I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Griffiths and High Commissioner Grandi for their sobering briefings and urgent calls to action today.
The Russian Federation’s unprovoked and unjustified further invasion of Ukraine continues
to visit death and destruction on the country and its peopl…
My thanks go to the United Kingdom for its work as penholder.
Ireland fully supports the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) and regards the sanctions regime as a critical tool of the Council to contribute to a solution to the conflict and restore long overdue peace…
Ireland once again strongly condemns the Russian Federation’s further invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign and independent country. Since we last met on Friday (see S/PV.8979), the Russian Federation has intensified its unjustified
and unprovoked attack against Ukraine. Russia’s aggression is causing m…
Ireland voted in favour of draft resolution S/2022/155, presented by the United States and Albania in response to the Russian Federation’s flagrant violation of the Charter of United Nations, international law and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The Russian Federation has turn…
I am making this statement today on behalf of Norway and Ireland, the co-penholders of the Syria humanitarian file. I want to welcome Assistant Secretary-General Msuya and to thank her for her very sobering briefing, which has once again underlined the sheer depth of ongoing humanitarian needs on th…
I thank Special Representative Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing. She and her colleagues from United Nations missions and agencies on the ground have our full support, and I welcome our Iraqi to the meeting as well.
We meet at an important moment for Iraq’s democracy. Following October’s election…
I want to begin by expressing Ireland’s full support for the statement delivered earlier today by the representative of the European Union in its capacity as observer (see A/76/PV.58).
We meet today at a critical moment for Ukraine and its people. This is also a challenging time for peace and secur…
First, I wish to express our appreciation for the tireless efforts of the United Kingdom as penholder.
Ireland voted in favour of resolution 2619 (2022) today. However, we regret that at this critical juncture in Libya’s transition, the Council has once again failed to find consensus on a substanti…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her informative briefing today.
The continuing lack of progress on this file is a matter of serious concern for us. It is eight years since the horrific chemical weapons attack at
Ghouta, which killed hundreds of innocent civilians and caused lasting injur…
I wish to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting on a long-standing issue of critical importance to the work and long-term relevance of the Organization — the question of Security Council reform. At the outset, I should like to congratulate the Permanent Representatives of Qatar and Denmark on t…
I make this statement today on behalf of the co-penholders on the Syrian humanitarian file — Norway and Ireland.
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths for his briefing. He has set before us in stark terms the enormity of the humanitarian needs facing the people of Syria — a…
I want to thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her
detailed and informative briefing today. I would like to make three points.
First, the Security Council should be united and firm in upholding the international prohibition against chemical weapons, while making it clear that …
I would like to thank our briefer, Mr. Lecoq, from the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and welcome Minister for Foreign Affairs Turković to the Security Council.
Ireland supports the Office of the High Representative and believes that its role remains vital to the work of buildi…
I want to thank the United Kingdom for its leadership on this important issue. We were pleased to sponsor resolution 2106 (2013).
Ireland aligns itself with the statement just made by the observer of the European Union.
Significant progress has been made across the women and peace and security age…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union and its member States. We would like to offer our thanks and deep appreciation to the facilitators, Ambassador Monteiro Lima of Cape Verde and Ambassador Sajdik of Austria, and their teams for their tireless efforts to facilitate the discuss…
My delegation wishes to make clear our position on the resolution that we have adopted here today. Ireland supported the resolution because of our support for the Fact-Finding Mission led by Judge Goldstone and for its report (A/HRC/12/48).
That document is a serious and very important contribution…
Ireland aligns itself with the statement delivered by the representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union.
We would like to thank our co-chairs, the Permanent Representative of Namibia and the Permanent Representative of Spain, and their colleagues for their tireless work this session in s…
The European Union is pleased to have joined consensus on A/C.5/51/L.37, by which the General Assembly has adopted the medium-term plan for the period 1998-2001.
In joining consensus on this resolution, the European Union wishes to state that with reference to the priority for the Organization stat…
I have the honour to make a statement in explanation of position on behalf of the European Union.
The European Union does not believe that there is any need for the General Assembly to take a decision at this time on this matter, particularly in the light of the statement that has just been made by…
