Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland

3:20 pm

Ms Karol Balfe:

I do not know whether it is our position to comment on that. The crucial issue is we must see better action on human rights and equality. This is something that many organisations, not just Christian Aid, have documented. There are ways in which this can happen with the current administration and we would encourage those agencies, the Irish Government, the United Nations and others - the European Union in particular has an important role considering the amount of funding it gives - to really push for the promotion of human rights within Angola.