Ag obair as lámha a cheile... Is é an toradh ar mhúnlaí smaointeoireachta agus cleachtais a bhfuil teipthe orthu, agus atá fós ag loiceadh orainn mar phobal domhanda, ceisteanna neamhréitithe mar an t-athrú aeráide, an bhochtaineacht dhomhanda, neamhdheimhneacht an tsoláthair bhia, an fairsingiú fásaigh, leibhéil fiachais neamh-iniompartha, an trádáil shaofa agus an mhí-úsáid cumhachta, trí ghníomh nó trí neamhghníomh. Tugtar cuireadh dúinn, leis an gClár Oibre uilíoch don fhorbairt dhomhanda, athrú meoin agus dioscúrsa a chur i gcrích. Is forógra idirspleáchais atá ann, a iarrann orainn páirt a ghlacadh, ní hamháin sa chomhrá Thuaidh-Theas a bhí ann roimhe seo, ach i gcomhrá nua faoin daonnacht féin agus a todhchaí chomhchoiteann. An tUachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn, Eanáir 2016
Embracing our challenges together... “The unresolved issues of climate change, global poverty, food insecurity, desertification, unsustainable levels of debt, distorted trade and abuses of power, by commission and omission, are the legacy of paradigms of thought and practice that have failed, and continue to fail us as a global community. The universal Agenda for global development invites us to complete a shift in mindset and discourse. It is a proclamation of interdependence, that calls on us to take part, not just in the previous North-South conversation, but in a new conversation about our humanity itself, and its collective future.” President Michael D. Higgins, January 2016
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit Wishing you a Happy St. Patrick’s Day
UACHTARÁN NA hÉIREANN President of Ireland
2016
Photo: Winter Solstice at Newgrange© by Fran Caffrey
Áras an Uachtaráin, Phoenix Park, Dublin, D08 E1W3 www.president.ie