Professor S. Michael Lynk:

Certainly, from foreign affairs officials who I have spoken to, I would think that Ireland got on the UN Security Council at the beginning of 2021 in order to be able to make a mark upon the world. Ireland has done a commendable job in the 15 months it has been on the Security Council. There are nine months left. I am sure there is a range of issues that Ireland has put at the top of its to-do list with respect to that, one of which, I know, has to do with Israel and Palestine. There are concrete things that the committee has mentioned around supporting the re-establishment of the committee against apartheid, and all of the other things we spoke about over the past hour or so, that can be in Ireland's basket of goods to do in its position, which probably will not come again for another ten to 15 years. Ireland still has the momentum to be able to strike while the iron is hot for the next nine months and to make a difference during those nine months.