Mr. President of the general assembly, mr. Secretarygeneral of the United Nations, ladies and gentlemen, heads of state and government. Last year, we met in new york for the general assembly, and i called on all of you to have the courage to build peace and carry shoulder our responsibilities together. This courage, i must say, has been put to a harsh test by the andth, economic, Social Security shock of an unprecedented scope, and immediate global crisis, the most immediate one since the creation of our organization 75 years ago. That courage which was first seen from the men and women on the front lines around the world and who still are to heal us, nourish us, accompany us and hold us, our health care and are humanitarian workers. I want to first take these words to think of them. They expect that we commit and Work Together to build concrete responses together, because this crisis, no doubt, more than any other crisis, demands that we cooperate. Demands that we invent new International Solutions first. I believe in science and knowledge and humanity will overcome this pandemic. A cure will be found. But as we await that moment, everyone knows that we must the virus. Ve with we have no choice. The road will learn that we have to live with any reality imposed on all of us which reveals our vulnerabilities and which puts us before our immediate responsibilities. This new reality is clear, it is brutal and dizzying. Without falling into despair, without being discouraged, but be listed as we face it. All of these challenges to which we are faced have been in recent months accentuated and exacerbated. The success achieved, which has been impeded, and there have much there has been ground lost. Years of progress in fighting other Infectious Diseases such as h. I. V. , malaria and tuberculosis, these are what we need to think up first and foremost. Now. Ve lagged behind 37 Million People have fallen once again into abject poverty. Food insecurity is a serious threat and has increased. More than a billion students were affected by schools closing of schools in 150 countries. Were notllion children able to go to first grade and begin their education. Women have been at the forefront of on the relation of all forms of violence against them, sexual domestic and genderbased , violence. Given these and other consequences caused by the pandemic which struck our planet and which continues to affect every continent, our means of collective action is fractured. While the only solution will be found through our cooperation, the International Organizations that we so very much need, the world health assembly, have all been accused by various of complacency, of being used by others. , scientificrties experts and journalists, who are so important in being able to understand what is happening visavis this crisis, have been called into question by states misinformation. Our organization itself has run the risk of impotence. The u. N. Security council, which is a guarantor of peace and stability, had great difficulty in coming to an agreement on a humanitarian truce, which we have had to support with every part of our being. Imagine that. To have so much trouble in agreeing on so little. But our permanent members were not able to, even with the exceptional circumstances, come together as we would have liked to see them do, because several have chosen to showcase their rivalry over the importance of collective effectiveness. All of these cracks, which preexisted the pandemic, have collision ofmonic powers, a calling into question of multilateralism or the use of it, trampling of International Law, all of this accelerated and deepened, worsening stabilization created by the pandemic. We cannot close our eyes. We dont have the right to close our eyes to this. We dont have the opportunity or luxury to hesitate. This pandemic, for our organization unless should serve as an electric shock, as a lifesaving wakeup call. Trialpossible given this that there are motivations for hope as well. The on then union, predictions of division and impotence, worked in favor of the crisis and took an historic step of unity, sovereignty, solidarity. It was europe working with african partners, took the initiative at the g20 to help the most Vulnerable Countries to face the pandemic and lighten the load of the debt burden s on theirh economies, and injuring the future of the continent. For the first time we enacted a moratorium on the debt of the poorest countries in africa. Europe working with its partners has created the acta initiative with a means to combat the pandemic and make it accessible to everyone. Europe has made it possible with the World Assembly of health to draw lessons from the pandemic and improve Early Warning systems. It is europe working with partners in asia and africa that has proposed and brought solutions, solidarity and action. We need to count on the strength of goodwill, because todays world cannot be left to the rivalry between china and the United States, regardless of the weight in the world that these two great powers share. Regardless of the history that ties us, especially to the United States. The collapse of our frameworks of cooperation, the fragility and have just referenced, all of that means that we must build a new order, and it means that europe needs to fully shoulder its responsibility, in other words, bring its values, its taste for the future. And it needs to know how to craft new solutions because we are not collectively condemned dance whichp would reduce everyone to unfortunate spectators collectively impotent. We do have some leeway. It is up to us to leverage it and to know how to define our priorities in this environment, to clearly make our choices and to forge new alliances. In the coming weeks, there are fundamental choices to be made. Decisions to be taken before our people and before the International Community. These choices will have an Immediate Impact on