Ireland and the UN Security Council - This Week: Week 14

Week 14: 5 - 9 April 2021

At a meeting on the situation in Myanmar on Wednesday 31 March, Ireland called for an immediate end to the abhorrent violence inflicted at the hands of the military.
Ambassador Byrne Nason joined 48 women Ambassadors to the UN who co-authored an Op-Ed in USA today on Thursday 1 April calling for gender equality to be a central part of COVID-19 recovery.
Vietnam took up its Presidency of the UNSC for the month of April on Thursday 1 April. It plans to chair four signature events on: efforts to eliminate landmines, sexual violence in conflict, UN & regional organisations and indispensable civilian objects.
Minister Coveney welcomed the agreement to begin intensified discussions in Vienna on Iran’s nuclear deal (JCPOA) in a statement on Friday 2 April.
Minister Coveney welcomed the repeal of measures by the US against the International Criminal Court as part of a reset of US relations with the Court in a statement on Friday 2 April.
Following the killing of four UN Peacekeepers at a UN base in Mali, Ireland condemned in the strongest terms the attack and extended condolences to the families of the victims in a statement on Saturday 3 April.

Monday – 5^th April

Tuesday – 6^th April

Briefing, followed by consultations, on the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix is expected to brief.
Briefing, followed by consultations, on the Syria chemical weapons track from High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu.

Wednesday – 7^th April

Briefing, followed by consultations, on the Great Lakes region. Special Envoy Huang Xia is expected to brief on the implementation of the 2013 Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework (PSC Framework) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and on other recent developments in the region.

Thursday – 8^th April

Vietnam is expected to convene a ministerial-level open debate on mine action. Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister, Pham Binh Minh, will chair the meeting. Secretary-General António Guterres will brief. The Council will also be briefed by Ambassador Stefano Toscano, the director of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, and Nguyen Thi Dieu Linh, manager of “Project Renew” (an all-women demining team) at the Norwegian People’s Aid in Vietnam.

Friday – 9^th April