Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence

Recent Meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council and the UN Security Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Photo of Gerard CraughwellGerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is the one on climate. I understand the way we get around the problem of having resolutions vetoed is that we do not publish the resolution until we are sure we have everybody on side. If that is the way the Security Council works, it is really only a talking shop. We have to be brave and we have to publish whatever resolutions we want. We should let them veto it if they want. However, let them face the world and explain why they vetoed something that was going to benefit all of humanity. I admire the Minister for bringing this forward. I think it is a great idea, but I would like us to bring it forward without fear or favour and actually publish it and be damned. I will leave it at that.

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