Ireland

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4942 April 13, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey and the countries of the European Free Trade Association Icel…

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4941 April 6, 2004

May I congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I should like also to compliment Ambassador de La Sablière and the French delegation for a very effective presidency during the month of March. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU). The acce…

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4933 March 25, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia; the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; the countries of the Stabilisation and Association Process a…

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4929 March 23, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU). The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Pro…

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4928 March 18, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, and the European Free Trade Association countries, Iceland, …

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4921 March 4, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU). The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Proc…

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4920 March 3, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia; the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; and the European Free Trade Association countries Iceland, L…

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4917 Feb. 26, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey, the countries of the Stabilization and Associatio…

Mr. Ryan A/58/PV.81 Feb. 25, 2004

On behalf of the members of the Group of Western European and other States, Mr. President, I fully associate the members of our group with your expression of condolences to the Government and the people of Morocco following the tragic earthquake yesterday. The Group of Western European and other St…

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4913 Feb. 20, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia; the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process a…

Ms. Murnaghan S/PV.4911 Feb. 17, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia; the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process a…

Ms. Murnaghan A/58/PV.80 Feb. 9, 2004

On behalf of the Western European and Other States Group, I have the honour to speak in tribute to Ambassador Jaime de Piniés, who passed away recently. Ambassador De Piniés had a long career in diplomacy, in the course of which he came to know the United Nations intimately, having served at the Sp…

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4910 Feb. 6, 2004

I would like first to join previous speakers in expressing our shock and strong condemnation of the bomb attack in Moscow this morning. I express our deep condolences to the Government and the people of the Russian Federation. I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU). The acc…

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4899 Jan. 23, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia; the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process a…

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4896 Jan. 19, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process a…

Mr. Ryan S/PV.4892 Jan. 12, 2004

I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The acceding countries Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia; the candidate countries Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey; and the countries of the Stabilization and Association proce…

Mr. Ryan A/58/PV.35 Oct. 16, 2003

We thought the initiative last year to consider the report of the Security Council and the matter of reform of the Council together was a good one and made for a more coherent debate. Therefore, I should like to cover both subjects today. The restructuring of the report of the Security Council to t…

Mr. Ahern A/58/PV.11 Sept. 25, 2003

For the United Nations and the system of collective security that it represents, the past year has been a traumatic one. Our Organization could ill afford the loss of the dedicated and experienced members of staff who were killed by an act of terrorism in Baghdad on the 19 August. I do not diminish…

Mr. Cowen A/58/PV.4 Sept. 22, 2003

The fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly opens at a time when we will be responding to the Secretary-General’s call for a reflection on the future role of the United Nations. In looking back at a successful United Nations global meeting which dealt with an issue of direct relevance to millio…

Mr. Corr S/PV.4681 Dec. 20, 2002

Ireland supported the draft resolution presented by Syria on behalf of the Arab group because we considered it appropriate that the Council address the important issues raised in the draft resolution. We also consider it appropriate and important that the Council condemn the recent killings of inter…