I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his statement and associate myself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union. I will talk about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the situation in Syria and, finally, Lebanon and Iraq.
On the fifteenth day of open war bet…
I thank Mr. Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing.
The events that we are witnessing are serious and, unfortunately, not unprecedented. In 2008, 2012 and 2014, on each occasion the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip have been caught between the rocket fire that we cond…
I thank Mr. Feltman for his briefing.
I wish to extend my deepest condolences to all the Permanent Representatives of the countries that lost citizens in this tragic event. I would like in particular to extend our condolences to our colleagues from the
Netherlands and Malaysia. We also mourn with …
The Council has just unanimously adopted a new resolution on humanitarian access in Syria (resolution 2165 (2014)). I thank Australia, Jordan and Luxembourg for their efforts in preparing that text.
The adoption of a new resolution was needed because the provisions of presidential statement S/PRST/…
I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel for her statement and wish to express to her, on behalf of France, our full support in carrying out her new mandate.
The crisis in Mali, which has marshalled a large part of our energy for more than a year, symbolizes to the extreme t…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement and the Russian presidency for taking the initiative to organize this debate among the Security Council, the Secretariat’s peacekeeping officials and troop- contributing countries, whose commitment I take this opportunity to commend.
I a…
Please excuse me, Mr. President, I do not want to extend the debate further or get into polemics. I simply want to make a factual correction on the text of draft resolution S/2014/348, on which a vote has been taken. Unlike what our Syrian colleague has just said, the draft resolution does not exemp…
I had hoped that the tone of my speech would have demonstrated to everyone seated around this table and in the Chamber our determination that the Council not again manifest the same divisions. I wanted my statement to reflect my
desire to respect the dignity of the debate — a debate that has to do …
I have asked to speak before the voting on draft resolution S/2014/348, which France had the honour to present, in order to explain the reason behind our approach. France’s proposal is not a new chapter in the divisiveness besetting the Security Council when it comes to the Syrian crisis; on the con…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor for her briefing. I would also like to reaffirm our full support to the International Criminal Court.
There are times in the history of international relations in which unity may be achieved to prevent or put an end to those atrocities, addressed in the terms of…
I thank Mr. Abou Moussa for his briefing and the Secretary- General for his report (S/2014/319). The report of the Secretary-General on Central Africa is illustration of an alarming deterioration of the political, security and humanitarian situation in the region.
At the previous Council meeting on…
The adoption of resolution 1540 (2004), 10 years ago, on 28 April 2004, was a historic breakthrough in the fight against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems. I wish to thank the Republic of Korea for having organized this high-level debate on the issue, as wel…
I thank Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Mr. Adama Dieng, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, for their briefings.
The alarm raised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights cannot leave the Council indifferen…
I pay tribute to the Permanent Representative of Nigeria and her team in their presidency of the Council for last month.
Here we are once again, meeting to address the crisis in Ukraine. Each time, the Council flaunts its divisions and hence its powerlessness while that unhappy country sinks into a…
I thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing.
I will address in order the following topics: the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the situation in Syria, and finally Lebanon.
After nine month…
I thank Mr. Feltman for his briefing.
Since early April, the situation in Ukraine has deteriorated continuously. In several eastern cities, armed militants, acting in a professional and synchronized manner, have taken possession of public buildings. The similarity of the operations that were observ…
I would like to thank Nigeria for organizing this open debate, and you, Mr. President, for your statement. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
In the context of the maintenance of international peace and security, security sector reform plays a primary role in two wa…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate. I also thank the Secretary-General, his Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, as well as Ms. Rhoda Misaka, representing civil society in South Sudan. I would also like to align my country with the statement of the European Uni…
I thank Rwanda for having organized this moment of gathering and commemoration in honour of the victims of genocide. The briefings of Mr. Eliasson and Mr. Keating will enabled us to draw a lesson from the past in order to improve our actions in the future.
On this day of mourning, France pays tribu…
