Mr. Declan Power:

The simple answer is that it would be a bad thing for us to be in a position where a big power could, through its veto, cause us to have to pull out of a mission and potentially collapse a mission. That is a reality that could happen and has been proven by the Macedonian mission in 1999 and the other examples that I mentioned. Macedonia is probably the most pertinent example and I would argue that it should only happen once for us to realise that there is an inadequacy there that needs to be addressed and that is what I see this Bill as addressing.