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 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 wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his assessment today and to offer special thanks to Padre De Roux for his thoughtful and really inspirational briefing. I also thank Jineth for her powerful words to us today as well. I would like to especially welcome Vice-Pres…
I want to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Brazil to the Chamber today and thank Brazil for organizing this discussion. We certainly look forward to the adoption of a presidential statement later this morning. I would also like to thank our briefers this morning.
Ireland shares with Braz…
I deliver this statement on behalf of Norway and Ireland.
Today we are meeting to vote on draft resolution S/2022/546, put forward by Ireland and Norway, which would authorize the cross-border humanitarian aid operation in Syria. It is no secret that this was a difficult negotiation. As co-penholde…
Ireland and Norway are extremely disappointed that the Security Council did not adopt draft resolution S/2022/538, on cross- border humanitarian aid into Syria, on which we just voted.
Having engaged carefully with all Council members, we put forward the draft resolution in good faith and as our be…
Before I start, I would like to congratulate you, Sir, and your team on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. We wish you every success. I would also like to express my gratitude to Albania for its excellent stewardship
of the Council’s business for the month of June. Let me start today …
I am surprised by the comments from my Russian colleagues on my earlier statement as Facilitator. My statement was circulated yesterday as a courtesy for the information of all Council members, as I explained at the format meeting on resolution 2231 (2015) last week. The statement reflects my views …
Ireland welcomes the reports of the Secretary-General (S/2022/490), the Facilitator on the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) (see S/2022/510) and the Joint Commission (see S/2022/482) and has taken note of their findings. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassad…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Bintou Keita, for her briefing to the Council this morning. I would also like to thank Ms. Lusenge for her pertinent and disturbing testimony. The information she shared with us was truly shocking. I will focus today on t…
I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for her briefing, which highlighted the brutality of this unlawful war yet again.
For four months, we have called for an end to the unjustified and unjustifiable war being waged against Ukraine. Yet as each day passes, reports of Russia’s viola…
Ireland is pleased to deliver this statement on behalf of the 10 elected members of the Security Council (E10).
I want to begin by thanking Albania, as Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions, for organizing this important debate. I also want to thank our…
I wish to thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing today.
In resolution 2334 (2016), the Security Council reiterated its demand that Israel immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and that it fully resp…
At the outset, I, too, should like to express my deepest condolences to the people of Afghanistan following yesterday’s devastating earthquake. Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected, and Ireland is certainly joining in the urgent humanitarian response.
I would also like to thank Unde…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ndiaye, for his leadership over the past three years. I also welcome Special Representative Valentine Rugwabiza. I thank her for her very relevant briefing and for the excellent work she has already done in such a short t…
I would like to start by thanking all of our excellent briefers this morning for their very insightful contributions.
History has taught us repeatedly that atrocity crimes do not occur in a vacuum. An increase in language that marginalizes and targets people on the basis of their identity, race, re…
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 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…
