French Republic
Ambassador Martin Briens
France has been a member of the UN since October 24, 1945. Martin Briens is the French deputy permanent representative to the UN. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Briens’s statement during UN General Assembly debate on April 2, 2013, on the Arms Trade Treaty. This is a historic moment. We have just adopted a landmark text. The United Nations has provided an appropriate response to a global security challenge in an especially sensitive area that lies at the heart of state sovereignty. That success belongs above all to the Final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty,…
