French Republic
Ambassador Jean-Pierre Lacroix
France joined the United Nations on October 24, 1945. It is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. Jean-Pierre Lacroix is France’s deputy permanent representative to the UN. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Lacroix’s statement during the UN Security Council debate on August 18, 2008. France hasrequested that this important and urgent meeting be held because we areextremely concerned by the current situation in Georgia. I would like to recall thecontext that led us to call for this meeting. Following August 7, over thecourse of almost a week, fierce fighting occurred in the separatist enclave of South Ossetia…
