Question 23924 — foreign policy

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Ms. Constance Le Grip draws the attention of the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs to the process leading to the vote, by France, of two non-binding resolutions, submitted and adopted to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on July 23, 2019. In a press briefing dated July 31, 2019, the spokesperson for the Quai d'Orsay specified that, with regard to the first resolution, 45 states voted favorably, including all the Member States of the European Union represented, while the second received 40 votes in favor, including France and five other EU States. However, the explanations formulated during this press briefing do not provide sufficient answers on the unilateral nature of the accusations addressed exclusively against the State of Israel, the only stakeholder targeted "as carrying out violations systematic human rights” (recital 8). It is particularly surprising that France endorses such a statement ignoring how the rights of Palestinian women are also affected by the Palestinian Authorities and Hamas, who co-manage the different disparate territories since the last legislative elections in March 2006. In addition, the terrorist and criminal acts committed against Israeli civilians deserve the same consideration. The MP is concerned about the possible repercussions of these two votes, based on incomplete foundations, for the security of people of the Jewish faith, already the recurring target of anti-Semitic acts motivated by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In addition, this resolution arouses new tensions, while intense discussions have been taking place for several months on a peace plan in the Middle East. While France will host, in co-presidency with Mexico and under the aegis of UN Women, the Generation Equality Forum which will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth UN World Conference on Women's Rights, the MP would like to know the process leading to the decision-making on these two resolutions. While the United Kingdom and Germany have abstained, she wants to know whether diplomatic exchanges have taken place place to harmonize France's relations with these two great European powers. She also wishes to know France's position on the situation of women's rights in Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

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