Seven years have passed since Russia’s illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. Despite the guarantees given when the Budapest Memorandum was signed, since 2014 Russia has blatantly violated the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United…
I thank the Special Representative, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, for her briefing.
I wish to touch on three points.
First, I wish to focus on the ongoing security challenges in the eastern part of the country. We condemn the recurrent attacks targeting civilians and armed forces in the Kivus and in Ituri.…
I thank Special Representative Mr. Ndiaye, Mr. Chergui and Mr. Vervaeke for their briefings.
The Central African Republic still faces significant challenges. The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate, with food insecurity but also the coronavirus disease pandemic, measles and malaria in p…
I thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Under- Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their briefings. The war in Yemen must be stopped. We reiterate that the only solution is political. We therefore call on the parties to the conflict to resume talks in coordination with the Special Envoy, to whom F…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2547 (2020). The efforts undertaken by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) in support of political dialogue as well as for governance and the strengthening of the rule of law is of vital importance and should be continued. We welcome the r…
I thank Mr. Huang Xia, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Great Lakes Region, for his briefing. I would like to emphasize three points.
First of all, progress on regional cooperation should be encouraged. France welcomes the positive developments in recent months. In particular, I welco…
I want to thank Special Representative Annadif for his briefing and for his work as Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). I also commend the work of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union, which mobilized…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing, which demonstrates, if proof were still needed, that the Syrian regime continues to flout its international obligations. Why else would we meet again today after last Monday’s meeting?
Contrary to what some claim, the Syrian chem…
I hope that we are going to be able to move on from procedural matters to a substantive discussion on the chemical issues before us.
Our Chinese colleague has just raised a timely question worthy of discussion. Why do we invite such and such a person and not another? That is a good question.
But f…
We have a monthly meeting on the issue of Syrian chemical weapons with Mrs. Nakamitsu. There is an agreed standard format, which is that Mrs. Nakamitsu briefs us every month. Everyone is very happy with that. It is a little repetitive, but it is the standard format.
At the same time, Mr. President,…
I thank Special Coordinator Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016).
The recent developments serve to underscore the ongoing significance of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The parameters for its settlement have long been known — two States, living side …
I would like to thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Under- Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their briefings.
There is an urgent need to find a political solution to the crisis in Yemen. We are concerned about the continuing clashes there, particularly in Ma’rib. We call on the Yemeni parties…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2543 (2020), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and would like to thank Germany and Indonesia for the efforts they made in their capacity as co-authors of the resolution. The resolution sends a…
I would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Mr. Mark Lowcock, Ms. Wafa’a Alsaidy and Ms. Raja Abdullah Ahmed Almasabi for their briefings.
It is essential that the humanitarian actors and non-governmental organizations on the ground can express their views of the situation before the Security Counc…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2536 (2020), which renews the sanctions regime concerning the Central African Republic for one year. In that regard, I would like to highlight three points.
First of all, I would like to express our satisfaction that the Security Council is demon…
I would like to thank the Chinese presidency for organizing this debate on one of France’s major priorities, as well as Ms. DiCarlo, Ms. Mohammed and Mr. Dieye for their introductory statements.
While the terrorist threat persists throughout the world, the African continent has not been spared and …
I thank the Secretary-General for his presence among us and, above all, for his tireless commitment. I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing.
The Council met yesterday on the humanitarian situation in Syria, in particular in Idlib (see S/PV.8734). Today is our sixth meeting on Syria this month. The si…
I thank Ms. Mueller and Ms. Fore for their briefings. I welcome the presence of the German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and your own, Sir.
There is an urgent need to silence the arms in Idlib and to establish an immediate cessation of hostilities. France condemns in the strongest possible t…
