I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Hanif for his briefing and our other briefers for theirs.
Ireland is deeply concerned by the sudden and extensive gas leaks detected in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines earlier this week. The immediate priority must be to ensure maritime safety and…
I would like to thank Special Representative Keita, Mr. Mudinga and our colleague Ambassador Biang, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for their briefings today.
Ireland is deeply disturbed by the…
I would like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Ireland remains deeply concerned about the lack of progress towards the closure of this file. The reason for that stasis is Syria’s failure to cooperate with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in a re…
I thank Mr. Wennesland for his sobering report. Ireland shares his concerns about the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016) on settlements and other issues.
First of all, we are alarmed by the spike in violence today in Jenin following incursions by the Israeli security forces, with further loss…
I too thank Deputy Special Representative Marcus Potzel, Executive Director Ghada Fathi Waly and Ms. Fawzia Koofi for their briefings.
Ireland warmly welcomes Ms. Koofi as she takes her place at the Security Council table today. She does so as an Afghan political leader and a vital voice for democr…
I too would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing and President Zelenskyy for his statement.
The President of Ukraine used the phrase “sham referendums”. Ireland fully agrees. We condemn the sham referendums being conducted in occupied Ukrainian territory by Russia or its p…
We thank our briefers for their statements and acknowledge the presence of the Foreign Ministers of Haiti and the Dominican Republic with us today.
We are meeting today to discuss a further deterioration in the already devastating situation in Haiti. As we have heard, protests and subsequent civil …
This year Ireland marks the centenary of its independence. The Irish Free State was established on 6 December 1922, when we began our journey as an independent sovereign nation. From the start of that journey, we were a nation that looked outwards. One of our first acts was to apply to join the Leag…
One week ago, I stood on a deck of a cargo ship in the port of Odesa, watching 46,000 tons of grain being loaded, bound for Bangladesh. That same day, the total amount of grain exported from Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea Grain Initiative had reached 3 million tons. Ukrainian and United Natio…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom and Ms. Riziq for their briefings, which were insightful and sometimes stark. I want to thank Mr. Haysom and his team for all their work in supporting the South Sudanese people’s aspirations for peace. Ireland strongly supports the role …
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča for his briefing and welcome the Permanent Representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Ireland is deeply concerned by the serious fighting that has broken out along the Armenia- Azerbaijan border in recent days, including reports of attacks directed at crit…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this very important meeting. I also thank the briefers for their messages to the Security Council this afternoon. They have left us in no doubt as to the severity and urgency of the situation, as millions of people are facing conflict-induced hunger. The …
I thank Deputy Special Envoy Rochdi and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths for their briefings today. I would also like to thank our civil-society briefer, Mazen Darwish, for his valuable perspectives. I will focus on the political situation in my intervention, as my Norwegian colleague has spoken on…
I would like to thank Mr. Volker Perthes for his briefing. Ireland strongly supports the work of the United Nations Integrated
Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS), the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in the Sudan. I also want to thank Mr. Perthes an…
At the outset, I should also like to join other colleagues in conveying our deepest condolences to Ambassador Woodward, her team and the British people on the passing away of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We in Ireland recall with particular affection her State visit to Ireland in 2011 — the first…
I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris for their very concerning briefings and Oleksandra Drik for her testimony.
Ireland continues to be disturbed by the continued shelling of areas containing civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. The fir…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Swan for his briefing. I also thank Deputy Special Representative
Lortan for her update on the work of the African Union, and we look forward to engaging with the new Special Representative very soon.
I thank Special Representative Weber for …
I would like to thank the Secretary-General and Director General Grossi for their briefings. We greatly welcome the support and assistance mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, and I would like to commend both the IAEA and the United Nation…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix for his very useful and informative briefing this morning. I would also like to join others in congratulating France on its forthcoming presidency and thank China for its very successful leadership last month.
Ireland is a strong supporter of the Secretary- …
I thank our briefers, Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador Kamboj, Permanent Representative of India, in her capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Libya at this meeting.…
