S/2015/745

United Nations

Security Council

Distr.: General
9 September 2015
English
Original: French

Identical letters dated 8 September 2015 from the Permanent
Representative of France to the United Nations addressed to the
Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council
By resolutions 2170 (2014), 2178 (2014) and 2199 (2015) in particular, the
Security Council has described the terrorist acts of Islamic State in Iraq and the
Levant (ISIL), including abuses committed against the civilian populations of the
Syrian Arab Republic and Iraq, as a threat to international peace and security. Those
acts are also a direct and extraordinary threat to the security of France.
In a letter dated 20 September 2014 addressed to the President of the Security
Council (S/2014/691), the Iraqi authorities requested the assistance of the international
community in order to counter the attacks perpetrated by ISIL .
In accordance with Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, France has
taken actions involving the participation of military aircraft in response to attacks
carried out by ISIL from the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic.
I should be grateful if you would have the present letter circulated to the
members of the Security Council.
(Signed) François Delattre

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