Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

Towards the latter end of the discussions a number of countries which found fault with the peace-building commission even though previously there was general agreement. There is a time limit on the formation of it, that is, by the end of the year.

Given the broad spectrum of opinion on the human rights council, it is accepted that it will take some more time. There is no time indicated. We would be pushing — already discussions are taking place at UN level under the chairmanship of the presidency — to move this forward but it will be some months, if not years——

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