Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

Amendment No. 2 would leave the definition of international United Nations force the same as it is currently in the 1993 Act. It would completely subvert the purpose of the definition in this Bill which is designed to provide for the full range of terminology used by the United Nations Security Council.

Amendment No. 3 would simply add the word "authorised" to the existing definition of international United Nations force and would not overcome the difficulty that the use of terms such as "endorsed" or "supported" which appear in United Nations Council Resolutions may not be covered by the legislation.

I will clarify the situation for Deputy Costello for the umpteenth time.

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