I would like to thank Special Representative Swan and Ambassador Madeira for their remarks at the beginning of our meeting. I extend special thanks to Special Representative Swan and his entire team for their commitment and tireless efforts over the past year and a half in supporting Somalia through…
I would like to thank Secretary Blinken for organizing this debate. Ireland deeply appreciates his leadership in ensuring that conflict and hunger are situated at the heart of the Security Council’s work.
Our discussion today could not be timelier. Conflict-induced hunger is present in an increasin…
First, let me acknowledge our briefers this morning. I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Mr. Tiaré for their invaluable insights. I also want to thank Ms. Bandiaky- Badji for her excellent briefing on climate change as a driver of conflict in the Sahel. Her call to action rea…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her, as always, informative updates on the situation in Iraq, as well as on the question of missing Kuwaiti and third- country nationals and missing Kuwaiti property. I would also like to thank Ms. Edwar for her important briefing and t…
First, let me express our deepest condolences to the Government and the people of the United Arab Emirates on the passing of President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Our sympathies are with them.
I thank Mr. Markram for his very useful briefing.
I would begin by stating that the use of biolog…
My thanks go to our briefers this morning — Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Deputy Executive Director Abdi — for all the work that they and their colleagues have done to help alleviate the suffering inflicted upon the Ukrainian people by the Russian Federation’s senseless and illegal war.
Sh…
I would like to warmly welcome High Representative Schmidt to the Security Council table for the first time and to also welcome the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Šefik Džaferović. I wanted to thank High Representative Schmidt for his briefing just now and to emphasize Irelan…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khiari for his very useful briefing.
Ireland condemns the recent missile launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The intense and escalatory series of launches over the past six months, including intercontinental ballistic missile launches, in viol…
I would like to welcome back the Secretary-General and thank him for his briefing this afternoon. I also want to extend a particularly warm welcome to High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet. I also thank Under-Secretary- General Griffiths and Ms. Tetiana Luzan for updating us today on the humanitarian …
I, too, would like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing today.
As others have noted, today we mark 25 years since the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention’s aim to make the world safe from the threat of chemical weapons, through a comprehensiv…
First, I would like to express our appreciation to the United Kingdom for its determined efforts as penholder on this mandate renewal.
Ireland voted in favour of resolution 2629 (2022) today because we believe that an effective United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is vital to support th…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Xia for his briefing. I would also like to thank Executive Secretary Caholo and Mr. Dinesh Mahtani.
I would like to focus today on two areas — the importance of regional cooperation and the challenges that must be addressed if peace and prosperity is to be deliv…
Ireland is very proud to have been a member, from the outset, of the core group of States led by Liechtenstein, which today proposed this historic resolution — resolution 76/262.
For too long, the veto has left us with a Security Council that is unable to take action in the face of some of the most…
I am making this statement today on behalf of the co-penholders of the Syria humanitarian file, Norway and Ireland. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Msuya Mpanju, and in particular Ms. Shawky. Their excellent briefings today have once again made clear the breadth and depth of the humanitarian nee…
We strongly endorse the briefing of Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland.
The Council must consider very seriously how to respond to the extremely worrying situation on the ground. In that regard, we echo the Special Coordinators remark that a serious escalation is avoidable.
As the Secretary-Genera…
Let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing and by welcoming Special Envoy Tetteh. The Special Envoy has assumed her role at a vital time for the Horn of Africa. Her recent experience, working closely with the African Union (AU), is welcome, as the AU has a key role to …
I want to begin by welcoming Special Representative of the Secretary- General Ziadeh to the Security Council for the first time. She has our full support in her work going forward. I would also like to recognize Ministers Gërvalla-Schwarz and Selaković and welcome them to the Council.
Building peac…
I would like to thank the Director General of the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.
As we meet this afternoon, we do so in the shadow of a renewed offensive by Russian forces on eastern Ukraine — in the shadow of further bloodshed…
I would like to thank our briefers, Special Envoy Grundberg and Under Secretary- General Griffiths. We rarely have the opportunity to hear positive news in the Security Council on the situation in Yemen. We therefore very much welcome what we heard in their briefings this morning.
I join others in …
Thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s debate and in particular for bringing to the table such strong voices from civil society. The work that Nadia, Mariana and Hilina do to protect and advocate for survivors of sexual violence is invaluable. I thank them for them courage, courage th…
