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• News 2024
  • 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 – Appointment of a humanitarian coordinator for Gaza (26 Dec. 2023)
  • International organizations - France’s reelection to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (06.12.23)
  • United Nations - Ramtane Lamamra appointed UN Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan (24.11.23)
  • UN – France’s reelection to UNESCO’s Executive Board (15.11.23)
  • Education – Unesco and France to “scale up” the fight against anti-semitism (12 Nov.2023)
  • United Nations – Israel/Gaza – Visit by Mme Catherine Colonna to the Security Council (24 Oct. 2023)
  • United Nations – France re-elected to the Human Rights Council (Oct. 10, 2023)
  • UN – World Day Against the Death Penalty (10.10.23)
  • Participation of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in the high-level event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UN LGBTI Core Group (18.09.23)
  • The 78th United Nations General Assembly (19 to 26.09.2023)
• News 2022
  • UN – Renewal of MONUSCO mandate and lifting of the notification requirement for the supply of equipment and military assistance (20 Dec. 2022)
  • UN – France condemns the attack on MINUSMA (19 Dec. 2022)
  • UN General Assembly – Adoption of the “Moratorium on the use of the death penalty” resolution (16.12.22)
  • United Nations – France condemns the attack against MINUSMA (30.11.22)
  • UN – France condemns attack on MINUSCA (24 Nov. 2022)
  • UN – International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (02.11.22)
  • United Nations - Condemnation of the attack on MINUSMA (October 18, 2022)
  • Western Sahara
  • United Nations – The United Nations General Assembly condemns Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions (10.12.22)
  • UN - France condemns attack on MINUSCA (10.05.22)
• News 2021
  • French candidacy to the IMO Council (10 December 2021)
  • WHO – France welcomes the launch of negotiations on a new treaty to prevent pandemics (1 December 2021)
  • United Nations – Appointment of Ms Caroline Ziadeh as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (24 November 2021)
  • UN – Appointment of Colin Stewart as the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Nov. 9, 2021)
  • UN – Appointment of Noeleen Heyzer as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar (Oct. 26, 2021)
  • United Nations – Attack against MINUSMA (October 4 2021)
  • United Nations - United States of America - Communiqué by Jean-Yves Le Drian (23 September 2021)
  • United Nations – Appointment of Hans Grundberg as Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Yemen (10 Aug. 2021)
  • UNESCO - 44th session of the World Heritage Committee - Inscription of four new French cultural and natural properties (29 Jul. 21)
  • 70th anniversary of the Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951 (Paris, 28 Jul. 21)
• 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)
• 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)