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President speaking on his visit to a FARC Camp, Columbia

President Higgins visited one of the 26 zones where FARC rebels are demobilising, following the peace accords reached in 2016. 
The President travelled to the camp with Colombia’s high commissioner for peace, Sergio Jaramillo.

Keynote Address by President Higgins at the Peruvian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Lima, Peru

“When the gaze must not be averted: The testament for humanity in the universality of Roger Casement's humanitarian vision”

Keynote Address by Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland
Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lima, Peru

Speech at the Diplomatic Corps 2017 New Year’s Greeting Ceremony

On Tuesday 31 January President Michael D. Higgins hosted a New Years' Greetings Ceremony for members of the Diplomatic Corp at Áras an Uachtaráin.

In his speech, the President spoke of the rapid and fundamental changes to the international system and the importance of safeguarding and defending the mechanisms for collective action to address global challenges.