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“I thank Gabon for convening this very important debate in the Council today. We believe it is very important the Council continue to progress in its work on climate and security. I also thank our briefers — Ms. Pobee, Mr. Gahouma-Bekale and Mr. Youssef — for their very valuable insights. Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time. Its consequences are severe, multifaceted and global. We share the view of our Kenyan colleagues in that history will judge the Council harshly if we fail to address this issue. We are not asking the Security Council to address or tackle climate change, which we believe should rightly be addressed through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). We do, however, believe that the Council should analyse and understand the effects of climate change on peace and security.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“Finally, the challenges we face are too complex for any one nation, large or small, to address alone. It is only by working together that we can hope to resolve them successfully. Ireland looks forward to continuing its commitment to working across the United Nations in order to support the vital efforts of the African Union and of African subregional organizations towards the maintenance of peace and security in Africa.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“They demonstrate the need to better support citizens and civic movements across Africa in order to advance inclusive and accountable governance. That includes the full protection of freedom of expression and assembly, and it also includes transparent elections and the promotion of the rule of law. The multidimensional crises in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa have proved that a failure to address political and security crises and their underlying causes leads to humanitarian and economic crises. Thirdly, Ireland recognizes the need for predictable and sustainable financing for United Nations-authorized, AU-led peace support operations. We hope that the Secretary-General’s upcoming report on the issue will prompt an open and frank discussion and provide a window of opportunity to make concrete progress.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“We welcome the initiatives of the African Union and those of regional organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development to address the global challenge of climate change. The Security Council must play a greater role in supporting Africa to respond to the threat of climate change, which is driving insecurity and acting as a threat multiplier across the continent. As the United Nations body charged with the maintenance of international peace and security, the Council must discharge its responsibilities in this area. Secondly, the Council must support efforts to strengthen the African Union’s central role in promoting good governance. The recent wave of coups d’état across the continent, including most recently in Burkina Faso, are a matter of grave concern.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“The United Nations must continue to help build the capacity of the African Union and support its work in trying to resolve some of Africa’s most serious challenges. There remain a number of areas that would benefit from greater collaboration. First, we must work together to address the global challenges affecting peace and security in Africa. That includes the food, energy and financial crises that have been exacerbated by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Those interlocking crises mean that urgent action is needed to provide the countries affected with immediate humanitarian assistance and to address the issue of debt relief.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“In the Sudan, a trilateral mechanism between the United Nations, the AU and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development has been created to jointly facilitate a solution to the ongoing political and security crisis there. In the Sahel, the United Nations and the African Union are undertaking a joint assessment aimed at strengthening international coordination to address the multidimensional crisis. On Ethiopia, we welcome the close engagement between the African Union and the United Nations to find a pathway to a negotiated, durable resolution of that appalling conflict. We urge the Security Council to remain closely engaged. Those initiatives are positive, but all face challenges. They must be strengthened and built on. The African Union can draw on the expertise and support of the United Nations where appropriate.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Let me begin by thanking Gabon for convening this important discussion, which coincides with the twentieth anniversary of the African Union (AU). I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and Commissioner Faki Mahamat for their briefings. Global threats to international peace and security, such as terrorism, climate change and the intersecting food, energy and financial crises, are disproportionately affecting the African continent. Enhanced coordination and cooperation between multilateral organizations such as the United Nations and the African Union are essential tools in responding to those crises. In recent years we have seen how deeper engagement between the United Nations and the African Union can enable positive developments in responding to peace and security challenges facing the continent.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“We reiterate the importance of good governance and engaging with Member States and regional and subregional organizations and entities, and we encourage the effective implementation of all the relevant Security Council resolutions and key United Nations conventions. We recognize the implementation of the Financial Action Task Force standards as an effective tool for combating money-laundering from environmental crime, and we support the mandated sanctions regimes and the work conducted by their respective Panels of Experts. It is imperative that they be given the tools they need to carry out their investigations and reporting on this urgent matter.