I would like to begin by thanking the Dominican Republic for hosting today’s debate on this important and urgent topic, and extend Ireland’s congratulations to you, Mr. President, on your presidency of the Security Council. The voices of small island developing States (SIDS) must be heard and heeded…
Ireland will be proud to vote in favour of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration. Migration is a global issue requiring global solutions. I am speaking today not to qualify Ireland’s position but to highlight and underline our commitment to and support for the compact. We believ…
Ireland aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union, and we are delighted to join the celebration today of the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recog…
Ireland aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union on behalf of its member States.
Ireland warmly welcomes the Assembly’s forthcoming adoption of the draft resolutions on humanitarian issues. The process leading to our agreement on them represented an important…
Ireland is pleased to introduce draft resolution A/73/L.49, entitled “Comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East.”
Such a peace, unfortunately, is not currently in sight. Resolving the Middle East conflict, 25 years after the signing of the Oslo Accords, will require a reversal of the…
I would like to extend, on behalf of the Irish Government, our deepest sympathies to the American people on the loss of their former President, George H. W. Bush. Ireland has lost a friend.
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s important debate. Increasingly, it is recognized that coop…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this important debate. I also want to thank the Secretary-General and Commissioner Chergui for their valuable briefings.
Ireland aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
At the outset, as a country with a long trad…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for scheduling this meeting on the critical, albeit difficult, question of Security Council reform.
I am well aware of the sensitivity of this issue and of the failure to make tangible progress despite nearly two decades of effort. That does not, howeve…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s meeting. The Irish delegation sees it as a welcome opportunity and a continuation of the high-level debate at this year’s General Assembly. Indeed, as your very useful concept note (S/2018/982, annex) points out, Mr. President, the vast majority of
Member St…
Ireland associates itself with the statement made earlier by the observer of the European Union on behalf of its member States (see A/73/PV.27).
I want to take this opportunity to thank the International Criminal Court for its annual report (see A/73/334) to the United Nations and to thank its Pres…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate today. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General, the Executive Director of UN-Women and Ms. Siniora Atallah for their very important messages to us today.
I am speaking before the Security Council today because this issue…
The General Assembly is meeting this week as we mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Nelson Mandela of South Africa and as we mourn the recent death of Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations. They were two great leaders from Africa,whose personal commitment to the …
Thank you for convening today’s important debate, Mr. President. At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Ms. Qadeem for their insightful briefings.
Ireland also aligns itself with the statements delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union a…
Thank you for convening today’s debate on this extremely important subject, Mr. President. I would also like to thank today’s briefers and welcome the Secretary-General’s report for 2017 on children and armed conflict (S/2018/465), which makes many valuable recommendations.
Children are on the fron…
Ireland welcomes the inclusion of the responsibility to protect on the agenda of the General Assembly. We hope it can evolve into a standing item for future debates.
The World Summit Outcome document of 2005 was a groundbreaking achievement, and since its adoption, the responsibility to protect pop…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s important debate.
We align ourselves with the statements delivered earlier on behalf of the European Union and the Human Security Network.
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The facts revealed in the report of the Secretary- General (S/2018/462) are stark. Over…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s important debate.
I would like to begin by aligning myself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union.
The Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations identifies one of the aims of the United Nations as that of establishi…
I would like to thank the Peruvian presidency for organizing and presiding over this important debate. I also wish to thank Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed, Special Representative Patten and Ms. Sultana for their earlier briefings. It is very encouraging to see a Rohingya woman address the Securit…
I thank Prime Minister Rutte and the Netherlands for convening today’s timely debate. I also thank the Secretary-General and the other briefers whom we heard this morning.
Ireland aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union.
This year Ireland marks the sixtieth…
On behalf of the Credentials Committee, I have the honour to introduce the report of the Committee concerning the credentials of the representatives of Member States to the seventy- second session of the General Assembly, contained in document A/72/601.
Having considered the credentials of the repr…
