Ms Mary Van Lieshout:

We were delighted to receive the committee's invitation. We know it plays an important role in monitoring Ireland's national action plan under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325. We knew we were coming to a well-informed group and that it would not be educating from the first step, but that the committee is well-versed in Resolution 1325. It has been nothing but a pleasure to have a deeper conversation with the committee. We hope it has added somewhat to its armoury for its future work as it continues to monitor this. Our parting message is to ask Ireland to continue with its leadership in all the forums that have been mentioned and to continue to commit itself to multilateralism, humanitarian law and international human rights that promote the equality, empowerment, and full participation of women and girls, which will serve us all so well. I thank the committee for everything it does to that end and ask for its continued solidarity with our group. We look forward to meeting the committee again.