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“The implementation of the recommendations from the 2021 high-level regional workshop on natural resources in the Great Lakes region in Khartoum could also have an important impact. Ireland served as a co-lead for the Financial Action Task Force’s study on money- laundering arising from environmental crime. The Task Force’s 2021 report showed that those engaging in environmental crime are generating significant profits by using front companies to mix legal and illegal goods and payments early on in their resource supply chains. Ireland fully supports the report’s conclusions and recommendations.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“Ireland echoes the calls to encourage all States to continue efforts to end those illegal activities and to hold to account all who are complicit in that illicit trade. Lack of accountability is a problem that goes beyond national borders. We would welcome stronger legislative and regulatory frameworks and greater investigative and institutional capacities so as to better understand, prevent and counter crimes related to the illegal trafficking in natural resources and illicit financial flows. Achieving that requires the cooperation of all relevant stakeholders. Ireland commends the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate. The Kimberley and Nairobi Processes are some of the mechanisms that illustrate how the issue can be tackled.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“The situation is being exacerbated by growing climate-related security risks and conflict- related hunger, which are driving displacement, creating vulnerability and increasing tensions owing to competition over scarce resources. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is home to many of the world’s most valuable resources, including cobalt, tantalum and lithium, which power our phones and laptops and are essential to the green transition. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is also home to more than 100 armed groups, including some affiliated with sanctioned entities and terrorist organizations. There are transparency and governance issues to address as well, and when they go unresolved, they benefit those who continue to have access to these valuable resources.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“This prevents local communities from benefiting from their environment, diverts income and exacerbates vulnerabilities, and particularly affects the lives of women, girls and marginalized groups. In the Lake Chad basin, cattle rustling and livestock raids have funded Boko Haram and the Lord’s Resistance Army. In the Horn of Africa, Al-Shabaab generates funds through illicit taxes on agriculture, livestock, wildlife and charcoal. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, revenue from timber, cocoa, coffee and gold has been linked to terrorism funding. In northern Mozambique, the illicit trade in gold, rubies and other resources is helping to finance the ongoing insurgency. The Secretary-General has noted that environmental degradation enables non-State armed groups to extend their influence and manipulate resources to their advantage.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s very important meeting, and to express my best wishes for your country’s presidency of the Security Council. I also thank Executive Director Waly, Commissioner Adeoye and Mr. Handy for their briefings today. As previous speakers have noted, Africa possesses an abundance of natural wealth. Yet for far too long the illegal exploitation of those resources has hampered growth and contributed to instability. Across the continent, armed groups and terrorist organizations are engaging in the illicit exploitation and trafficking of natural resources, which sustain and fund their activities while acting as a clear obstacle to sustainable development.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“The use of this anachronistic veto in these terrible and tragic circumstances is simply reprehensible and undermines the legitimacy of the Council in the eyes of the watching world. However, this veto will not prevent the international community from responding to Russia’s blatant breaches of international law. This veto will not deter us from holding Russia accountable for its actions. In accordance with General Assembly resolution 76/262, Ireland now calls on the Council to submit a special report on the use of the veto in this instance to the General Assembly.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“As I said at our meeting on Tuesday (see S/PV.9138), this is nothing more than a blatant land grab by the Russian Federation. Let me be clear — Ukraine’s borders have not changed. The sham referendums did not reflect the popular or freely expressed will of the Ukrainian people. They are illegal, they violate the United Nations Charter, they violate Russia’s obligations under international law, and they violate the law of occupation. Once again, the Russian Federation has shamefully used a veto in a flagrant attempt to excuse its own military aggression against Ukraine, a fellow Member of our United Nations. The shocking images of civilians killed or injured near Zaporizhzhya this morning are a stark reminder that it is civilians who are paying the highest price for Russia’s senseless war.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“Ireland voted in favour of draft resolution S/2022/720. We did so because we believe that there must be a robust response from the Security Council to yet another blatant breach of the Charter of the United Nations by the Russian Federation in its war of aggression against Ukraine. Ireland remains fully committed to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders. Earlier this week, Ireland condemned the sham referendums conducted in occupied Ukrainian territory by Russia or its proxies. Today we categorically reject the so-called results of those illegal and illegitimate referendums, an announcement purporting to annex Ukrainian territory. They have no legal effect.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9143 (2022) · source
