John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Russia will take on the presidency of the UN Security Council and while much focus has rightfully been on Ukraine and the escalation of tensions, it would be useful for this committee on what the priorities are for Russia on the UN Security Council. We do not need that today, but I suggest a written submission be made to the committee. There is a humanitarian crisis in Yemen and also the situation in Ethiopia, so I would be interested to hear the views of Russia on those. Amnesty International issued a very useful report yesterday dealing with the apartheid policies of Israel on the Palestinian people, and there are specific asks of the UN Security Council in that report, in terms of sanctions, arms embargoes, and the creation of the UN Special Assembly on Apartheid which was stood down. There is a specific ask for that to be re-established. I would be interested to hear Russia's views on some of those issues and a written submission would be useful to avoid prolonging the meeting here today.