That’s a wrap on #HLPF2026 🙌
Over the last two weeks at the High Level Political Forum, Ireland 🇮🇪 has engaged on:
🔶Food security and access to nutrition & healthy diets, with @IFAD & @FAO 🌾
🔶The special case of SIDS, specifically in the context of energy transition 💡
Today, 🇮🇪 Minister @DarraghOBrienTD together with partners from Tuvalu 🇹🇻 and the Marshall Islands 🇲🇭, hosted a panel discussion on Clean Energy Transition 💡🌏
An important opportunity to exchange island perspectives on how governments, institutions and civil society can work
This week, Brian Brennan TD and Senator Garret Ahearn of the 🇮🇪 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade engaged with several of Ireland’s key partners at the @UN in New York.
They had constructive discussions on current issues, including UN reform, with civil
While speaking at the opening of the Global Higher Education Symposium 2026, 🇮🇪@IrelandAmbUN explained how Ireland’s national story underpins our commitment to #SDG4 - Quality Education 📚✏️
📷 United Nations Academic Impact
Grateful to Ireland's Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade 🇮🇪 for our exchange on the Humanitarian Reset, Protection of Civilians & Anticipatory Action.
Parliamentary engagement keeps humanitarian action funded, principled & accountable.
Go raibh maith agaibh @garretahearn
Ireland’s UN Youth Delegates, Aisling and Carla, are at @UN HQ for the High-Level Political Forum. 🇮🇪🇺🇳
As part of #HLPF2026, @UNYouthIRL have delivered two national statements:
✅ Aisling addressed SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities) and called for youth to be actively involved in
Honoured to deliver Ireland’s National Statement at the UN High-Level Political Forum in New York, reaffirming Ireland’s commitment to sustainable development.
As we continue our journey to 2030, we must urgently accelerate implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Here is the text of a lecture I gave @IrelandAmbUN on the future of UN conflict prevention last Thursday, co-hosted by @GCR2P. Thanks for the opportunity!
This afternoon, Ireland 🇮🇪, Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬 & Bangladesh 🇧🇩 co-chaired a high-level meeting of the UN Friends of Vision on ending avoidable sight loss and strengthening coordinated progress under the 2030 Agenda.
Discussion focused on integrated approaches across
This week, Ireland & @GCR2P held the annual Evans-Sahnoun Lecture on the Responsibility to Protect framework, which emphasises prevention as the foundation for confronting the risks of mass atrocity crimes.
We thank our keynote speaker, @RichardGowan1, for his talk on ‘The
Ireland 🇮🇪 this week hosted the launch of UN Special Rapporteur Siobhán Mullally’s policy paper on risks of trafficking in persons during @UNPeacekeeping transitions.
New or exacerbated risks of trafficking can emerge during peacekeeping transitions, alongside a reduced capacity
Ireland 🇮🇪 has long championed pooled funding for one reason:
It gives the UN system the flexibility to deliver integrated planning, investment, and programming.
More from H.E. Fergal Mythen in our Annual Report:
annualreport.jointsdgfund.org/2025-a-new-era…@IrishMissionUN
Today, the UN General Assembly commemorated the 🇺🇳 International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica.
🇮🇪 stands in solidarity with 🇧🇦 in remembering and honouring the victims and survivors.
#RememberSrebrenica
