The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child published its final observations on the protection of children’s rights in France on 1 June 2023. It (…)
French Foreign Policy
Declarations
-
United Nations – The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child welcomes the progress made by France and its active efforts for children - Joint communique issued by the ministry for Europe and foreign Affairs and the office of the minister of state for children (2 June 2023)
-
France is seeking re-election to the International Maritime Organization Council in 2023 (2024-2025 term)
France is presenting its candidacy for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council, category B, for the 2024-2025 term. This election (…)
-
Fight against impunity – Adoption of the Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and other International Crimes (30 May 2023)
France welcomes the adoption on 26 May 2023 of the Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of (…)
-
International solidarity – Website for the Summit on a New Global Financing Pact goes live (25 May 2023)
The website for the Summit on a New Global Financing Pact went live on May 25 at https://nouveaupactefinancier.org/en.php. It presents the (…)
-
NATO – Catherine Colonna’s participation in the informal meeting of foreign ministers in Oslo (31 May – 1 June 2023)
Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna will be in Oslo on May 31 and June 1 for the informal meeting of NATO foreign (…)
-
Statement by the Equal Rights Coalition on the Anti-Homosexuality Act in Uganda (29 May 2023)
The Equal Rights Coalition expresses grave concerns about the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 which further criminalizes LGBTI persons in Uganda. The (…)
-
United Nations – 75th anniversary of the Blue Helmets and peacekeeping operations (29 May 2023)
Today, 29 May 2023, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Blue Helmets and the United Nations Organization’s peacekeeping (…)
-
Chemical weapons – Fifth Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (19 May 2023)
France deplores the fact that the Fifth Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) ended on May 19 without adopting a final (…)
-
Chemical weapons – Fifth Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (May 19, 2023)
France deplores the fact that the Fifth Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) ended on May 19 without adopting a final (…)
-
France commends the decision of Portugal and Slovenia to join the Declaration of sixteen European Member States on the protection of LGBTIQ persons in the European Union (May 17, 2023)
For the 2nd anniversary of the IDAHOBIT declaration, signed by 14 EU Member States, France would like to commend the decision of Portugal and (…)