•  Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Secretary General Ban Ki Moon - UN Photo/Mark Garten

    Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and Secretary General Ban Ki Moon - UN Photo/Mark Garten

  •  Gérard Araud at the Security Council - UN Photo/Ryan Brown

    Gérard Araud at the Security Council - UN Photo/Ryan Brown

  •  Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy and Mr. Ban Ki-Moon-New York-29 March 2010-Photo/P.Segrette

    Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy and Mr. Ban Ki-Moon-New York-29 March 2010-Photo/P.Segrette

  •  President Nicolas Sarkozy and SG Ban Ki Moon - MAEE/ Antoine Arraou

    President Nicolas Sarkozy and SG Ban Ki Moon - MAEE/ Antoine Arraou

  •  President Sarkozy addresses the 63rd General Assembly -  UN Photo/Marco Castro

    President Sarkozy addresses the 63rd General Assembly - UN Photo/Marco Castro

  •  The Blue Helmets of the UN - UN Photo/Mark Garten

    The Blue Helmets of the UN - UN Photo/Mark Garten

  •  The Security Council at work

    The Security Council at work

News

25 August 2010 - 18th Ambassador’s Conference - Speech by Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic

Elysée Palace – Wednesday, 25 August 2010

"Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. President of the Senate, Mr. President of the National Assembly, Mr. Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Ministers, Parliamentarians, (...) [read ...]

25 August 2010 - Security Council - Somalia / Piracy - Statement by Mr. Nicolas de Rivière, chargé d’affaires a.i. of France to the United Nations

(Unofficial translation)

Mr. Nicolas de Rivière, chargé d'affaires a.i. of France to the United Nations - Security Council: the situation inSomalia - 25 August 2010 - UN Photo / Paulo Filgueiras (...) [read ...]

20 August 2010 - General Assembly - Pakistan - Humanitarian situation resulting from floods - Statement by Mr. Nicolas de Rivière, chargé d’affaires a.i. of France to the United Nations

(Unofficial translation)

Mr. Nicolas de Rivière, chargé d'affaires a.i. of France to the United Nations - Plenary meeting of the GA 64th session: Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and (...) [read ...]

6 August 2010 - Security Council - Peacekeeping Operations - Statement by Mr. Nicolas de Rivière, chargé d’affaires a.i. of France to the United Nations

(Unofficial translation)

First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative to organize this meeting. I should also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping (...) [read ...]

3 August 2010 - Security Council - UNMIK / Kosovo - Statement by Mr. Nicolas de Rivière, chargé d’affaires a.i. of France to the United Nations

(Unofficial translation)

Mr. President, I would like to thank Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and Kosovar Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni, both of whom we listened to with the utmost (...) [read ...]

UN Express

31 August 2010 - Lebanon - UNIFIL / Adoption of resolution 1937 - Statement (...)

France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 1937 (2010) by the UN Security Council which renews for one year the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The Force plays a role which is crucial to stability in Lebanon and to maintaining the cessation of hostilities with Israel, in the (...) [read ...]