Ireland aligns itself with the statement made earlier on behalf of the European Union and its member States.
Ireland thanks President Akane on the occasion of her first report (see A/79/198) to the General Assembly on the important work of the International Criminal Court (ICC). We congratulate her…
Let me begin by thanking President Salam for presenting the report on the activity of the International Court of Justice over the past year (A/79/4). I wish to pay tribute to him, the members of the Court and its staff for their continuing commitment to the Court’s vital role in the peaceful settlem…
We gather at a very important moment. World leaders have agreed the Pact for the Future (resolution 79/1), which charts a way forward to
meet the challenges facing us as a global community. To do so, we must honour existing commitments, including the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agend…
Ireland welcomes today’s important meeting and would like to recognize the significant achievements and encouraging trends we have seen, which include the reporting for 2022 of the lowest number of new HIV infections in recent decades. However, we know that there is still much work to do to end AIDS…
Ireland aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union, and I make these additional remarks in my national capacity.
Ireland deeply regrets the Russian Federation’s veto of the Security Council draft resolution S/2024/302,
proposed by the United States and Japan under t…
It is now more than six months since the beginning of the escalation of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. In that time, vast portions of the Gaza Strip have been razed to the ground by Israeli bombardment and 34,000 people have been killed. We have seen a startling disregard…
Ireland aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union.
I thank Ms. Marchi-Uhel for her informative briefing and would like to once again express our sincere appreciation to her this month as she concludes her leadership in establishing the International, Impartial and I…
I thank the President for convening today’s meeting.
We recall, at the outset, our opposition to all uses of the veto and our consistent calls for it to be abolished.
The situation in Gaza is simply catastrophic. Civilian casualties continue to mount daily. And despite stark warnings of imminent f…
I thank the President for convening today’s important meeting on the veto initiative.
Ireland deeply regrets the veto exercised on 20 February 2024, the fifth veto used since 7 October 2023, and the long list of vetoes on the Palestinian question since 1946.
This war must end. There is no room for…
Today we mark the second anniversary of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. Russia has needlessly taken many thousands of lives — both Russian and Ukrainian — and forced 14 million people from their homes. For those who have remained, Russia’s indiscriminate attack on Ukraine’s …
Ireland recalls its opposition to each and every use of the veto and its consistent calls for it to be abolished, and we would like to thank the President for convening today’s very important meeting.
At the outset, I would like to acknowledge the continuing heroic efforts of United Nations staff, …
At the outset, I wish to welcome resolution 2712 (2023), adopted by the Security Council last night, calling for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses in connection with the catastrophic humanitarian situation unfolding in the Gaza Strip. Ireland pays tribute in particular to Malta and the other e…
Let me begin by thanking President Donoghue for her presentation last week (see A/78/PV.20) of the annual report of the International Court of Justice (A/78/4). The report sets out the considerable activity of the Court over the last 12 months in what has undoubtedly been a busy year for internation…
Ireland aligns itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union on behalf of its member States (see A/78/PV.21).
I wish to begin by thanking President Hofmański for his presentation of the International Criminal Court’s annual report to the United Nations (see A/78/322). It is c…
One hundred years ago, on Monday, 10 September 1923 — a year after Ireland became independent — we were admitted to the League of Nations. It was an early signal of what would become our unwavering commitment to multilateralism.
One hundred years on, we are facing a moment of exceptional crisis. Th…
I would like to begin by joining colleagues in extending our deepest condolences to the people of Morocco and Libya following the loss of life and the appalling devastation arising from the recent earthquake and flooding in those countries. Ireland stands in full solidarity with the people of Morocc…
I would like to thank Albania, as current President of the Security Council, as well as Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, for convening this important open debate.
This statement is being delivered on behalf of the Group of Like-Minded States on Ta…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening today’s important debate.
At the outset, Ireland aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union.
The Charter of the United Nations sets out a very clear ambition: to save succeeding generations from the scourge…
Ireland aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union (EU).
We deplore Russia’s decision to veto the draft Security Council resolution (S/2023/506) that would have reauthorized the Syria cross-border humanitarian access mechanism. The draft resolution was put forward by Braz…
We welcome the fact that the General Assembly is meeting again today to address Russia’s repeated attacks on Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
With its invasion of Crimea, the fostering of violent separatism, its illegal and unjustified full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the attempte…
