First, let me thank both Nicholas Haysom and Ghada Mudawi for their very frank assessments of the situation. I wish also to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his suggestion of a Council visit, and we would very much welcome the Council’s consideration of that. I wish also…
I make this statement on behalf of the co-penholders on the Syria humanitarian file, namely, Ireland and Norway.
I offer many thanks to Secretary-General Guterres and Under-Secretary-General Griffiths, and I thank Mr. Agha in particular for his presence here today and his efforts in his capacity as…
I too would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General La Lime for her briefing, as well as Mr. Arnoux Descardes for his important testimony today. I also want to welcome the Foreign Minister of Haiti to the Chamber. I will focus my remarks this afternoon on three areas of particu…
I would like to sincerely thank High Representative Borrell Fontelles for his very welcome briefing this morning. Like the High Representative, I deeply regret that he could not be with us in the Chamber today, but we are delighted to see him virtually on the screen.
Ireland is a proud member State…
I would like to thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate. It is one that, as you know, is very important to Ireland.
As many speakers this morning recognized, this is a very apposite debate. The world is experiencing an unprecedented proliferation of conflicts. Alongside a global pande…
I want to thank President Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their comprehensive briefings this morning.
As this was President Agius’s last briefing to the Council in his capacity as President, I join others in paying tribute to him for his tireless leadership in guiding the International Residual …
We welcome and thank our briefers, especially Mr. Grundberg, whom we thank both for his in-depth briefing but also for his encouraging news today. We thank him for all the work he and his team are doing. We also thank
Ms. Mudawi and her team. I want to extend special thanks to Ms. Al-Salafi, who is…
I too would like to thank Mr. Wane, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing this morning, and I am particularly grateful to Ms. Touré for her informative and relevant comments. I also recognize the presence of His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Diop, Minister for Foreign Affa…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and President Da Piedade Veríssimo for their briefings. I also thank our civil society briefer, Ms. Jeanne-Danielle Nicole Nlate.
Ireland appreciates the extensive activities being carried out by the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA)…
Ireland aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of the European Union, in its capacity as observer.
When the veto initiative resolution (resolution 76/262) was adopted by consensus on 26 April 2022, we truly hoped it would not need to be implemented so quickly. It is always regr…
I too would like to welcome the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, to the Chamber today and, as always, to welcome our colleague the Ambassador of Ukraine. I extend our sincere thanks to our briefers this morning — Special Representative of the Secretary- General Pramila Patten, Nat…
We also thank the United Kingdom as penholder on this issue.
Ireland voted today in favour of resolution 2636 (2022), a technical rollover of the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS), because we believe that the United Nations has an importan…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, Prime Minister Rama, and to congratulate you on Albania’s assumption of the presidency of the Council and for organizing this open debate. I also want to thank our excellent briefers for their presentations this morning.
I want to begin by offering my deepe…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Xia for their briefings this afternoon and to recognize the presence of His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, whom we welcome.
Our discussion is time…
I would like to deliver an explanation of vote regarding Ireland’s position on this issue.
Ireland voted in favour of today’s draft resolution S/2022/431, following the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in contravention of Security …
I would like to thank Mr. Wennesland for his sobering briefing earlier and to recognize our Israeli and Palestinian colleagues with us at the table this morning. I particularly wanted to address our civil-society briefers, Ms. Robi Damelin and Mr. Daniel Munayer, to say that their work and their wor…
I thank our briefers, Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, and my colleague, Ambassador Tirumurti, for their briefings. I would also like to welcome our Libyan colleague and friend, Ambassador Elsonni.
The situation on the ground in Libya is becoming increasingly precarious. Recent armed confrontations…
I would like to thank the United States presidency for having convened this important meeting. I also want to thank our briefers this morning: Mr. Rajasingham, Director-General Mardini, Mr. Miliband and Ms. Boketa. Their messages — and, importantly, I must say, their recommendations — are just what …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Perthes for his briefing. I would also like to welcome our new colleague Ambassador Mohamed to our table this morning.
Clearly, the situation in the Sudan is deeply worrying. As we have heard this morning, the country is facing a political, ec…
I thank our briefers.
As we have heard today, technology is a positive force for good in our lives but can also be a powerful weapon for fomenting violence and conflict. Cyberattacks, cybercrime and the abuse of technology to spread disinformation are severely damaging trust, while advances in mode…
