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Peace & Security

Peace and Security

Through the UN, Ireland offers its distinctive contribution to building sustainable peace and resolving conflict abroad.

UN Security Council

Overview

Overview of Ireland’s contribution to UN efforts to maintain international peace and security.

Advancing Irish Priorities

Ireland pursues its major political priorities at the UN.

106 IrishFinn Battalion Medal Parade

Peacekeeping

We have an unbroken record of service with UN peacekeeping missions since 1958.

Non Violence sculpture by Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd. UN HQ New York

Disarmament & Nonproliferation

We have been a leading voice for decades on disarmament of nuclear weapons.

UN Women

Women, Peace and Security

Our mission actively promotes UNSCR 1325 and the Women, Peace and Security agenda.

Mediation & Peacebuilding

Building on its experience of successful conflict resolution in the Northern Ireland peace process, Ireland works at the UN to promote peacebuilding, mediation and reconciliation around the world.