President Higgins addressed a special UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict.
The open debate considered the findings of the annual report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict. The meeting was open to the public, via UN WebTV, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
Click on the Speech tab to read the President's address, or the Video tab, to listen to the speech.
This was the President's first address to the UN Security Council since Ireland joined this UN body charged with ensuring international peace and security. President Higgins has attended and addressed a number of UN meetings in the past, including:
- President Higgins addresses UN 75th anniversary event (2020)
- President addresses ILO Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work (2020)
- President addresses United Nations General Assembly (2019)
- President addresses the UN General Assembly (2018)
- President delivers keynote address at ILO World of Work Summit (2018)
- President attends the World Humanitarian Summit (2016)
- President attends and delivers a keynote address the 10th UNCTAD Debt Management Conference (2015)
- President participates in a Global Leaders’ Meeting on ‘Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (2015)
- President delivers a keynote message at a session on, ‘Mobilising Generation Zero Hunger’ (2015)
