I would like to thank Mr. Abou Moussa for his briefing and the Secretary-General for his report (S/2013/671).
Many challenges undoubtedly remain in Central Africa, as mentioned by Mr. Abou Moussa, including ever-increasing acts of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and the situation in the Democratic Rep…
France regrets that we were drawn today into a vote whose outcome was known in advance. We regret it all the more so because it was unnecessary.
The Security Council met with the Contact Group of the African Union, and that exchange enabled us to reach an agreement on principle with respect to Keny…
I thank the Prosecutor for her report and presentation. I would like to reiterate our support for hear as well as for the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Following 42 years of dictatorship, Libya is now in transition. Violent acts are continuing, including against diplomatic missions. But the L…
I thank Mr. Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his briefing. I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Council, and thank the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan and his delegation for the way in which they led our Council in …
I would like to thank the Azerbaijani presidency for organizing this debate on the working methods of the Security Council.
Efforts have been made since 2010 to improve the Council’s working methods. The periodic revision of the note of the President to the Security Council (S/2010/507) has provide…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this debate to allow the Council to consider an issue that is dear to my country, namely, the contributions of regional and subregional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security and promoting rule of law. I thank the Secretary- General for …
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements. My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
With respect to the main issue of the peac…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this debate. I also thank all those who have spoken. I believe that the statements made by my colleagues have proven, 13 years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), what has become obvious to everyone, namely, that no conflict can be resolved and no transitio…
I thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, Mr. Riyad Mansour, and the Permanent Representative of Israel, Mr. Ron Proser, for their statements.
The Middle East is being rocked by two crises that urgently require…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this debate, the first on this topic since the adoption of resolution 1738 (2006). I thank the Deputy Secretary-General for his statement and the journalists for their testimony, which allows us to better understand the challenges they face on the ground.…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for their statements. I also align myself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
I congratulate the Afghan authorities on assuming the responsibility for securit…
I would like to thank the President for having organized today’s debate. I would also like to thank the briefers and other speakers. I congratulate the delegation of Luxembourg on the way it has conducted the chairmanship of the Working Group, and I reiterate France’s support.
The United Nations ap…
I would like to thank the President of Togolese Republic and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Togo, the Secretary- General and all of the Ministers for their participation in this high-level debate.
I associate myself with the statement to be made by the Observer of the European Union.
Terroris…
I should like at the outset to thank Mr. Feltman, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs; the Permanent Observer of Palestine, Mr. Riyad Mansour; and the Permanent Representative of Israel, Mr. Ron Prosor, for their statements.
This spring, the Middle East has been racked by two crises that…
I welcome your presence here, Madam President, and commend Rwanda’s initiative to convene this debate on the prevention of conflict in Africa.
In 1994, Rwanda experienced an internecine genocide that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths and that the United Nations and its Security Council we…
I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and la Francophonie of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2089 (2013), which France submitted to the Council. The resolution complements the Framework for Peace, Security and Coop…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing and the Prime Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo for their statements.
Naturally, my country remains committed to the reality of a sovereign, peaceful, democratic and multi-ethnic Kosovo, living in peace with its neighbours. O…
I thank the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Fisher, for his intervention. I endorse the statements to be given by the observer of the European Union and the representative of Uruguay on behalf of the Group of Friends.
I share the doubts that were just expressed by my Br…
I thank the Secretary-General and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for their remarks. I also welcome the presence of Mr. Kubiš, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and of Mr. Ušackas, Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan, and I associate myself with th…
I would also like to welcome the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. France naturally associates itself with the European Union’s vision and commitment in the service of an effective multilateralism in full cooperation with the Council, which she has ju…
