Seanad debates

Wednesday, 2 April 2003

Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq: Statements.

 

The question is how we can liberate Iraq. There is no democracy there. We are trying to build the future of Iraq, to give them a sense of their own identity and nationalism, their sense of being. It is not going to be easy to get that message across, but that is our aim. We have the experience of Afghanistan, where we aimed to give out aid, and that of the various NGOs, including Concern and GOAL, which have distributed aid with sensitivity. It is only when we go about the task in that way that we will establish ourselves as the key people.

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