Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the same issue, I welcome the said reply. The UN General Assembly does not recognise it but I think a UN special rapporteur's report in 1985 agreed that what happened to the Armenians in 1915 met the criteria of genocide. It is almost as if our position is that we are not taking a position, which is sad. If we are to wait on international consensus on issues, we will wait a long time. We pride ourselves on having a different view. It is understandable that some countries would not adopt a position, in particular NATO countries. The US, for instance, has not adopted a position but 43 of the 50 states have adopted positions in relation to it. I do not know if the Chairman wants to get into the details of the note as it is probably private. Is it on the public record?