Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 July 2025
Committee on Defence and National Security
General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Stephen Kelly:
I would absolutely agree that this has long been an issue. The attack on Egypt in 1956 took place just when Ireland had joined the United Nations. This has been an issue for a very long time but again, it is a question of what is the alternative. It is better to have the United Nations even though it is often ignored, unfortunately, than not to have it at all. It is a challenge that has long existed. I do not think the Russian invasion fundamentally changed it because it is not the first time that a permanent member has breached the UN Charter, unfortunately. Therefore I completely agree.
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