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Speech at a reception to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Irish Family Planning Association
Áras an Uachtaráin, Friday, 1 November, 2019, 3pm
Speech at a Reception for the Tipperary Peace Committee
Áras an Uachtaráin, Wednesday 30th October 2019
Speech at an event marking the 70th Anniversary of Geneva Conventions
Mansion House, Dublin, Thursday 24th October 2019
Address to the Cypriot House of Representatives
House of Representatives, Cyprus, Wednesday, 16th October, 2019
Address to Irish Troops Serving in Lebanon
IRISH BATT UN 2-45 Position, Friday 18th October 2019
Speech at a luncheon in honour H.E. Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of the Republic of Cuba
Toast delivered by Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland at Official Banquet Lunch hosted by President Aoun and First Lady Aoun
Hall of the 25th May, Presidential Palace, Beirut, Thursday, 17th October 2019
Address by Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland to the Cypriot House of Representatives
House of Representatives, Cyprus Friday 16 October 2019
Statement to the Media by Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland at Joint Ireland-Greece Press Conference
Zappeon Megaron, Athens, Friday, 11th October, 2019
First Working Session: Facing Efficiently the Economic and Refugee Crisis
Hall 5 Zappeon, Megaron, Athens Friday, 11th October, 2019
The Aristotle Address 2019 - “On the State of Democracy in Our Changing World”
The Stoa of Attalos at the Ancient Agora of Athens, Thursday 10th October 2019
“Humanitarianism and the Public Intellectual in Times of Crisis”
- Distinguished Lecture by President Michael D. Higgins
Speech at Mineolas Community event
Irish American Society for Nassau, Suffolk and Queens, Sunday, 29th September 2019
President addresses High Level Review of SAMOA Pathway
United Nations Headquarters, New York, Friday 27th September 2019
Speech at an Evening Reception for the Small Island Developing States summit on the Samoa Pathway Mid-Term Review
United Nations Headquarters, New York, Thursday 26th September 2019
President addresses UN General Assembly 2019
United Nations headquarters, Wednesday 25th September 2019
On Responding to the Interacting Crises of Our Times – Ecology, Economy and Society’
New York University, Tuesday 24th September 2019
Speech at a Reception for Honorary Consuls
Áras an Uachtaráin, Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Speech at Joint DBEI/ NUI ILO Centenary National Event “Changing Work in a Crisis-Stricken World: the Need to Embrace a New Paradigm”
Dublin Castle Tuesday, 17th September 2019
Address at the Official Opening of the Biodiversity Festival and Honey Show
Phoenix Park Visitors Centre, Saturday 14 September 2019
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