I would like to thank the Indian presidency for ensuring a continued focus on the critical issue of counter-terrorism. I also want to thank our three briefers this morning for their excellent briefings.
It may sound like a truism, but it is indeed a fact: the scourge of terrorism remains one of the…
I am delighted to welcome you among us in the Chamber, Mr. Minister. I want to thank India most sincerely for organizing this important discussion and welcome the adoption of presidential statement S/PRST/2021/17 on this issue.
Ireland shares with India a deep and long-standing commitment to peacek…
I want to thank the Secretary-General for his presence here today and for his very powerful words at the beginning of our meeting.
We supported the convening of this urgent meeting to discuss the unfolding tragic developments in Afghanistan. Over the past weeks, as we heard, we have witnessed in re…
I want to thank this morning’s briefers for their invaluable insights. It is great to see the Special Representative Madeira in the Chamber this morning, and I thank him for his insights. I was particularly struck by the heartfelt and sincere presentation of Ms. Batula Sheikh Axmed Gaballe. It is al…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Deborah Lyons for her deeply worrisome but very important briefing. I also thank Ambassador Ghulam M. Isaczai of Afghanistan for his participation here today. I would like to express my appreciation to Ms. Shaharzad Akbar for addressing the Sec…
I join other speakers in congratulating France on its successful presidency of the Security Council last month and in wishing you,
Mr. President, all the best for this month. I would like to thank Mr. Markham for his comprehensive briefing today.
The use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, at…
I would like to welcome the participation of Deputy Special Coordinator Hastings and Ms. Oppenheimer, Executive Director of Ir Amim, and thank them for their comprehensive briefings earlier today.
I would also like to welcome the participation of Ambassador Erdan and Ambassador Mansour.
While the …
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Khare for his briefing and also welcome the participation today of the representative of the Sudan.
This kind of follow-up reporting to the Council is a vital element of protecting the gains made by the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in …
I would like to set out Ireland’s position on this issue and its decision to abstain in the voting today.
Ireland fully supports the Office of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina and believes that its role remains vital to the work of building a stable and prosperous future for Bosni…
I thank France for convening this important and timely event. I also would like to thank Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed, Director-General Mardini and Ms. Grosjean for their
insightful briefings. I also welcome the participation of the ministers here today.
As members of the Security Council, we…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for a very comprehensive briefing once again. I also thank Ms. Herrera for her important words. I also want to warmly welcome Vice-President Lucía Ramírez to the Council Chamber, and congratulate her on her appointment as Foreign Minister. …
I thank our briefers for their insights. I also want to recognize the presence of our guests today, the Ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and the Sudan and the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, speaking on behalf of the Chair of the African Union (AU).
It is our shared conviction t…
I would also like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Annadif for his briefing. We are grateful for the essential role played by the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) in conflict prevention in the region. I would
like to welcome Ms. Chantal Ayemou, Pr…
We are deeply saddened by the horrible assassination of President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti and the attack against his wife. We convey our sincere condolences to the family and to the people and the Government of Haiti.
I would like to thank Ms. Bintou Keita and Ms. Ritha Kibambe for their very releva…
I thank Rosemary DiCarlo and Ramesh Rajasingham for their insightful, yet deeply troubling, briefings today.
Ethiopia is a long-standing and important partner for Ireland. For that reason, the deteriorating crisis in the Tigray region and its severe humanitarian consequences are of genuine and deep…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador Skoog for their briefings. We welcome the eleventh report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) (S/2021/582), as well as the report of the Joint Commission on the status of the Procurement Working…
I would like to thank our briefer, Mr. Lecoq, from the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and welcome Minister for Foreign Affairs Turković to the Security Council.
Ireland supports the Office of the High Representative and believes that its role remains vital to the work of buildi…
It is good to see Special Envoy Geir Pedersen in the Chamber with us. I thank him for his briefing and, of course, for his ongoing efforts on the Constitutional Committee. We sincerely welcome those efforts to focus the Security Council’s attention on the crisis in Syria and to press all parties to …
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing, which, together with the Secretary-General’s report (S/2021/584), painted a grim picture of developments in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.
Illegal settlement activity further entrenches the illegal Israeli occupation, undermin…
I would also like to thank the briefers for their very clear and relevant briefings today. I would like to acknowledge, in particular, the presence of His Excellency President Lourenço. The work of the Central African and Great Lakes region has been and will remain crucial for the Central African Re…
