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Welcome to the website of the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations. We hope you will find it useful and informative regarding Ireland and its work at the United Nations. For more than half a century since we joined the Organisation on 14 December 1955, a strong and active commitment to the UN has been a cornerstone of Ireland’s foreign policy in promoting peace and security, disarmament, development, humanitarian action and human rights. If you have any comments or require further information on Ireland and the United Nations, please do not hesitate to contact the Permanent Mission. You will also find easy links here to a number of closely related websites.

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St Patricks Day greetings  from the President Michael D. Higgins

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President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on World Press Freedom Day, United Nations, New York, 3 May, 2012.

Mr. Eamon Gilmore T.D., Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, New York, 9 February 2012.

"Panel Discussion at the Irish mission on the Women's Situation Room in Senegal, 1st November 2012.  l-r Ambassador Anne Anderson; Bineta Diop, President of Femmes Africa Solidarité; Elisabeth Rehn, former Finnish Minister for Defence; and Letty Chiwara, Head of UN Women’s Africa Division".   Full report here