Seanad debates
Friday, 21 March 2003
Foreign Conflicts: Motion.
United Nations resolutions imply the power to secure compliance. If the United Nations does not secure compliance for its resolutions, it loses a degree of authority. None of the countries which reasonably required a second resolution, including Ireland, ruled out the eventual use of force. We are talking about a question of timing rather than any fundamental differences. While I would have liked more time to be given to the inspectors, it would still have had the same result. Senator McHugh asked what was the hurry; I suppose it was due to the weather more than anything else.
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