I agree with Senator Ó Murchú on the vital role of small countries in trying to keep order in international organisations. I have always maintained that we totally underestimate Ireland's power in that regard. While I feel sure Ireland tried to do more behind the scenes, I regret we did not achieve more in terms of keeping the rule of law, rather than the rule of force, in operation. We are now faced with a unipolar power which is capable of running riot. The French were right to say they would use their veto because they at least spared those six countries on the Security Council the prospect of losing whatever resources they have as a result of voting against the United States. After the last Gulf War, when Yemen voted against the United States, the US ambassador described that action as the most expensive vote that country would ever cast and, indeed, that was the outcome. All funding was withdrawn from Yemen, which is now one of the worst centres of terrorism in the world.