By Dan Walsh
Fine Gael TD for Wicklow Wexford, Brian Brennan is attending 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 from New York, Deputy Brennan told WexfordLocal.com; “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.”
Yesterday (Monday), the United Nations resumed 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 sought to reaffirm international commitments to the two-State solution and seek to mobilise support for its implementation.
10 countries would formally recognised Palestinian statehood at the meeting — Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Portugal, Malta, Britain and San Marino alongside France.
Today (Tuesday) 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 count the number of times that I’ve been asked to fight for a resolution to this atrocity,” concluded Deputy Brennan.
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