https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French President Emmanuel Macron once again defied Donald Trump as he opposed the US president's vision of the world in his maiden speech at the UN on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170920/macron-once-again-defies-donald-trump Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:31:31 +0200 macron-once-again-defies-donald-trump The UN Security Council could vote as early as this weekend on a French-drafted proposal to allow international observers in Syria's Aleppo and ensure urgent deliveries of aid, the US envoy said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20161216/france-makes-un-push-for-aleppo-observers Fri, 16 Dec 2016 18:46:50 +0100 france-makes-un-push-for-aleppo-observers France will try to gain support among foreign govenrments as Paris pushes for reforms to restrain the use of Security Council vetoes in cases involving mass crimes, the French ambassador to the United Nations said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140401/france-wants-change-to-un-veto-rights-2 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 09:59:56 +0200 france-wants-change-to-un-veto-rights-2 The French President François Hollande headed to the UN in New York on Tuesday, where he will give his first major interview to an Anglo TV channel, when he answers questions for CNN. It has been seen as an attempt to reassert France’s position on the global scene. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130924/hollande-to-try-to-convince-us-of-frances-sway Tue, 24 Sep 2013 18:04:00 +0200 hollande-to-try-to-convince-us-of-frances-sway France called on Saturday for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in response to the worsening situation in the Central African Republic, a spokesman at the Élysée palace said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130324/paris-calls-for-unsc-meeting-after-rebels-enter-bangui Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:06:00 +0100 paris-calls-for-unsc-meeting-after-rebels-enter-bangui The United Nations is likely to vote next month on a peacekeeping force for Mali, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130313/france-un-to-vote-on-mali-force-next-month Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:57:00 +0100 france-un-to-vote-on-mali-force-next-month France will provide logistical, political and material support for UN-backed African military intervention in Mali, President Francois Hollande promised on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121009/france-backs-military-intervention-in-mali Tue, 09 Oct 2012 13:48:00 +0200 france-backs-military-intervention-in-mali President Francois Hollande’s bill during his trip to New York for the United Nations General Assembly has been revealed - and is €100,000 less expensive that of Nicolas Sarkozy’s last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120927/president-spends-900000-in-at-united-nations-conference Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:34:00 +0200 president-spends-900000-in-at-united-nations-conference French President François Hollande on Tuesday urged the global community to help defuse a crisis in Mali by giving United Nations backing to a West African-led military intervention. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120926/hollande-urges-african-intervention-in-mali-crisis Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:33:00 +0200 hollande-urges-african-intervention-in-mali-crisis