Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 May 2025

Committee on Defence and National Security

General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion

2:00 am

Ms Bernie Maguire:

In respect of situations where there is a UN veto, this is the whole purpose of the legislation. At the moment, the power is with what we call the P5, the five standing members of the Security Council that can veto operations. This has called into question why there have not been any new peacekeeping missions for the past 11 years, whereby there is a fear that such a mission will not pass all the five. If we look at the situations that have happened more recently in regard to Gaza and Ukraine, resolutions would not get passed and that is a fact. At least one of the five countries would-----

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