Noel Treacy (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

I welcome what Deputy Higgins has said. He is correct in his interpretation of the Government's position. While the Minister for Foreign Affairs may have cast his net wide from an international perspective, he has been asked to do so on behalf of the United Nations. That indicates an excellent attitude on our part and it also shows that Ireland is held in great regard by the UN. The Minister is doing his utmost, as a Member of this Parliament and a member of the Government, to make a unique contribution to the continued evolution and development and modernisation of the United Nations at a critical time in the history of mankind.

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