I thank Assistant Secretary- General Jenča for his briefing and welcome the Permanent Representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Ireland is deeply concerned by the serious fighting that has broken out along the Armenia- Azerbaijan border in recent days, including reports of attacks directed at crit…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General and Director General Grossi for their briefings. We greatly welcome the support and assistance mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, and I would like to commend both the IAEA and the United Nation…
I thank our briefers, Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador Kamboj, Permanent Representative of India, in her capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya. I also welcome the participation of the representative of Libya at this meeting.…
I also thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Commissioner-General Lazzarini for their briefings. It is very good to see Mr. Levy back in New York, and we thank him for his incisive insights, which have given us a lot of food for thought.
Today I wanted to focus on three issues: the protection of…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his remarks and efforts with regard to resolving the war in Ukraine, as well as its wider consequences, including for global food security. I also thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. I want to welcome President Zelenskyy’s address t…
I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
Ireland continues to be deeply concerned by the situation at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and the serious risk of a radiological accident or incident arising from military activity at the site. We are also very concern…
I thank the Chinese presidency for organizing this very timely debate. I would also like thank the Secretary-General and Ambassador Zlauvinen for their thought-provoking statements.
The United Nations was born from the trauma of the Second World War and a desire to ensure that we would never again …
I thank our briefers this morning, Special Envoy Grundberg and Acting Director Mudawi. We warmly welcome the renewal of the
United Nations-mediated nationwide truce for a further two months. We express our appreciation to Special Envoy Grundberg and his team for their continued efforts in that resp…
I would like to thank Director General Grossi for his briefing. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has an indispensable role to play in supporting Ukraine to ensure nuclear safety and security at all facilities in that country, especially since Russia’s invasion, and he has our full backi…
I also want to thank Under- Secretary-General Voronkov, Acting Executive Director Chen and Mr. Ewi for their very informative briefings this morning.
In my remarks, I will focus on the issue at hand. I think the report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/576) is unambiguous: the threat to internationa…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting at the request of a number of members of the Security Council, including Ireland. My thanks also go to Mr. Tor Wennesland for his briefing and his continued efforts.
Ireland welcomes the ceasefire announced on the evening of 7 Aug…
I would like to thank China for convening this important discussion. I would also like to thank Commissioner Adeoye, Ambassador Muhith and Special Adviser Duarte for their briefings. Ambassador Muhith is very welcome to New York, and we look forward to working with him in his capacity as Chair of th…
I thank our briefers, Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary- General Msuya.
The benefits of the United Nations-mediated truce are being felt across Yemen and the region in the cessation of cross-border attacks and air strikes, the significant increase in fuel imports, the resumption of fl…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Pedersen and for his briefing and his clear, insightful updates, which we really appreciate. I also want to thank Mr. Omar Alshogre for being with us here today. Civil society has a critical challenge function, which is important even when it is uncomfortable.
As…
I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo for her very helpful briefing. I want to thank our civil society briefer, Ms. Bushra Alhodiri, for the valuable insights and practical recommendations she has given to the Security Council. It is very much appreciated.
I want to begin today with the most imp…
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…
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…
First, let me acknowledge our briefers this morning. I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Mr. Tiaré for their invaluable insights. I also want to thank Ms. Bandiaky- Badji for her excellent briefing on climate change as a driver of conflict in the Sahel. Her call to action rea…
First, let me express our deepest condolences to the Government and the people of the United Arab Emirates on the passing of President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Our sympathies are with them.
I thank Mr. Markram for his very useful briefing.
I would begin by stating that the use of biolog…
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. The intense and escalatory series of launches over the past six months, including intercontinental ballistic missile launches, in viol…
