Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fail)

I move:

That Seanad Éireann, noting the commencement of military action by a United States led coalition against Iraq;

–reaffirms Ireland's commitment to the United Nations as the guarantor of collective global security and as the appropriate forum for the resolution of disputes threatening international peace and security;

–condemns the continued refusal of the Government of Iraq over a period of 12 years to comply with its obligation to disarm as imposed by numerous resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, most recently in Resolution 1441;