I would like to give special thanks to Prosecutor Bensouda for her report as well as for her briefing.
The Sudan has continued to make significant headway in its political transition and reform efforts, which I am pleased to see is being matched by tangible steps by the transitional Government to w…
I thank President Carmel Agius and Prosecutor Serge Brammertz for their comprehensive briefings today.
I would also like to offer my sincere condolences on the passing of Judge Gustave Kam. Judge Kam’s death is a loss for international criminal justice. I would like to acknowledge his dedicated ser…
I would like to thank Director-General Arias for his briefing today. Ireland has full confidence in his leadership in guiding the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). I also want to thank Under-Secretary General Nakamitsu for her briefing.
The OPCW plays an essen…
I want to thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for the briefing this morning and express special thanks, too, to Commissioner- General Lazzarini and Professor Khalidi for their truly valuable insights this morning.
Ireland welcomes the ceasefire agreed last weekend following 11 days of violent conf…
Like others, I would like to thank the President for bringing us back to the Chamber today. In our case, it is our first day in the Chamber since we were elected to the Security Council almost one year ago, so we are delighted to be here. I also wanted to thank our briefers this morning. We were gla…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement earlier today and for the updates on the increasingly distressing situation, especially in the Gaza Strip. Ireland aligns itself with the statement by the Head of Delegation of the European Union (see A/75/PV.67).
I would also like to th…
Today’s debate comes at a critical time for the Middle East peace process and the viability of the two-State solution. Three years since the adoption of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), the situation on the ground has continued to deteriorate. Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, including …
My country, Ireland, welcomes the holding of today’s debate. It is an important one for us for a number of reasons. First, the debate is clearly part of the Security Council’s obligation, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to submit an annual report to the General Assembly (A/73/2). …
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for having organized this important debate and for your continued leadership in strengthening our understanding of the linkages between international terrorism and organized crime, both of which, as we have just heard, have grown substantially in…
We are delighted that the Indonesian presidency has convened this debate. As we mark 20 years of the protection of civilians agenda in the Security Council and 70 years since the signing of the Geneva Conventions, my country, Ireland, sincerely welcomes the culture of protection that has been brough…
I would like to thank the current Chairperson and his predecessor for their exemplary leadership of our work in the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).
This morning, I should like to focus on two concrete aspects of our work based on the reports before us today (A/73/724 and A/73/829). The first is to …
It is hard to imagine a topic that requires our determined focus more than this one. It highlights the real-life test that each of us here faces as we cross the threshold of the United Nations every day, endeavouring to live out our own
commitments to multilateralism in our own day- to-day jobs. Th…
I would like to thank Germany for convening today’s debate and all the briefers for their powerful statements. I particularly welcome the fact that Pramila Patten, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, whose work we strongly support, is still with us at this stage in the day listening…
Ireland is proud to align itself with the statements delivered earlier by the representatives of Croatia and Lichtenstein.
This year marks the ninth year of the crisis in Syria, where we continue to see appalling suffering, destruction and displacement. Nine years is a long time. We all know that t…
As a representative of a country of seasoned peacekeepers, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s debate on what we see as the critical issue of women in peacekeeping.
We are speaking today over lunchtime because it is important that the Action for Peacekeeping pledges and …
I thank you, Sir, for organizing today’s debate and the work of the Council on resolution 2457 (2019), which we are very happy to co-sponsor.
We are here because we think that this debate matters. Ireland believes that cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organization…
Ireland will be proud to vote in favour of the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration. Migration is a global issue requiring global solutions. I am speaking today not to qualify Ireland’s position but to highlight and underline our commitment to and support for the compact. We believ…
Ireland aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union, and we are delighted to join the celebration today of the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recog…
