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• News 2024
  • 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
  • Ministerial event Feminist Foreign Policy Plus (FFP+) group Address by Jean-Noël Barrot Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs (25.09.24)
  • Lebanon Address by Jean-Noël Barrot Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs at the Security Council (25.09.24)
  • Inclusion of the Marquesas Islands on UNESCO’s World Heritage list (26 Jul. 2024)
  • United Nations – Joint Statement following the meeting between Stéphane Séjourné and Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (16.04.24)
  • United Nations – Appointment of Ms. Julie Bishop as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar (05.04.24)
  • UN – Stéphane Séjourné to attend the Security Council’s ministerial meeting (23 Jan. 2024)
  • UN – France welcomes the adoption of a Security Council resolution condemning Houthi attacks in the Red Sea (11 Jan. 2024)
  • UN - France welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s appointment of his Personal Envoy on Cyprus (08.01.24)
• News 2023
  • UN – Conversation between Catherine Colonna and World Food Programme Executive Director Cindy McCain (17.09.23)
  • Election of the Panamanian candidate to the IMO (18.07.23)
  • UN – Visit by Catherine Colonna to New York (17-18.07.23)
  • Statement by the committee on the elimination of racial discrimination (08.07.23)
  • United Nations – Re-election of Mr Qu Dongyu at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (02.07.23)
  • Return of the United States to Unesco (30.06.23)
  • Statement made by the Spokesperson of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (30 June 2023)
  • United Nations – Meeting between Mme Catherine Colonna and Mr Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) (27 June 2023)
  • UN – Announcement of the United States’ return to UNESCO (12.06.23)
  • UN - Election of new non-permanents members of the Security Council (07.06.23)
• News 2022
  • UN - Meeting between Catherine Colonna and Filippo Grandi (4 Oct. 22)
  • French candidacies to the International Telecommunication Union Council (03 Oct. 22)
  • United Nations – The Second ministerial Summit for Information and Democracy (New York, 09.22.22)
  • UN – Appointment of Abdoulaye Bathily as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Libya and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (Sept. 2, 22)
  • UN - France condemns the attack on MINUSMA in the strongest possible terms (06 Jul. 2022)
  • UN – Conversation between the minister and Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (Berlin, 24 Jun. 2022)
  • UNESCO – Conversation between Catherine Colonna and UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay (23 Jun. 2022)
  • United Nations – International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (19 Jun. 2022)
  • United Nations – World Refugee Day (20 Jun. 2022)
  • UN – France condemns the attack on MINUSMA (1 Jun. 2022)
• News 2021
  • World Organisation for Animal Health - Re-election of Dr Monique Éloit, Director General (2 June 2021)
  • UN – Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne to attend the virtual Security Council meeting on multilateralism (07 May.21)
  • UN – Appointment of Joanna Wronecka as UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (1 Apr. 2021)
  • Security Council - Q&A from the press briefing (1 Apr. 2021)
  • United Nations – Appointment of Mahamat Saleh Annadif as Special Representative for West Africa and the Sahel (26 Mar. 2021)
  • UN – Appointment of El-Ghassim Wane as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Mali (16 Mar. 2021)
  • United Nations - Discussion between Jean-Yves Le Drian And Jan Kubis, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Libya - Statement by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Spokesperson (12.02.21)
  • Global health - Jean-Yves Le Drian’s participation in the ACT-A Facilitation Council meeting (Paris, 9 Feb. 2021)
  • Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the WHO International Health Regulations (IHR) Office (8 Feb. 21)
  • UN – Appointment by the UN Secretary-General of new Special Representatives and Mission Heads in South Sudan, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (21 Jan. 2021)
• News 2020
  • Ministerial meeting (26.06.20) - Joint statement by France and Germany : Strengthening the multilateral health architecture
  • Multilateralism – Jean-Yves Le Drian’s participation in a meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism (video conference, 26 Jun. 2020)
  • United Nations – High-level segment of the Human Rights Council – Speech by M. Jean-Yves Le Drian (Geneva, 24 February 2020)
• News 2019
  • Alpinism inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list (11 Dec. 2019)
  • UN – French Security Council presidency - Statement (03.19)
• Events 2018
  • France’s submission of Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle’s candidacy for the position of FAO director general (18.12.18)
  • UNESCO - The skills related to perfume in Pays de Grasse and the art of dry-stone walling declared as Intangible Cultural Heritage (28.11.18)
  • United Nations - Q&A - Excerpts from the daily press briefing (29.11.18)
  • UNESCO – Meeting between Jean-Yves Le Drian and Audrey Azoulay (Paris, 20.09.18)
  • UN – Adoption of sanctions on individuals involved in human trafficking and migrant trafficking in Libya (08.06.18)
  • United Nations - International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers (12.02.18)
  • United Nations – Syria – Resumption of inter-Syrian peace talks in Vienna (25.01.18)
  • UN – Aid for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA) - Q&A - Excerpts from the daily press briefing (17.01.18)
• Address by Jean-Noël Barrot Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs UN Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Ukraine at the United Nations Security Council (24.09.24)
• Statement by Antonio Tajani, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy in his capacity as Chair of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at the High-Level Week of the UN General Assembly (23 September 2024)
• Address by Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs (23.09.24)
• UN – Security Council meeting on the situation in Rafah (28 May 2024)
• UN – France condemns the attack on UNISFA in the strongest possible terms (28 Jan. 2024)
• United Nations – France commends the International Criminal Court on its work on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Rome Statute’s entry into force (01 Jul. 2022)
• UN – Conversation between Catherine Colonna and UN Secretary-General António Guterres (08 Jun. 2022))
• 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly - Reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence: status and prospects - Statement by Mr. Jean-Yves le Drian, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Visioconference, 27 September 2021)
• UN – World Refugee Day (20 Jun. 2021)