I thank Under-Secretary- General Griffiths, Deputy Special Representative Potzel and Ms. Morgan Edwards for their briefings today.
Two weeks ago, we marked one dreadful year since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. One year on, the Taliban has proved that it has not reformed. It has shown t…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your warm welcome this morning. I am honoured to join everyone here at this table and look forward to working with them in the coming months in order to advance the vital work of the Security Council.
I deliver this statement today on behalf of Norway and Ireland as …
I also thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Commissioner-General Lazzarini for their briefings. It is very good to see Mr. Levy back in New York, and we thank him for his incisive insights, which have given us a lot of food for thought.
Today I wanted to focus on three issues: the protection of…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his remarks and efforts with regard to resolving the war in Ukraine, as well as its wider consequences, including for global food security. I also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. I want to welcome President Zelenskyy’s address t…
I would like to thank Prosecutor Khan for his briefing and report. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of the Sudan to today’s meeting.
We are gravely concerned that the security situation in Darfur deteriorated even further over the reporting period. We have seen large-scale violence in th…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
Ireland continues to be deeply concerned by the situation at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and the serious risk of a radiological accident or incident arising from military activity at the site. We are also very concern…
I thank the Chinese presidency for organizing this very timely debate. I would also like thank the Secretary-General and Ambassador Zlauvinen for their thought-provoking statements.
The United Nations was born from the trauma of the Second World War and a desire to ensure that we would never again …
I thank our briefers this morning, Special Envoy Grundberg and Acting Director Mudawi. We warmly welcome the renewal of the
United Nations-mediated nationwide truce for a further two months. We express our appreciation to Special Envoy Grundberg and his team for their continued efforts in that resp…
I would like to thank Director General Grossi for his briefing. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has an indispensable role to play in supporting Ukraine to ensure nuclear safety and security at all facilities in that country, especially since Russia’s invasion, and he has our full backi…
I also want to thank Under- Secretary-General Voronkov, Acting Executive Director Chen and Mr. Ewi for their very informative briefings this morning.
In my remarks, I will focus on the issue at hand. I think the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/576) is unambiguous: the threat to internationa…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting at the request of a number of members of the Security Council, including Ireland. My thanks also go to Mr. Tor Wennesland for his briefing and his continued efforts.
Ireland welcomes the ceasefire announced on the evening of 7 Aug…
I would like to thank China for convening this important discussion. I would also like to thank Commissioner Adeoye, Ambassador Muhith and Special Adviser Duarte for their briefings. Ambassador Muhith is very welcome to New York, and we look forward to working with him in his capacity as Chair of th…
I thank you, Mr. President, for your very generous tribute to me at the start of what is my last meeting in this chair at this table. Your remarks were very warm and touching. Go raibh maith agat. I would also like to thank all of my colleagues for their kind remarks. I will miss them and will also …
I would like to begin by recognizing the presence of the Foreign Minister of the Central African Republic at today’s meeting.
We welcome the adoption of resolution 2648 (2022). We also welcome the progress made on the implementation of the key benchmarks. However, we share the Secretary-General’s v…
I want to begin by thanking Brazil for organizing this crucial debate. Ireland has long advocated for a strengthened relationship between the Security Council and the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). As I approach the end of my term as Permanent Representative of Ireland, I am reassured that there re…
I would like to thank Deputy Special Coordinator Hastings for her briefing. I also want to thank the Permanent Representative of the United States for updating us on President Biden’s visit to the region.
Last month, the Security Council held an open debate on strengthening accountability and justi…
I thank the presidency for convening today’s important discussion today. I also
thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for her very useful briefing. I join others in welcoming to the Security Council Chamber the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq and the representative of Türk…
Let me thank the briefer today, Assistant Secretary-General Pobee. I would also like to recognize the Permanent Representative of Libya, who is with us today.
Ireland is gravely concerned about the violence in Tripoli and Misrata last week, resulting in civilian casualties. We express our deepest c…
Ireland and Norway were the co-penholders of the Security Council draft resolution that we gather in this Hall to discuss today. Our draft resolution (S/2022/538) was the result of careful and diligent engagement with all Council members, humanitarian actors and many members of the General Assembly.…
I thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing today.
Ireland welcomes today’s meeting. Through the Council’s consistent engagement, these meetings remain important in holding Syria to its obligations under resolution 2118 (2013) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), and in supporting the Organ…