“Ireland welcomes President Tshisekedi Tshilombo’s commitment to conducting elections in 2023, in line with the constitutional deadlines. Holding free, fair and inclusive elections is another vital benchmark towards a peaceful and prosperous future for all the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“Effective transitions are essential to sustaining peace. Ireland recently hosted a high-level event on “Ensuring the Success of Transitions in UN Peace Operations: implementing resolution 2594 (2021)”. The event marked one year since the unanimous adoption of resolution 2594 (2021), the first stand-alone resolution on United Nations transitions. We reiterate the need for inclusive, integrated planning for transitions, and we urge that transition processes respond to the conditions on the ground, first and foremost. Any review of the joint transition plan must recognize that. Much remains to be done to advance towards the agreed benchmarks on the security, protection and stabilization of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“We reiterate that the deployment of the East African Community regional force should progress in tandem with the political track. The deployment must have clear objectives and must be delivered in close cooperation and coordination with MONUSCO and other actors. The regional force must comply with human rights standards and accountability, such as the commitments of the United Nations Due Diligence Policy on Human Rights. Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration are fundamental to a lasting peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We welcome the support of the multi-donor Stabilization Coherence Fund to the Disarmament, Demobilization, Community Recovery and Stabilization Programme. We also recognize the work of the Government and MONUSCO to strengthen the security and justice sectors.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“We reiterate the importance of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region and commend regional Member States, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, the African Union, the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community for their efforts to ease tensions and build trust. Ireland continues to advocate for dialogue and diplomatic solutions. We urge the full inclusion of civil society and the provision of space for women’s full participation across those efforts towards peace. For any peace process to succeed and to be sustained, women must be at its centre. We urge all parties to engage constructively with the ongoing Nairobi process.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“It is imperative that the Mission deliver on that role through increased communication with communities and partners. We also remain concerned about the tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. We welcome the recent meetings between President Tshisekedi Tshilombo and President Kagame, including those convened by President Macron, President Lourenço and former President Kenyatta. We hope that those discussions result in de-escalation and concerted action to address the activities of armed groups. Ireland has consistently highlighted that regional cooperation is paramount for peace.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“It is undermining the ability of humanitarian organizations to deliver assistance to 27 million people in dire need. The consequences of failing to resolve this conflict would be catastrophic. There are also consistently high rates of human rights violations and abuses, conflict-related sexual violence and gender-based violence perpetrated by armed groups and State actors. Ireland condemns those acts. We must end impunity and deliver accountability for all instances of violence, human rights violations and abuses. Accountability is necessary for all actors, and we await the outcome of the joint investigation into the Kasindi border incident. Ireland continues to support MONUSCO’s role in the protection of civilians, and we recognize the challenges that it faces.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“I would like to thank Special Representative Keita, Mr. Mudinga and our colleague Ambassador Biang, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for their briefings today. Ireland is deeply disturbed by the ongoing insecurity in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the recent demonstrations against the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). The activities of the Mouvement du 23 mars and their growing sophistication, as well as the increased attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces and the Coopérative pour le développement du Congo and other armed groups, are alarming. That persistent armed group activity is contributing to the complex humanitarian crisis.”
2022-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9142 (2022) · source
“The Security Council must step up to discharge its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations to maintain international peace and security and to reaffirm the right of the Palestinian people to self- determination. We must move beyond talking about the need for a two-State solution and take real steps towards a just, inclusive and lasting peace. Progress is possible, but it requires political will.”
2022-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9139 (2022) · source
“While incremental increases in the quota of work permits granted to Gazans by Israel is welcome, the total number of permits is less than 1 per cent of the population and has decreased significantly over the past years The human rights situation in Gaza is also of great concern. We condemn in the strongest terms the execution by Hamas of five prisoners on 4 September. We call on Hamas to immediately end the practice of executions and to return captured Israelis, including human remains, to their loved ones. Actions on the ground, particularly Israeli settlement expansion, in violation of resolution 2334 (2016), continue to undermine a political horizon.”
2022-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9139 (2022) · source
“Shireen deserves nothing less. Last week’s meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of the International Assistance to Palestinians recalled the colossal economic and social challenges facing the Palestinian people. The ongoing restrictions on movement and access are compounding those challenges. Economic and social assistance is urgently required. I am pleased that Ireland was able to increase its support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) by €2 million, bringing its total support to €8 million this year. We urge all Member States, including those of the region, to step up their support for UNRWA. Ireland is deeply concerned by the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, exacerbated by the ongoing Israeli blockade, in contravention of resolution 1860 (2009).”
