Ireland served as an elected member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) between January 2021 and December 2022, the fourth time Ireland was elected by UN members to that position. The UNSC holds primary responsibility within the UN for responding to threats to international peace and security.
In 2023, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade commissioned an evaluation of the country’s tenure to independently assess how Ireland performed as a member of the Council against the agenda set out.
IOD PARC worked with the Department’s Evaluation and Audit Unit to conduct the evaluation between August 2023 and February 2024. The team held 71 interviews (of which 40 were with external respondents), conducted three focus groups, reviewed 170+ documents and deployed a survey to 149 people.
The report’s findings have been considered in depth by the Department’s officials and management, and were reviewed by the Department’s Audit Committee. As well as evaluating Ireland’s UNSC term, the report makes recommendations for consideration by the Department when designing and implementing future large scale events.
