Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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I thank Mr. Sourani for his excellent contribution here today. I reiterate that Ireland has used its voice at the Human Rights Council in Geneva to draw attention to the human rights abuses in Gaza. We have also commended the work of the members of the UN Commission on the inquiry in Gaza and we will continue to do so where there are human rights abuses. We hope that at some stage in the near future all parties will get together again and, as Mr. Sourani has said, work for a two-state solution, which was the original intention and which we support here in Ireland.

I thank Mr. Sourani and wish him well in his work with the Commission and we will continue to work with Trócaire and other NGOs on the situation in Gaza. I thank Trócaire for organising Mr. Sourani's appearance here today before the committee. I thank Mr. Sourani for answering the questions in such a comprehensive manner. We will now go into private session.