Ireland fully aligns itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union.
The responsibility to protect (R2P) our populations from the four crimes of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing is clearly and tragically dem…
Ireland welcomes this opportunity to address the Security Council during its open debate on the situation in Timor-Leste. I am delighted to join others in saluting the presence here of President Ramos-Horta and welcoming the statement he delivered earlier.
Let me immediately associate Ireland with …
At the outset, allow me to thank President Kerim for proposing this extremely valuable high-level meeting.
Ireland has prioritized the fight against HIV/AIDS as fundamental to poverty and vulnerability reduction. We are living up to the promises made in the General Assembly in 2001 and 2006. We are…
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) summarize the main development challenges facing the world. They present a set of clear and measurable targets to be achieved by 2015. When the MDGs were agreed, they spurred our efforts to tackle poverty and its consequences. Much has been achieved to date, b…
At the outset, let me restate from this rostrum Ireland’s strong condemnation of the terrorist attacks that have taken
place in Algiers — a condemnation which was issued yesterday on behalf of the Irish Government and people by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Dermot Ahern. This is a time to st…
We in this delegation are very grateful to Special Representative Steiner for his wide-ranging briefing this morning. We also thank Deputy Prime Minister Čović for his statement. We appreciate the work that has gone into preparing the Secretary-General’s report.
Ireland fully supports the statement…
