Statement by President Higgins on latest situation in Middle East
Date: Sun 3rd Aug, 2025 | 17:48
“The presentation of the emaciated bodies of two hostages taken on October 7th is a shocking act of cruelty and reflects not only on those responsible for such actions but damages any cause to which they attach themselves.
We are now in a position of seeing the nadir of human behaviour with images like these occurring at the same time as children are deprived of medicine and mothers are deprived of water and the necessary means of addressing malnutrition as they watch their children die.
All of these actions must not just receive the opprobrium of the world, but must lead to practical actions that cannot wait until September to be addressed.
I repeat the suggestion which I have made previously with regard to how Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter may provide a mechanism for ensuring safe access of aid.”
ENDS