2022-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9139 (2022) · source
“Ireland is gravely concerned about the alarming increase in settler violence, with OCHA reporting a 34 per cent increase this year compared with last year in the monthly average of incidents causing injury or property damage and an 83 per cent increase compared with 2020. We call on Israel not to proceed with demolitions in the village of Khallet Athaba in Masafer Yatta. Forced evictions resulting from demolitions give rise to violations of human rights. The forcible transfer of the civilian population of an occupied territory is also prohibited under international humanitarian law. I recently had the opportunity to meet with Lina Abu Akleh, the niece of the renowned Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Ireland supports Lina’s call for accountability and an independent investigation into the death of her aunt.”
2022-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9139 (2022) · source
“Ireland again joins other members of the Security Council and the wider international community in calling on Israel to cease all settlement activities. This year has witnessed a continued increase compared with previous years in plans for settlement construction in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Current Israeli plans for settlement establishment and expansion in the Nablus and Ramallah governorates, and on the outskirts of Jerusalem and Bethlehem, pose the greatest threat to the territorial contiguity of a future Palestinian State. We are particularly concerned about plans in Area E-1 and the Givat Hamatos, Atarot, Lower Aqueduct, Givat Hashaked and Har Gilo West areas, which would effectively encircle East Jerusalem, disconnecting it from the major urban areas in the rest of the West Bank.”
2022-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9139 (2022) · source
“We are particularly concerned about the level of civilian casualties, since the protection of civilians is of paramount importance and is required under international law. Israel has a right to defend itself. However, in doing so, it must respect its obligations under international law. Long-term security for both Palestinians and Israelis cannot be achieved through the use of excessive force or by acts of violence by anyone. Such actions by the Israeli military in the occupied Palestinian territory undermine the capacity and effectiveness of the Palestinian Authority, which needs to be empowered and supported. We continue to see Israel’s relentless expansion of new settlements and outposts, in flagrant violation of resolution 2334 (2016) and international law.”
2022-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9139 (2022) · source
“I thank Mr. Wennesland for his sobering report. Ireland shares his concerns about the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016) on settlements and other issues. First of all, we are alarmed by the spike in violence today in Jenin following incursions by the Israeli security forces, with further loss of life and injuries to Palestinians. Along with the clashes in Nablus last week, those events clearly demonstrate that the fragile situation on the ground in the West Bank is continuing to deteriorate. Ireland is appalled at the level of casualties in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. So far this year, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israeli forces have killed more than 80 Palestinians and injured more than 7,400 in the West Bank.”
2022-09-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9139 (2022) · source
“As much as people elsewhere in the world, the people of Ukraine, who are suffering the devastating impact of this war, deserve no less.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9138 (2022) · source
“Those referendums are a cynical ploy not only to further undermine Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also to try and reset an unjustified war. It is a blatant land grab to redefine areas of Ukraine as part of Russia — I repeat, a blatant land grab. Ukraine has had a hard-won independence. It has had a hard-won path to establishing itself as a sovereign democracy, free from foreign interference. It sticks bravely to that choice, no matter what is thrown at it. In particular, Ireland condemns Russia’s nuclear threats, and all nuclear threats, whether explicit or implicit, regardless of circumstance. Ireland once again calls on Russia to end its aggression immediately, comply with its obligations under international law and withdraw all forces unconditionally from the sovereign territory of Ukraine.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9138 (2022) · source
“They also ignore Ukraine’s Constitution, which provides a legal basis for any referendums that would affect the territorial boundaries of Ukraine. They are illegitimate because they do not reflect the popular or freely expressed will of the Ukrainian people. As we have previously heard in the Chamber, more than 1 million people from those occupied territories have been moved to Russia. That is as a result of Russia’s military invasion, including by forced deportation. Indeed, more than 7 million people are internally displaced within Ukraine because of the war. Such referendums will never deter us from supporting the people of Ukraine. Might does not make right. Furthermore, the referendums will not have any legal or political effect on the status of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant or other Ukrainian nuclear facilities.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9138 (2022) · source
