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…
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…
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 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 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 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 would like to thank Special Representative Swan and Ambassador Madeira for their remarks at the beginning of our meeting. I extend special thanks to Special Representative Swan and his entire team for their commitment and tireless efforts over the past year and a half in supporting Somalia through…
My thanks go to our briefers this morning — Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and Deputy Executive Director Abdi — for all the work that they and their colleagues have done to help alleviate the suffering inflicted upon the Ukrainian people by the Russian Federation’s senseless and illegal war.
Sh…
I would like to warmly welcome High Representative Schmidt to the Security Council table for the first time and to also welcome the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Šefik Džaferović. I wanted to thank High Representative Schmidt for his briefing just now and to emphasize Irelan…
I would like to welcome back the Secretary-General and thank him for his briefing this afternoon. I also want to extend a particularly warm welcome to High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet. I also thank Under-Secretary- General Griffiths and Ms. Tetiana Luzan for updating us today on the humanitarian …
First, I would like to express our appreciation to the United Kingdom for its determined efforts as penholder on this mandate renewal.
Ireland voted in favour of resolution 2629 (2022) today because we believe that an effective United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is vital to support th…
I, too, would like to thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing today.
As others have noted, today we mark 25 years since the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Convention’s aim to make the world safe from the threat of chemical weapons, through a comprehensiv…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Xia for his briefing. I would also like to thank Executive Secretary Caholo and Mr. Dinesh Mahtani.
I would like to focus today on two areas — the importance of regional cooperation and the challenges that must be addressed if peace and prosperity is to be deliv…
Ireland is very proud to have been a member, from the outset, of the core group of States led by Liechtenstein, which today proposed this historic resolution — resolution 76/262.
For too long, the veto has left us with a Security Council that is unable to take action in the face of some of the most…
I am making this statement today on behalf of the co-penholders of the Syria humanitarian file, Norway and Ireland. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Msuya Mpanju, and in particular Ms. Shawky. Their excellent briefings today have once again made clear the breadth and depth of the humanitarian nee…
We strongly endorse the briefing of Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland.
The Council must consider very seriously how to respond to the extremely worrying situation on the ground. In that regard, we echo the Special Coordinators remark that a serious escalation is avoidable.
As the Secretary-Genera…