the life of our nations, the existence of our fellow citizens, on the running of the world. And we cannot hesitate here. Whened to understand that everything is shaky, that is the time that we need to get back to the basics. I deeply believe that since the beginning of the covid crisis, this is not a parentheses opening that will then close. It is a world beset by areseated crisis which also due to our very independence. No doubt there will be a cure for the pandemic at some point, but there will be no miracle cure to the destructuring of the world order. Where societies are so int interdependent and at the same time where there is so much disagreement where we are not in alignment with each other, incapable of finding such solutions. It is a situation where we ourselves are in a position where we might destroy the very framework of cooperation that we were able to create over recent decades. That is why i wanted to say this before this assembly, the five main priorities for france, which france wants to build with its European Partners are, first and foremost, but with all powers of goodwill, to Work Together to make sure we are prepared and committed, that we lay the foundation for a new consensus that will make it possible to take specific action in the world as it currently stands. The first principle, or goal, is combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism, which are the main threats to our collective security. The strategy of maximum pressure brought to bear over recent years has not made it possible to put an end to the destabilizing activities of iran , and that is why france as you , will recall, was not the country that started the negotiations that led to the j. C. P. O. A. Agreement, but france and its partners german and , british partners, will maintain its requirement that the agreement be fully implemented, as well as the vienna 2015 agreement, and will of accept irans breaches this agreement. We will not compromise on the activation of a mechanism that the United States, their own leader in exiting the agreement, was not able to activate. That would undermine the Security Council and the integrity of its decisions and would further exacerbate tensions in the region. But we do need to build a framework for useful action, as i was saying to years ago at this very general assembly. It is up to us to fulfill the 2015 agreement. First in time and overtime, to make sure that iran never has access to a nuclear weapon, but also to ensure that we bring a response to irans ballistic activities and also destabilization in the region. Turning to north korea now. We have supported efforts undertaken by the United States of america to allow commitment and undertaking of negotiations, even if tangible results have not yet been achieved. The initiative was important. What we are looking for now is a of commitmentce and engagement by korea. It needs to comply with the Security Council resolutions and quickly and in good faith. It needs to commit to a denuclearization process. Which is complete, verifiable and irreversible. It is the only way to achieve a political solution and lasting peace on the korean peninsula. This is unavoidable for the purposes of stability and regional security, and also unavoidable for International Peace and security. Tolerate we will not chemical weapons being used in europe, russia or syria. On behalf of collective state here toe russia, light needs to be shed on the assassination attempt against a political opponent using in your toxic agent novichok. Rotoxic agent novichok. ,we will enforce our redlined. France has always been prepared to enforce the effectiveness of redlands, or at least since i have been president of the pandemic. Combating terrorism where that is necessary. France was affected several ,ears ago in a repeated manner affected by terrorism on our soil, in our flesh, affected by terrorist acts which sometimes were fomented in the very heart and epicenter of islamist terrorism. Here i am thinking specifically of the attacks of 2015, conceived in syria. This is why france will always be strongly engaged in the middle east and supporting iraqi sovereignty and will stand at the side of its partners in the sahel. In the levant, we will remain continue to be committed alongside the international coalition. We have enjoyed a first victory, the end of the territorial caliphate. But that victor is not the end of war in the region. We will continue to fight against terrorists in the context of International Coalitions and alongside our regional partners. And i want to recall here the combatants kurd in syria alongside the Coalition Fighting daesh and its terrorists. I also want to recall the essential role played by iraq and the iraqis and the role they will continue to play in this struggle. All is why france supports initiatives iraq is undertaking and will continue to do so for in sovereignty and its role the fight against terrorism. France is deeply committed in the sahel alongside the five sahel states, and the summits in pau and then nouakchott laid the allowed us to lay the foundation for a coalition to strengthen the fight in the region against our two enemies the Islamic State and al qaeda. These local organizations have recently suffered unprecedented setbacks. It has made it possible to focus on the three frontier zones, eigs zones, which led to tangible and unequaled results. We will continue our work with the support of barkhane and our european and american partners. Havermies of the g5 sahel been able to take back the advantage and resume the position lost before. This momentum must continue. It is along these lines we would also like to recall a truce here seen in recent weeks, and that is the democracy and the fight against terrorism go handinhand. They are inseparable. Only democracy and justice, the rule of law and development will bring lasting peace back to the sahel. What erupted in monday under