is every indication that it is preparing for another nuclear test. The speed and gravity of North Korea’s provocations since the beginning of the year are unprecedented. In the face of that escalation, we have spared no effor…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General and the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya for their briefings. I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya.
Maintaining the status quo is not an option for Libya, and we need to resolve the …
I thank Ms. DiCarlo, Ms. Nyabola and Mr. Druet for their briefings.
I will focus on three points.
First and foremost, digital technologies are an opportunity for international peace and security. Peacekeeping operations have been at the forefront of those efforts. The presidential statement adopte…
I thank Mr. Martin Griffiths and Ms. Almouslem for their briefings. I would also like to commend the United Nations and the non-governmental organizations on the ground for their remarkable work.
The Syrian population continues to pay the price of this war. Hostilities continue daily. The air strik…
As President of the Security Council during the month of July 2021, France drafted the introduction to this year’s annual report on the activities of the Council in 2021.
Thanks to the constructive commitment of all of us, the text was agreed by the January deadline. I would especially like to than…
I thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Beasley, Mr. Qu Dongyu and Ms. Menker for their briefings.
The figures speak for themselves: the year 2022 will mark a dark record in terms of the number of people who are food insecure due to conflict, the coronavirus disease pandemic and climate change. The Sahe…
I thank Ms. Akyaa Pobee, Mr. Tiaré and Ms. Bandiaky-Badji for their briefings.
The situation in the Sahel remains very alarming. Millions of people are suffering from food insecurity. Terrorist groups exact a heavy toll from civilian populations and local forces. Those groups extend their threat as…
I thank Mr. Markram for his briefing.
We deplore the fact that Russia is once again using the Security Council as a propaganda platform. To justify its unjustifiable war against Ukraine, Russia is making unfounded accusations. It repeats that there are offensive biological programmes in Ukraine. Le…
I thank Ms. Msuya and Mr. Abdi for their briefings.
The Russian aggression continues inexorably. The Russian army continues to kill civilians, including children, and to destroy civilian infrastructure.
We all know that the number of civilian victims is much higher than the figures reported. The h…
I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
France condemns, in the strongest terms, the ballistic missile launched into the sea by North Korea on 7 May. That test, the fifteenth since the start of the year, poses a threat to international peace and security. It is yet another unacceptable violation of Se…
I thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Bachelet, Mr. Griffiths and Ms. Luzan for their briefings.
Let me commend the outstanding work of the United Nations agencies and humanitarian actors. We have just heard that the Secretary-General’s visit to Kyiv and Moscow has enabled the evacuation of hundreds o…
I would like to thank Ms. Clements and Mr. António Vitorino for their briefings and to applaud the remarkable work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations agencies and all the humanitarian actors in Ukraine …
I would like to thank Mr. Hans Grundberg and Mr. Martin Griffiths for their briefings.
As the Special Envoy noted, there have been encouraging developments in Yemen over the past two weeks. In the area of security, France commends the announcement of a two-month-long truce. That is an important ini…
I would like to thank Ms. Bahous, Mr. Fontaine and Ms. Cherepakha for their briefings. They confirm the deep concern that we have expressed since the beginning of the Russian aggression.
We are still shocked by the abominable attack on the Kramatorsk railway station on Friday, which could constitut…
I thank Mr. Chaiban, Ms. Martinez and Mr. Ojwang for their briefings.
At the outset, I commend the outstanding work of the entire United Nations and of humanitarian and medical personnel in responding to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Despite some progress, vaccination rates remain ex…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Ms. Samaké for their briefings.
France is very concerned about the situation in Mali — the increase in violence against civilians in the centre of the country since the beginning of the year, with total impunity, and rep…
I thank Ms. Keita for her briefing.
We have just learned that a United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) helicopter disappeared today in the Rutshuru area. I pay tribute to all of the Mission’s personnel who dedicate themselves each day to …
I would like to thank Ms. Msuya and Mr. Beasley for their briefings.
I would especially like to express my gratitude for the substantial mobilization on the part of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme and all other humanitarian agencies. They can count …
