Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

Question 2: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts the European Union and Ireland are making to ensure a democratic response to the recent elections that have been held in Zimbabwe; the details of the talks that have been held with the African Union and neighbouring countries of Zimbabwe; and his views on the statements of leaders of civil society that the country stands on the brink of human rights catastrophe. [16868/08]

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