Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy asked two separate sets of questions. The original question referred to the UN's refusal to allow the European Union the right to speak at a meeting of the General Assembly under new arrangements. On the wider issue of UN reform, Ireland has already taken a lead. My predecessor, the Minister, Deputy Dermot Ahern, was nominated by the Secretary General of the UN to lead reform by bringing proposals together.

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