Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
United Nations Human Rights Council: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2:40 pm
Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I also welcome Mr. Wrafter and his colleagues and thank him for his detailed presentation. I welcome in particular the national initiatives regarding the civil society space and the preventable mortality and morbidity of children under five as a human rights concern, respectively. I compliment the Irish non-governmental organisations in their campaign approximately 12 or 18 months ago to create an awareness of the civil society space issue. I hope this can be advanced. As Mr. Wrafter noted-----