I thank Mr. Jenča and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings.
For two years now, since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia has been violating international law and international humanitarian law on a daily basis. On the nights of 21 and 28 March, Russia deliberately targete…
I would like to thank Mr Rajasingham and Ms. Soeripto for their briefings.
France condemned Israel’s strike which resulted in the death of seven non-governmental organization World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers. We have asked the Israeli authorities to conduct an in-depth investigation and p…
I thank the Special Representative, the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF and Ms. Niger-Thomas for their statements.
Children are the main civilian victims of armed conflict. France is deeply concerned by the serious violations against them and the denial of humanitarian assistance that they endu…
I would first like to congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and to thank the delegation of Japan for its work throughout the month of March. I would also like to thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
Yesterday’s strikes in Damascus come amid a continuing…
The draft resolution that was just rejected (S/2024/255) had a simple goal, namely, to renew for one year the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006). France supported that draft resolution because the role of the Panel of Expe…
I will be very brief. I would first like to say that, regarding Kosovo, I completely agree with the opinion of the First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia, which is that the subject is still on the agenda. The best proof of that is that a meeting is scheduled for April under the Maltese pres…
At the outset, I simply wish to indicate that my delegation would like the provisional agenda for this meeting to be put to the vote. I do not think it is necessary to repeat yet again what I said in the Chamber on Monday (see S/PV.9587), during consultations on 6 March and then again yesterday. The…
I would like to thank Ms. Bintou Keita and Ms. Jacquie-Anna for their briefings.
France condemns the resumption of attacks of the Movement du 23 mars, as well as Rwanda’s support for that group and the group’s presence on Congolese territory. It must put an end to this without delay. The European U…
I thank Mr. Wennesland for his briefing.
Yesterday the Security Council demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza by adopting resolution 2728 (2024). It also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages held by Hamas and other terrorist groups. That resolution must be implemented …
I will be very brief.
First, on the issue of Kosovo, my colleagues around this table will recall that, on 8 February, the President of Serbia, Mr. Vučić, asked to be heard by the Council, given the situation in Kosovo. The Council immediately accepted his request. Kosovo was also invited to partici…
The Russian Federation once again launched this initiative without consulting Serbia, which is forced to accept this fait accompli. Since 1 March, my delegation and several other delegations have explained that to the Serbian delegation and told its members clearly and repeatedly that this meeting w…
France welcomes today’s adoption of resolution 2728 (2024).
More than five months after the beginning of the crisis in Gaza, triggered by the terrorist attack carried out by Hamas, it was high time for the Security Council to finally act. It was high time for it to establish a ceasefire. It was hig…
Let me repeat for the members of the Security Council that the agenda is a collective decision taken by all Members of the Council. It does not belong to a single member or to the presidency; it belongs to all 15 members of the Council, collectively. The question of whether to hold such a meeting wa…
The interpretation is exactly the opposite of what the Permanent Representative Russia said. I was never consulted on the holding of such a meeting. We adopted the programme of work on 1 March, without this meeting being on the schedule. No members of the Council were consulted, so I think they need…
Several delegations, including France, have expressed strong reservations in recent weeks about this initiative of Russia, put forward without any prior consultation with Serbia. I had requested that we discuss the topic in consultations on 6 March, nearly three weeks ago. And at the time, I had ind…
France is grateful to the United States for proposing draft resolution S/2024/239, for which we voted. The Council must continue to take action, as the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is worsening every day. France demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and an immediate and…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
With this, the thirteenth meeting since September 2022 devoted to arms deliveries, Russia continues its disinformation campaign. Two years ago, it attacked a free and sovereign nation that was not threatening or attacking it, in violation of all the rules of…
I would like to thank Mr. Pedersen and Ms. Msuya for their briefings.
I would like to stress three points. On 15 March we marked the thirteenth anniversary of the Syrian people’s peaceful uprising. The conflict has claimed more than 500,000 lives since March 2011 and has forced the displacement of …
First of all, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for organizing this meeting, and I would like to thank the Secretary-General and the other speakers for their briefings.
We are meeting against a backdrop of unprecedented weakening of arms control and non-proliferation instruments. Russia’s…
I would like to thank Ms. DiCarlo for her presentation.
Russia is once again organizing pseudo-elections in the territories it illegally occupies in Ukraine. It is a farce, just like the pseudo-elections last October and the sham referendums in September 2022. It is once again seeking to give a sem…
