I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Pascoe, for his briefing. I also thank the Permanent
Representative of the State of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements.
I should like to address four points, starting with the issue of Gaza, which has b…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized today’s thematic debate on prevention of conflicts in Africa. As we know, Africa today hosts half of United Nations peacekeeping operations and nearly 75 per cent of Blue Helmets deployed: 73,645 out of 100,645, as of 30 June 2010.
In this context, t…
I wish to thank the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights for their briefings.
I associate myself with the statement to be made by the representative of the European Union.
Of course I want to pay tribute to Sir John Holmes, whose last statement to the Council in his capacit…
I would like to thank Mr. Zannier and Mr. De Kermabon for the details that they have provided on the incident that occurred in Kosovo at the end of last week. I welcome the President of the Republic of Serbia. I also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo and thank him fo…
France associates itself with the statement to be made by the representative of the European Union.
We would like thank Special Representative de Mistura, for his work. We listened with interest to
his briefing. Under his leadership, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) ha…
The Group of Western European and other States is pleased to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The end of colonialism and access to independence were among the most significant developments that sh…
I support the statement to be made on behalf of the European Union. I would like to thank the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico for taking the initiative to convene the Security Council to address the issue of children and armed conflict. We welcome the Council’s sending of an unmistakable mess…
I wish on behalf of France, I thank you, Mr. President, and the United Kingdom for having made possible this discussion on the Sudan and for having invited President Mbeki, Mr. Menkerios, Mr. Gambari and Mr. Bassolé to participate. I thank them for being with us today.
As all previous speakers have…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 1929 (2010). The Council adopted it by a large majority, with the votes of countries of Africa, Asia, Europe and America, countries with or without a nuclear industry and countries with or without trade relations with Iran.
This unity has a clear reason, a…
I wish to welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey. I also wish to thank the Deputy Secretary-General for her presence, and Mr. Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing.
We have expressed our emotions at the tragic consequences of the Israeli operation against th…
On behalf of France, I thank Lebanon for having taken the initiative to bring us together under its presidency of the Security Council to discuss the contribution of intercultural dialogue to peace and security. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement. As French President …
I thank the High Representative for the statement that he has just given and assure him of France’s support. I welcome the presence of Mr. Silajdžić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and congratulate him on his country’s presence in the Security Council. France associates itself…
I naturally welcome the presence of the President of the Republic of Djibouti, Mr. Ismail Omar Guelleh. The French delegation has taken note with much interest of his analysis, while the situation in the Horn of Africa remains very unstable.
Fighting has stopped in Ras Doumeira and Doumeira Island,…
I should like at the outset to pay tribute to the members of the Council who shouldered their responsibilities in carrying out the mission with me. I also thank the Secretariat, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Alan Doss, and the United Nations Organization Mission in the Dem…
Allow me to thank Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Skender Hyseni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, for their presence and their statements. I commend the work of Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General,…
I welcome the presence for the first time before the Security Council of the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union. Her presence marks an important step in the relations between the European Union and the United Nations.
I noted with a mixture of pleasure…
The resolution we have just adopted highlights the importance which the international community attaches to the political process in Western Sahara. The status quo is unacceptable in the long term. We call on all the parties to display greater political will to reach a solution that is fair, lasting…
France aligns itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union. I acknowledge the presence of the Prime Minister of Haiti, Mr. Jean-Max Bellerive. As President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy said during his visit to Haiti in February, it is up to the Haitian pe…
I thank the delegation of Japan for having organized this open debate on the implementation of the presidential note of July 2006, contained in document S/2006/507. This debate provides the opportunity to assess the status of our ongoing efforts to improve the working methods of the Council and to a…
I would like to thank His Excellency Mr. Okada, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, for being here with us today, and Japan for having organized this open debate on the wide-ranging subject of peacebuilding. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Afghanis…
