Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Professor Tonra. Mr. Dorr mentioned that most books on international relations are written from the viewpoint of larger states. I hope the courses in our universities and third level colleges are not framed from that point of view. I hope there is the independence needed in providing courses and curricula.

With regard to the architecture of the United Nations, I do not know what adjustments are made in respect of different committees since its establishment decades ago. The membership of the UN Security Council has not changed and does not take account of the changed world we have, particularly over the past decade or two. What importance does the OSCE have and why was there a need to establish it when we had United Nations as the body with constituent members from most sovereign states?