these principles what happened in mali and are these principles cannot be betrayed. We must put the country back on the path of elections quickly. France, like its african partners more specifically, can only remain committed under one condition, and iced it this learly, france is present on malian soil at the request of seven states and regional organizations. The very minute where these states wish to see our departure or wish to fight towards him alone, we will withdraw fight terrorism alone, we will withdraw. That is why i asked for confirmation of this need at pau and then in nouakchott, and which was also confirmed by the junta in mali. Believe our action against terrorism can be useful and lasting only if we define the priorities and sovereignty, and if we work towards a bold solution together, collectively. Libya the crisis has had a refund impact on regional stability and exacerbated by external interference. In my eyes,riority in coming months for libya, is the demanding construction of peace and stability while respecting equal sovereignty of people. The grammar of peace and stability needs to be redefined because the lines have shifted due to the crisis but even before. The lines have moved due to the crisis and even before the american withdrawal, which had been the guarantor. Other powers of exerting their power, projection of china beyond its borders, the strengthening of european sovereignties, all of these deeper trends need to lead us to rethink our collective commitments to guarantee peace and security. The principle of action in this area needs to be clear, and our hand must not tremble in enforcement. The respect the sovereignty of of law, meansrule of action, the demands and responsibilities to ensure effective implementation of decisions undertaken and of the nations of the united that is exactly what were doing in lebanon, where the aspirations of the sovereign people need to be respected, heard and supported, regardless of the misguided ways of the lebanese political class. Here i must restate my full support for the lebanese people and my determination to act where i am and in full respect and support of the lebanese people, with demanding friendship, as i often say so that life can be improved. And also so that the past two words the path towards peace and democracy which is more effective can be found. Lebanon is a treasure for all of humanity. It is a treasure because it is a kind of exception of democracy and pluralism in a region which is pushed around by terrorism and hegemonic powers. The United Nations needs to specifically, as it has done in the past and over time, it needs to be committed alongside Civil Society and ngos to meet the immediate needs and undertake reconstruction. Resumption of talks in geneva under the auspices of the United Nations is a positive step, but the process cannot be limited just to drafting a new constitution. It needs to also include transparent, regular and free elections and respect the aspirations and the sovereignty of the syrian people. France and its European Partners will thus continue to base the best continue to tie financing and reconstruction and normalization of relations with damascus to a credible political , a lasting solution. It is the only way to eradicate terrorism in the region. Peace in the east is in need and requirement for the israelis and problemians but also is. I am pleased israel has obtained recognition by two arab states. It is legitimate recognition. It is also a gauge of hope for the future. But still, lasting and fair first and foremost requires decisive negotiations that will allow palestinians to finally enjoy their rights. There is no alternative to cover just negotiations which will in turn require an agreement on the most thorny issues while respecting the legitimate aspirations of each side and in full recognition of and security and sovereignty of each. I do not believe in a piece that would be built on hegemony or humiliation, or even less if it were to becaus compensated by money. We know too much. We know that humiliation cannot by money for it people. It is up to us than collectively to work toward a bold solution. In libya, the crisis henceforth has had an impact on regional stability and worsened by interference. Libya in her eyes is a perfect illustration of errors that can libya in ouren eyes is a perfect illustration of errors that can take place. We need to make choices very specifically as is done in the embargo,spect the arms embargo decided by the United Nations. It has been violated by a number of powers, and that is not sustainable. And number of powers have continued to import combatants from the syrian state theater, thereby exporting terrorism to the region. Despite the interests of libya. Despite the interests of the sahel neighbors or europe. Collectively, we have been too silent about these actions, and we need to speak up much more in the coming weeks. We are working together with our partners in the neighboring countries of libya in order to obtain a lasting ceasefire and to start the process which will allow for the peaceful resolution of conflict under the auspices of the United Nations. Tois frances Initiative Lead in the coming weeks to work with the secretarygeneral to bring together all neighboring countries of libya. This overcommitment of neighboring countries is necessary overtime. In the eastern mediterranean, we have to commit to an effective, clear dialogue to avoid a new space of confrontation which would jeopardize International Law. The mediterranean countries of the European Union have spoken clearly in favor of this as they did a few days ago in ajaccio. Ovi respect turkey and we are ready for dialogue with her, but we expect turkey to respect european sovereignty, International Law and to provide clarification about her action in libya and syria. Insults are fruitless. All of these words and all of these acts only have a place in r