I thank the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Executive Director of UNICEF and the Director of the Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for th…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2703 (2023), which renews for one year the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). I would like to recall France’s full support for the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General. His recent visit to …
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
For the second time in the space of two weeks, Russia is requesting a Council meeting in order to place responsibility for the war in Ukraine on arms deliveries to that country. Another meeting on this subject will be no more successful than the previous ones in ga…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her briefing and commend her resolute action at the head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). I reiterate France’s full support and take this opportunity to p…
As the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Catherine Colonna, said before the Security Council yesterday (see S/PV.9451), the situation in the Middle East is very dangerous, and is at risk of spilling over into a conflagration. The Council must therefore act and uphold its responsibil…
I thank former Presidents and Thabo Mbeki, Assistant Secretary-General Khiari and Ms. Echavarría Álvarez for their briefings.
I would like to stress three points. France, as a member of the European Union, believes firmly that regional integration serves the maintenance of international peace and s…
I thank Mr. Wennesland and Mr. Griffiths for their briefings.
The situation in Gaza and the region has continued to deteriorate since the terrorist attack committed against Israel by Hamas on 7 October. It is regrettable that the Security Council was unable to respond and to act today, 11 days afte…
The terrorist attack carried out on the 7 October by Hamas is, without a doubt, the worst such attack experienced by Israel since its creation. In this difficult time, France stands by Israel. Israel’s security is non-negotiable. Israel has the clear right to defend itself.
Given the current crisis…
I thank the Special Representative and the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya, for their briefings.
I shall make three points.
First of all, I would again like to express France’s solidarity with the Libyan people a month after the devastating f…
I would like to thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
Four days ago, we held an emergency meeting following a Russian-led strike on a building in the Ukrainian village of Hroza (see S/PV.9431). The vast majority of Council members and the Secretary-General condemned that violation of international humani…
Following on from the consultations between the United Nations Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council that have just concluded in Addis Ababa, I would like to emphasize three points.
First of all, we must further strengthen cooperation between the United Nations and the A…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General and the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator for their briefings.
Once again, the Security Council is meeting to respond to a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law by one of its permanent members, Russia. As the Secretary-General did just last Thurs…
I would like to thank the representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration Office to the United Nations for their statements.
I would like to highlight three points.
First, Europe is a land of welcome and as…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ms. Modi for their briefings. I welcome the presence here today of the Minister for Foreign Affair…
I thank Mr. Pedersen, Ms. Wosornu and Ms. Jarbawi for their briefings.
The war continues in Syria with complete impunity, and the violence remains widespread. This war has repercussions on the entire region, which hosts several million refugees and is suffering the repercussions of the captagon tra…
I thank Mr. Wennesland for his briefing.
Thirty years after the Oslo Accords, the pace of Israeli construction is increasing in the occupied Palestinian territories. France condemns that policy,
which contravenes the Fourth Geneva Convention and a number of Council resolutions, particularly resolu…
France expressed its concern clearly when underwater explosions hit the Nord Stream gas pipelines a year ago. We took seriously the reports that the explosions were the result of a deliberate act of sabotage, and our position is unchanged. These are serious matters that require thorough investigatio…
I thank the Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Mr. Cohen and Mr. Miebach for their briefings.
At the end of 2022, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimated that humanitarian needs for 2023 would increase to $51.5 billion, the first time that it had announced suc…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Once again, by calling for a meeting on Western arms deliveries to Ukraine, Russia would like to shift onto others the responsibility for an illegal war that it itself started. No one is fooled by this attempt at disinformation. Let us not for…
I thank Mr. Jenča for his briefing.
Almost a year ago, in October 2022, the overwhelming majority of the General Assembly membership condemned Russia’s illegal holding of so- called referendums in regions within the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine and the subsequent attempt to illegal…
