Nicolas de Rivière is President of the Security Council for the month of June 2020 and Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations. 

The Charter of the United Nations: Ideals for Shaping Our Reality

Nicolas de Rivière, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Great Lakes region. New York, 3 October 2019. UN Photo/Laura Jarriel
Joseph Paul-Boncour, former Prime Minister and member of the delegation from France, signing the UN Charter  at the Veterans' War Memorial Building, San Francisco, United States, 26 June 1945.UN Photo/McCreary

The Charter brings us together. It defines the United Nations as "a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations", where each member is treated as an equal across social, economic or political differences.