Hosted by H.E. Mr. Gérard Araud, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations Security Council

Join Mr. Gérard Araud in his residence for a special Network 20/20 holiday reception. Hear first-hand about France’s major role in the United Nations and commitment to global security and economic sustainability. As a founding member of the United Nations Security Council, the European Union and NATO, France has played an influential global role in peace-building efforts and has worked toward arms control and nonproliferation. Find out why France is Europe’s second largest economy, how it seeks to broaden its international commercial presence, and how it has worked to strengthen the European Union’s economic and political influence.

Since September 2009, Ambassador Gérard Araud has served as Permanent Representative of France to the UN Security Council and Head of the French Mission to the United Nations. Prior to his appointment, he held two different diplomatic posts in Israel for a total of five years and served in the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An expert on the Middle East, H.E. Mr. Araud was also the Deputy Permanent Representative of France to NATO.