A Fine Gael TD for Wicklow-Wexford will be in attendance at the UNGA this week…
Wicklow-Wexford TD Brian Brennan will this week attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York as part of the Irish Government Delegation where world leaders will gather to discuss the greatest challenges facing the world today.
Deputy Brennan has been selected for this delegation due to his consistently strong voice in relation to Gaza, particularly in regarding the slaughter of children throughout the conflict.
Speaking to Wexford Weekly from New York, Deputy Brennan said:
“I am honoured to have been selected as part of this delegation. We have all witnessed on our phone screens and TV screens the horrors that have unfolded over the last two years and it is hard to escape some of the images.
“I myself travelled to Egypt in July this year to meet with NGO’s on the ground and to talk to some of the Palestinian people who have been displaced, injured and have lost everything and everyone who are currently seeking refuge having been driven from their own land.”
On Monday, 22 September, the United Nations will resume the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia. The Conference will reaffirm international commitments to the two-State solution and seek to mobilize support for its implementation.
10 countries would formally recognize Palestinian statehood at the meeting — Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Portugal, Malta, Britain and San Marino alongside France.
The following day, at the General Debate — the annual meeting of Heads of State and Government, world leaders will make statements outlining their positions and priorities in the context of complex and interconnected global challenges
Among the key speakers will be President of the United States, Donal Trump.
Both the Taoiseach, Michael Martin and Tanaiste, Simon Harris will attend along with representatives from the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Speaking in advance of the meetings, Brennan stated:
“We simply must demand a ceasefire and the EU must play a stronger part in accomplishing this. That includes looking at the EU/Israel trade agreement.”
“I’ve attended so many events and functions the length and breadth of Wicklow and Wexford and have met so many constituents and I could not the county the amount of times that I’ve been asked to fight for a resolution to this atrocity.”
“People are watching innocent people, medics, humanitarian workers, journalists and the most shocking of all, children being killed on a daily basis and we must do everything in our power to stop this.”
Jason Redmond
From Gorey, Jason is the owner of Wexford Weekly. He is also a post-primary English and History teacher.
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