High-level Open Debate: “Leadership for peace: United in respect of the UN Charter in search of a secure future" Address by Jean-Noël Barrot Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs at the Security Council (25.09.24

President, I would like to thank Slovenia for organizing this open debate, and the UN Secretary-General, ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for their remarks. Our Council had to meet at a time when the world was being struck and divided by major conflicts of an exceptional gravity. And unfortunately, these conflicts are growing in number. It is the responsibility of our Council to resolve them and it needs to do more. Our first responsibility is (…)