“I too would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing and President Zelenskyy for his statement. The President of Ukraine used the phrase “sham referendums”. Ireland fully agrees. We condemn the sham referendums being conducted in occupied Ukrainian territory by Russia or its proxies. No one who believes in, and is fully committed to, the principles of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, could do otherwise. Why is that? It is because those referendums — the sham referendums — are both illegal and illegitimate. They are illegal because they violate the United Nations Charter and Russia’s obligations under international law, including the law of occupation.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9138 (2022) · source
“It is therefore our responsibility, as members of the Security Council, to respond, to call out abuses and violations and to insist on constructive dialogue in order to find a negotiated path forward. That must include all Afghans and with Afghan women at the table as equal participants. It is our responsibility to take action against the Taliban when necessary and to not be rendered silent in the face of the devastating reality in Afghanistan. That is our mandate, and the Council must live up to it.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“They also prevent many households, and in particular those led by women, from receiving the aid they so desperately need. Taliban actions are crippling the ability of United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations to provide life-saving and life-sustaining support. Ireland wholly condemns those senseless acts. We reiterate our calls to the Taliban to ensure unimpeded humanitarian access and to guarantee the safety and security of humanitarian workers. We can and must hold the Taliban to account for its actions. As has been made clear today, what the Taliban is doing in Afghanistan with its actions against the Afghan people and Afghan women and girls is undermining peace and security.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“Their capacity to cope has been exhausted, and their needs are multiplying. Sustained levels of support from the international community will be required. We urge donors to continue their commitment to the urgent humanitarian response. However, humanitarian support alone will not be enough. The international community must look at constructive ways to make space to provide more basic needs assistance to Afghans, which will help to build resilience and prevent the worsening of crises. Against that context of crisis, Taliban attacks, intimidation and aggression against women and humanitarian workers are truly reprehensible. Those actions have driven capable women from their jobs, denying them the agency to work and provide for their families.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“Those abusive and oppressive tactics serve only to underline what we already know. The Taliban know only how to maintain power and consolidate control at the expense of minorities, on the backs of Afghan women and girls. It is the Taliban alone who conduct that regime of repression. It is the Taliban alone who can undo such harm. As winter approaches, the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate. The most recent update from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on conflict-induced hunger was clear — Afghanistan faces alarming levels of food insecurity, driven by economic shocks and aggravated by climate change, continuing violence and political upheaval. The protracted humanitarian crisis has devastated families and communities across Afghanistan.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“Ireland condemns in the strongest terms the use of collective punishment by the Taliban against the Hazara community. We deplore incidents of inhumane and degrading punishments by the Taliban for so-called moral infractions. Women continue to bear the brunt of Taliban control. They are erased from public life, denied health care for lack of a mahram, blocked from attending university and shut out of the workplace. They are threatened and abused for how they wear or cover their hair. Ominously, the targeting of women, which the Security Council has consistently condemned for the past year, continues to escalate. Some 370 days ago, the Taliban shut the school door in the faces of a generation of Afghan girls, denying their right to education and their ability to learn and reach their full potential and contribute to Afghanistan’s future.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“I too thank Deputy Special Representative Marcus Potzel, Executive Director Ghada Fathi Waly and Ms. Fawzia Koofi for their briefings. Ireland warmly welcomes Ms. Koofi as she takes her place at the Security Council table today. She does so as an Afghan political leader and a vital voice for democracy, human rights and the rule of law. She also does so as a representative of every Afghan woman who has been denied her right to an active public life by the Taliban. On a daily basis, we hear reports from Afghanistan of Taliban repression, night raids, extrajudicial killings and torture. We hear of human rights defenders, journalists and media workers being deliberately targeted. That is compounded by the targeting of civilians, places of worship, schools and marketplaces by terrorists operating with freedom of movement.”
