President Higgins addressed a virtual event hosted by Concern Worldwide.
Entitled “Concern Global Gala: Unite to Fight Hunger”, the event aimed to showcase the transformative power of international development cooperation in general, and the work of Irish aid agency Concern in particular.
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In 2018, President Higgins also addressed a Concern conference. Click here to read more about that event.
Related events:
- President addresses UN meeting on universal access to COVID-19 health technologies, September 2020
- President delivers the keynote address at Concern Worldwide’s 50th anniversary conference, September 2018
- President hosts a reception for Concern on the occasion of the organisation’s 50th anniversary, March 2018
- President's speeches at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, May 2016
- President attends and delivers a keynote address the 10th UNCTAD Debt Management Conference, November 2015
- President's address to the Irish Humanitarian Summit, July 2015
- President opens the European Year of Development, January 2015
- Remarks at the Hunger-Nutrition-Climate Justice Conference, April 2013
