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The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Mr. Alan Shatter, T.D., today outlined one of Ireland’s EU Presidency priorities, on increasing the level of participation by EU member States in UN peacekeeping operations and the important contribution which...

Excellencies, Secretaries General, Chief of Staff, distinguished speakers and moderators, ladies and gentlemen: I am honoured to open this seminar today which will address “Regional Organisations Co-Operation with the United Nations in the area of...

The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore T.D., has welcomed Ireland’s election for the first time as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the UN’s principal human rights body...

New York, 29 September 2012: The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore T.D., met with the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon in New York this afternoon. The two discussed some of...

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore met with the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon in New York this afternoon. The two discussed some of the major issues facing the international community at the current session of the United Nations General Assembly...

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has delivered Ireland’s national address to the 67th United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Tánaiste emphasised the vital importance of protecting human rights so that the United Nations can meet its primary mission to...

The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore T.D., will this evening deliver Ireland’s national address to the 67th United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Tánaiste will emphasise the vital importance of protecting human rights so that the United...

Tánaiste, Eamon Gilmore will begin a three day visit to Washington and New York on Wednesday, 8 February, 2012...

Speaking to the Ministerial Summit at the United Nations in New York, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has called on the international community to find a long-term solution to the famine in the Horn of Africa....

Secretary General, President of the General Assembly,Distinguished delegates, Firstly, may I begin by associating Ireland with the points made by my colleague, Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva...