Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is sad to see the hands of the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly tied behind their backs in regard to what is happening in the world today. What are the witnesses' thoughts on that? We read in the newspapers today that 78,000 Palestinian people were killed in the past two years, yet the UN is unfortunately unable to do anything. I know the reason is that the major powers are vetoing everything that is happening there. That is very wrong.

Is there a better way to deal with these types of situations where people are suffering? We saw what happened in Bosnia 30 years ago. Everybody hoped and prayed it would never happen again, yet here we are in a worse situation.