Seanad debates
Thursday, 6 February 2003
Iraq Crisis: Statements (Resumed).
Another concern of mine is the terrible damage that has been done to the United Nations. I think America was wrong in being so assertive towards the United Nations. They were entitled, by all means, to make their demands as any another UN member would be, but I have a sense of fragmentation which cannot be good for world order or future peaceful co-existence, and that is only the start of it. If America decides to take unilateral action it will not just be a matter of destabilising that particular region, it will also destabilise the allies. It is quite clear that is happening, even in the language that is being used, but at least we have stepped back from the brink of four weeks ago when the language employed was close to being hostile. That is not good for the United Nations because ultimately that organisation is the only guarantor of world order.
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