Statement of France at the UNGA72

Chemical weapons(Syria): France will be absolutely intransigent on the use of chemical weapons.

Nuclear proliferation (DRPK): Multilateralism is struggling to cope with the challenges of nuclear proliferation (...) Our responsibility, together with all our partners, including China, to firmly push for negotiations. France will refuse any escalation and will not close dialogue, if the conditions are met, dialogue will be useful for peace.

Nuclear proliferation (Iran): (I) defend the Nuclear agreement with Iran.

Prevention: To establish lasting and just peace, it is urgent to concentrate on the political settlement of crises through transition, as per Resolution 2254(2015)

Syria: Let us give a real chance to negotiations because the solution will be not military but political.

Reconstruction and PB:In order to eradicate terrorism we need to ensure that the national capacities are supported so that the States themselves can safeguard their own security.

Peacekeeping: We must collectively rethink the articulation between peacekeeping, regional organizations and host countries.

Displacement: The protection of refugees is a moral and political duty in which France has decided to play its role. In supporting the Office of the High Commissioner refugees wherever it is needed. By opening legal channels resettlement closest to the conflict zones, in Lebanon, Jordan,in Turkey but also in Niger and Chad. In defending the right of asylum and the absolute respect of the Geneva Convention.

Implementation: Multilateralism is the most effective way of dealing with international challenges, as it is the concretization of a vision of the world that protects us from a “survival of the fittest” mindset; it is the rule of law in act.

Implementation: When the Security Council fails to take decisions, we need to question the behavior of its members rather than the institution itself.  In this vein, France calls other permanent members, to restraint from its right of veto when atrocities are committed.

Implementation: The United Nations is a cornerstone for peace and security, ,but it does not hold the monopoly of crisis management: the European Union and the European Union sub-regional organizations are other key actors.