Mr. Stephen Kelly:

I agree about international law. The European Court of Justice, ECJ, has held in the Kadi case, for example, that the Union does not have to follow legally binding decisions of the UN Security Council. I do not accept that the EU can be relied on to uphold international law. As regards the "uniting for peace" facility, people who do not think that this is something that can be relied upon need to clarify why this is in the legislation in the first place. Recently on Irish radio, the UN special rapporteur for food called for Ireland to use the "uniting for peace" facility to push for an international force in Gaza to distribute aid. I am convinced that this could command the requisite two-thirds majority in the General Assembly. It has not been activated for a long time but it still a possibility, not a remote-----