I welcome the participation of President Zelenskyy in this meeting and thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
Ireland is deeply concerned about the harrowing reports of the Russian Federation’s new barrage of missile strikes on Ukraine’s cities and critical infrastructure. Across U…
Let me extend our thanks to our briefers for their very insightful inputs this morning. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2022/818). It is rare that, as the Security Council, we meet to welcome positive developments. We very much welcome that, as well as the decrease in instances …
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and the Director for Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Ghelani, for their sobering briefings today.
Last month, we expressed our disappointment that the truce in Yemen was not renewed (see S/PV.9152). That is a di…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Executive Secretary Tiaré for their briefings this morning.
Since we last met on the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel) six months ago (see S/PV.9147), the situation has continued to deteriorate rapidly. Ireland is gravely concerned a…
I thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix, Ms. Birikorang and Police Commissioners Fossen and Berethe for their insightful briefings. Huge thanks go to Ghana for arranging this important meeting.
Ireland is a strong supporter of the Secretary- General’s Action for Peacekeeping (A4P) agenda. Action f…
Ireland aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union.
We want to thank Germany for draft resolu tion A/77/L.11 and its constructive facilitation of the text. As a member of the core group, Ireland actively participated in the negotiations. The adoption by con sensus of t…
Ireland aligns itself with the statement of the European Union (EU) (see A/77/ PV.31). I wish to make the following statement in my national capacity.
I would like to thank Czechia for introducing draft resolution A/77/L.9, on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Ireland str…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing this morning.
In 2013, the Security Council adopted resolution 2118 (2013). It did so in the wake of the chemical-weapon attack in Ghouta that killed and injured more than a thousand Syrian civilians in the most horrific of circumstances. I wan…
I thank Assistant Secretary- General Khiari for his very useful briefing.
Ireland condemns the recent missile launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in violation of Security Council resolutions. The 25 missiles launched in less than 24 hours, including the seventh intercontinental b…
Ireland upholds the right of any State party to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC), under article VI, to bring a complaint to the Security Council if it finds that another State is acting in breach of its obligations under the BWC.
We duly listened to the complaint brought by the Rus…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing and assure him of Ireland’s strong support for his work, and I stress the importance of the continued facilitation by all parties of his efforts.
As Special Coordinator Wennesland outlined, the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory i…
I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for his very useful briefing today.
We welcome Ukraine’s invitation to the Secretariat to visit Ukraine to inspect recovered unmanned aerial vehicles with regard to the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) by the parties, and we expect the Secre…
I thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing.
We deeply regret that we are meeting once again with no progress visible on this file. That is despite the determination, flexibility and professionalism of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical We…
Let me begin by welcoming our briefer, Mr. Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), in his first briefing to the Council. The long-awaited appointment of a Special Representative is a critical step towards peace and st…
I want to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic and the representative of Rwanda to this meeting. We look forward to hearing from them.
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for his briefing, which w…
Let me too welcome the participation of Foreign Minister Diop. I also want to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Wane for his briefing this morning.
Ireland is extremely concerned about the deteriorating security situation in Mali. We join other speakers in condemning the attacks…
I too would like to thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary- General Msuya for their briefings and commend their work and continued focus on the Yemeni people in difficult circumstances. It is much appreciated.
We share in the deep disappointment that has been expressed around this ta…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his very useful briefing.
Ireland condemns the eight missile launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea over the past two weeks. We remain deeply concerned that, for 15 months, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has cond…
I thank the Special Representative for her briefing this morning. Ireland sincerely appreciates her efforts and those of her team in the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) in what has been a very challenging period.
We deeply regret that the situation in Iraq has deteriorated consid…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom and Ms. Riziq for their briefings, which were insightful and sometimes stark. I want to thank Mr. Haysom and his team for all their work in supporting the South Sudanese people’s aspirations for peace. Ireland strongly supports the role …