2022-09-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9137 (2022) · source
“Our political will must match the need if we are to break that deadly cycle and reverse escalating conflict- induced hunger.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“The road to peace and security in South Sudan must include accountability — accountability for the serious violations and abuses of international humanitarian law and human rights, including conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence perpetrated by parties to the conflict. In north-east Nigeria, an end to the persistent conflict will enable much-needed, and shamefully blocked, life-saving humanitarian assistance and protection. It will also shut off the drivers of forced child recruitment and the abhorrent attacks on, and persecution of, humanitarian workers. The answer to the violence, the violations and the suffering we have heard about today lies in peace and security — the essence of our collective mandate.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“As in all contexts, sustainable peace requires the active participation of women in all processes. It requires the input of youth to determine their futures. In Yemen, an expanded truce leading to a durable ceasefire is the most viable path to an inclusive political settlement, led and owned by the Yemeni people. The conflict in Tigray is a stark example of conflict- induced hunger. Our message to the parties is simple: stop fighting and return to the negotiations. That will end the risk of famine. It has been Ireland’s consistent view that the way to end conflict in Ethiopia is through the African Union-led mediation process. We, the members of the Security Council, should provide our full support to that process.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“Ireland condemns those acts in the strongest possible terms. There can be no impunity for parties to armed conflict who target humanitarian actors and who utilize starvation and denial of access to humanitarian assistance to civilians. The law is clear, including the Security Council’s resolutions. There must be accountability for violations of international humanitarian law. Thirdly, although essential, humanitarian assistance is not the answer to the scourge of conflict- induced hunger. The answer is peace. We often talk around this table about the need to act early to prevent suffering before it is too late. That means having the courage to take action to protect civilians. That means putting pressure on the parties to conflict to come to the table. That is our job.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“My second point is that hunger is not only a consequence of conflict. It is also cynically used by some as a weapon of war. In Yemen, explosive remnants of war have made agricultural land unusable to populations totally reliant on that land for their livelihoods. In north-east Nigeria, farming assets have been stripped by non-State armed groups. That has reduced the availability of food to communities in need. At the same time, parties to conflict are diverting or blocking vital aid flows to communities in dire need. In the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, access to critical aid supplies has been highly constrained. Humanitarian workers in South Sudan, Ethiopia and other conflict- affected contexts have been targeted, abducted and even killed in the course of their vital work.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“The global insecurity crisis, exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has stretched the international response. Climate events such as the protracted drought in the Horn of Africa have been compounded by a shortage in humanitarian food supplies and resources. Today’s briefers were also very clear about the very real risk of famine brought about by drought in Somalia. Ireland’s Minister for Overseas Development Aid saw that first-hand earlier this month in South Sudan. He witnessed the disproportionate impact of hunger and conflict on women and children, with child malnutrition rates doubling since February. Conflict-induced hunger is taking lives today and altering outcomes for generations to come — damage we cannot undo, but which we can, and must, work to prevent in the future.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“That phenomenon is intrinsically linked to our responsibility to maintain international peace and security. I will focus my remarks on three areas. First, today’s update is clear and irrefutable. Conflict is exacerbating, driving and prolonging hunger and famine. We are failing in our challenge to reach zero hunger — a failure largely driven by armed conflict. The demand for life-saving and life-sustaining humanitarian aid is now outstripping our capacity to respond. United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations are forced to take food from the hungry to feed the starving. Hard-won progress has been reversed. Gains are being undone. The future for millions is bleak. That is a damning indictment both of the state of food insecurity globally and the Council’s response to conflict-induced hunger.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this very important meeting. I also thank the briefers for their messages to the Security Council this afternoon. They have left us in no doubt as to the severity and urgency of the situation, as millions of people are facing conflict-induced hunger. The stark briefings they delivered, not only in relation to the situation set out in the white note but also to Somalia and Afghanistan, make clear the need for the Council to not only hear those warnings — as foreseen under resolution 2417 (2018) — but to listen and to act. We have a collective responsibility to those starving as a consequence of unresolved conflict and insecurity. I want to welcome the recommendations set out in the white note received in advance of this meeting. They underline the link between hunger and conflict.”
2022-09-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9133 (2022) · source
“Ireland calls on Damascus to be much more transparent on the release of arbitrarily detained persons, in particular on the implementation of the amnesty decree announced in April.”
2022-09-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9130 (2022) · source
“We renew our calls for the full implementation of resolution 2254 (2015) and urge Damascus to engage fully and meaningfully in the Constitutional Committee. Ireland endorses the ongoing engagement with the Women’s Advisory Board and civil society. Any new Constitution and related political process must be fully inclusive and must benefit from the full, equal and meaningful engagement of women. Ireland is open to step-for-step confidence-building measures, provided that Damascus engages meaningfully. We welcome the Secretary-General’s study on missing people in Syria. We echo his message of appreciation to the victims and their families and to civil society for their valuable input. We believe that the proposed mechanism and support to the families of those missing can provide some answers on the fate of their loved ones.”
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