I want to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her very important briefing to the Security Council today.
I want to begin by stressing the importance of maintaining our collective commitment to upholding the international legal norm against chemical weapons, which are abhorrent. There can be no …
I am pleased to join you here today, Madam, under the Emirati presidency, on International Women’s Day. We commend the United Arab Emirates, along with the Niger, Albania and Norway, for continuing the women and peace and security presidency initiative that Ireland formed with Kenya and Mexico last …
First, I would like to thank Mr. Haysom for not only illustrating the achievements of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), but for also very clearly setting out the challenges that remain. I think he provided a very timely and insightful reflection on where we are
currently at as we …
I would first like to thank UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell
and welcome her to the Chamber, and to thank her and Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for their briefings today. Their messages were really, really stark, but we need to hear them. The international community needs to h…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy
Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, for their briefings, and I thank Director General Grossi for his urgent call for action today. We are here today because of our concern about the…
Let me join other in congratulating you, Madam, on assuming the presidency of the Council. I would also like to thank Special Representative Lyons and her team for all the vital work they are doing, as well as Ms. Safi for her very powerful message to the Council this morning.
I will focus on three…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Griffiths and High Commissioner Grandi for their sobering briefings and urgent calls to action today.
The Russian Federation’s unprovoked and unjustified further invasion of Ukraine continues
to visit death and destruction on the country and its peopl…
Let me thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her informative briefing today.
I would like to begin by reiterating Ireland’s condemnation of any use of chemical weapons in the strongest possible terms. Any use of chemical weapons is an affront to international law, on which we al…
My thanks go to the United Kingdom for its work as penholder.
Ireland fully supports the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) and regards the sanctions regime as a critical tool of the Council to contribute to a solution to the conflict and restore long overdue peace…
Ireland once again strongly condemns the Russian Federation’s further invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign and independent country. Since we last met on Friday (see S/PV.8979), the Russian Federation has intensified its unjustified
and unprovoked attack against Ukraine. Russia’s aggression is causing m…
Ireland voted in favour of draft resolution S/2022/155, presented by the United States and Albania in response to the Russian Federation’s flagrant violation of the Charter of United Nations, international law and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The Russian Federation has turn…
I am making this statement today on behalf of Norway and Ireland, the co-penholders of the Syria humanitarian file. I want to welcome Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and to thank her for her very sobering briefing, which has once again underlined the sheer depth of ongoing humanitarian needs on th…
I thank Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing. She and her colleagues from United Nations missions and agencies on the ground have our full support, and I welcome our Iraqi to the meeting as well.
We meet at an important moment for Iraq’s democracy. Following October’s election…
When I spoke earlier, I said that the path towards diplomacy and dialogue was perilously narrow. I did not realize, in fact, how narrow and how close to the precipice we really were just over an hour ago. We now see that that path has been closed by the announcement of a military aggression on the p…
I want to begin by expressing Ireland’s full support for the statement delivered earlier today by the representative of the European Union in its capacity as observer (see A/76/PV.58).
We meet today at a critical moment for Ukraine and its people. This is also a challenging time for peace and secur…
I would like to thank the Special Coordinator for his comprehensive briefing this morning.
Ireland is seriously concerned about the escalation in tensions in recent weeks across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Incidents of provocation, violence, including settler violence, and escalatory a…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General and Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for their very sobering remarks at the beginning of the meeting.
Tonight, as we gather at this table, we are staring into the abyss of a major conflict in Europe — a conflict that would have major global implications. T…
I, too, would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ndiaye, the African Union Special Representative, Mr. Matondo, as well as Executive Secretary, Mr. Caholo, for their very informative briefings this morning.
I would like to acknowledge the presence at today’s meet…
We welcome the unanimous adoption today of resolution 2621 (2022). I would like to thank Ambassador Gaffey for his briefing and to warmly welcome to the Chamber Mr. Fuad Mohammad Hussein, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, as well as our colleague Mansour Alotaibi, Ambassador of Kuwait.
I would …
I, too, want to thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
We meet tonight at a moment of great danger for the people of Ukraine; for peace and security in Europe; and for the international norms and principles that all of us around this table have a responsibility to defend. …
