Ms Niamh Ní Bhriain:

The mandate could be vetoed by anyone but by the same logic, if it is vetoed and the UNIFIL mission is wound down, what business would Ireland have being in Lebanon if it does not have a UN mandate? The thing that gives us legitimacy in being there is having a UN mandate, blue helmets and blue berets. When Irish troops came under fire at the end of last year the thing that gave us legitimacy to be there was the UN mandate. If the mandate is vetoed, and I hope it is not and the mission continues, Ireland would have no mandate to be there.