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Sarkozy

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2007-09-25
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2009-09-24
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  1. “We the nuclear Powers must accept the transfer of technology in order that everyone can have access to this clean energy. I should add that this should prevent those claiming to be carrying out nuclear research for civilian purposes from conflating their activities with military research. We support the totality of what is contained in the resolution. We also fully support President Obama's initiative. I hope that we will have the courage together to declare sanctions against countries that violate Security Council resolutions. In doing so, we will confer credibility on our commitment to a future world with fewer nuclear weapons and, perhaps one day, a world free of nuclear weapons.”

    2009-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6191 (2009) · source

  2. “I completely understand the differing positions of others. But all of us may one day be threatened by a neighbour that has acquired nuclear weapons. Secondly, there is North Korea - and there it is even more striking. It has violated every Security Council decision since 1993. It pays absolutely no attention to what the international community says. Even more, it continues ballistic testing. How can we accept that? What conclusions should we draw? I say that also in this case, whatever the opposition, at a certain moment we will all have to unite to adopt sanctions and to ensure that Security Council and United Nations decisions are complied with. Lastly, I share the views of the Presidents of Uganda and China with regard to access to nuclear energy for civilian purposes.”

    2009-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6191 (2009) · source

  3. “Since 2005, the international community has called on Iran to engage in dialogue. A proposal for dialogue was made in 2005. A proposal for dialogue was made in 2006. A proposal for dialogue was made in 2007. A proposal for dialogue was made in 2008. And another was made in April 2009. President Obama, I support America's extended hand. But what have those proposals for dialogue produced for the international community? Nothing but more enriched uranium and more centrifuges. And last but not least, it has resulted in a statement by Iranian leaders calling for wiping off the map a Member of the United Nations. What are we to do? What conclusion are we to draw? At a certain moment, hard facts will force us to take decisions. If we want a world without nuclear weapons in the future, we must not accept violations of international rules.”

    2009-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6191 (2009) · source

  4. “France fully supports your initiative to hold this meeting, Mr. President, as well as the efforts you have made with Russia to reduce nuclear arsenals. However, let us speak frankly. We are here to guarantee peace. We are right to talk about the future. But the present comes before the future, and the present includes two major nuclear crises. The peoples of the entire world are listening to what we are saying, including our promises, commitments and speeches. But we live in the real world, not in a virtual one. We say that we must reduce. President Obama himself has said that he dreams of a world without nuclear weapons. Before our very eyes, two countries are doing exactly the opposite at this very moment. Since 2005, Iran has violated flve Security Council resolutions.”

    2009-09-24 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6191 (2009) · source

  5. “I thank all the participants for coming together to make this meeting possible. The Council has thus concluded its consideration of the item on its agenda. The meeting rose at 4.45 p.m. 07-51572”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  6. “To do this, we should accept no complacency when the rule of law is not respected or human beings are not respected. It is because we defend these ideas that we all wish to assist Africa together. To end this meeting, I give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairman of the African Union Commission.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  7. “Our national public opinions will only support the huge effort to help Africa - which is never sufficient, but substantial nonetheless - if we can ensure that criminals will not go unpunished, that we will not simply turn the page and go on to the next chapter. Criminals must be punished everywhere, and that is perhaps the major responsibility of the international community. Our collective responsibility is to tell those who kill in Africa, in Lebanon or anywhere in the world that we will come after them wherever they are and hold them accountable in the only legitimate court, the court of the entire international community, which will uphold respect for human beings. We want a coherent effort, working with Africans for peace, development and stability in Africa.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  8. “In Darfur, it is because a hybrid force is going to be deployed and because a European force will be deployed in Chad and that a number of countries, including France and others - the Prime Minister of Belgium spoke on this subject - that we agree to send people and wherewithal, that things can progress. For us, it is not just intellectual solidarity. What we are talking about operational solidarity. The third and final comment that I would like to make concerns respect for the human person. We must be completely categorical about respect for human rights, on the progression of the rule of law, on the need for justice and on punishing criminals. It is not a matter of giving lessons to anybody. It is simply a matter of knowing that, in Africa, as elsewhere, murderers will one day be caught and punished.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  9. “And in a certain way, what is happening in Darfur is extraordinary. We see there the African Union, the United Nations and Europe, working for peace. And who here can say that either of those organizations would have succeeded alone? We are able to make progress because we are all together, helping Africa, which will believe once again in its future. I would like to make a second comment. What Africa needs are concrete actions, not so many speeches, but rather concrete actions. Somalia needs military assistance, including upstream assistance, to stop piracy and to allow humanitarian assistance to get through.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  10. “With the Council's permission, I should like to make a few brief comments as President of the French Republic. My first comment is that what is happening in Africa concerns us all. We cannot allow poverty to progress in Africa. We cannot let war tear Africa apart. We cannot let illness decimate Africans. This is a problem for the stability of the world. I say to the Chairperson of the African Union that there is no contradiction between mobilizing the international community to assist Africa and our desire for Africans to take their destiny into their own hands. We wish to assist Africa in taking its destiny into its own hands. There are crises that are so serious, so substantial, that Africa cannot extricate itself from them by itself. Therefore, I believe in a strengthened partnership between the United Nations and the African Union.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  11. “I invite His Excellency Mr. Kim Howells, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, to take the floor.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  12. “I thank Belgium for its participation in the mission - that is very important. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Denis Sassou-Nguesso, President of the Republic of the Congo.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  13. “Thank you, President Bush, for your presence here and your very strong statement. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Italy.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  14. “It goes without saying that I fully share President Mbeki's point of view. I now give the floor to His Excellency Mr. Susilo Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  15. “President Kufuor, what you have said about Somalia is especially correct and welcome. I now invite His Excellency Mr. Thabo Mbeki, President of the Republic of South Africa, to take the floor.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  16. “I thank the Secretary-General for his statement. I invite the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Mr. John Agyekum Kufuor, who is also the current Chairperson of the African Union, to take the floor.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  17. “The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I now invite the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki-moon, to take the floor.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source

  18. “The Security Council has agreed to extend an invitation under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure to Mr. Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairperson of the African Union, to whom I extend a very warm welcome. I am pleased to see him here. I am also pleased to welcome heads of State or Government, ministers and other representatives participating in this summit meeting of the Security Council, together with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, whom I welcome and whom I thank. Following those of 1992, 2000 and 2005, this summit meeting is the fourth of its kind to be held since the establishment of the United Nations in 1945. This demonstrates the great importance the Security Council attaches to the African continent. Clearly, the priority that the United Nations accords to Africa is shared by France.”

    2007-09-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5749 (2007) · source