Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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One of the key output targets is the advancement of human rights through membership of the UN Human Rights Council. I should probably know the answer to this but what are the Government's key priorities on the council? Can the Tánaiste give us some examples of where he sees reform is needed? Deputy Smith talked about the Syrian situation. He has highlighted in the Chamber the problem of aid getting into parts of Syria and the difficulty the UN has with that. Does the Tánaiste see that as another area where reform is needed? Having seen the film about the Democratic Republic of Congo and that area, about the number of rapes and the fact that UN troops are there but do not have a mandate to deal with the terrible atrocities happening a couple of miles down the road, does the Tánaiste see changing the mandate and reforming the UN role in many of these countries as a priority?