Ireland’s UN ambassador urges diplomacy on Ukraine at security council meeting

Ireland’s representative to the United Nations has called for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis instead of allowing ‘a grim new chapter’ of conflict to eventuate (Julien Behal/PA)

Ireland’s representative to the United Nations has called for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis instead of allowing “a grim new chapter” of conflict to eventuate.

Speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason said: “(We) have the responsibility to work to resolve this conflict, rather than yield to a grim new chapter, which will inflict further misery on Ukraine and its people.”