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Monsieur le Président, Je voudrais vous féliciter sur l’occasion de votre présidence et vous offre tous mes encouragements. Monsieur le Président, Distingués Membres du Conseil de sécurité, Mesdames et Messieurs, Le rapport…

Madame la Présidente, Distingués Membres du Conseil, Je vous remercie pour l’opportunité que vous me donnez de briefer à nouveau sur les récents développements au Burundi. Le 17 mai, les Burundais ont voté en faveur d’une…

Monsieur le Président, Je voudrais, pour commencer, vous adresser mes vives félicitations pour votre accession à la présidence du conseil, pour ce mois d’août. Je vous remercie pour l’opportunité que vous me donnez de vous…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, I thank the Security Council for this opportunity to introduce the Secretary-General’s latest report on the situation in Mali, as well as to update you on some of the important…

I am visiting the Central African Republic today to express the grave concern of the United Nations about the deteriorating security and human rights situation in the country and to convey the solidarity with the people who…

Mr. President, Last week, this Council heard briefings which described in grim detail the tragedy unfolding inside Syria and its dramatic humanitarian consequences in the absence of a political solution that could bring about…

Mr. President, Members of the Security Council, Thank you for this opportunity to brief the Security Council on recent developments in Somalia and on the findings of the Technical Assessment Mission, as requested in…

Mr. President, The Secretary-General is alarmed by the escalation of tensions in Jerusalem that has continued since the Security Council emergency session of 29 October. Clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli security…

Madam President, Since I arrived to Baghdad at the end of March, I have endeavoured to meet as broad a range of Iraq’s political, community and religious leaders as possible, to hear their views on how Iraq and its different…

Thank you Mr. President, Let me begin by extending my warmest wishes to our Muslim colleagues and their families on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr and the end of the holy month of Ramadan. In a region currently torn by religious…

Mr. President, The Council meets today at a moment of heightened Middle East diplomacy. Discussions are ongoing on both immediate crises and longstanding sources of tensions in the region, from the Syria catastrophe to the…

Mr. President, When intensive Israeli-Palestinian negotiations resumed earlier this year, tensions were to be expected along the way. Nobody predicted this would be an easy process. And indeed, four months since their…