Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline each international organisation, international agency or international body that Ireland is a member of that his Department or a State body or agency under the aegis of his Department is responsible for or co-responsible for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32811/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Ireland is committed to upholding a multilateral approach to international relations, based upon the equality of States and the rule of law. This commitment has been expressed through our membership of, and active participation in, international organisations such as the European Union and the United Nations. Membership of these organisations has enabled us to promote the interests, value and objectives which we, as a people, have traditionally held to be important. While overall responsibility for Ireland's membership of the United Nations is invested in my Department, there are a number of UN specialised agencies which are classed as international organisations in their own right and for which responsibility lies with other Departments, and State agencies. In addition, responsibility for a number of international organisations previously held by my Department has transferred to Department of the Taoiseach.

The following is a list of international organisations for which Ireland's membership is a matter for my Department:

United Nations, including:

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Human Rights Council (a 3-year term beginning January 2013)

European Union

Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Council of Europe

Union for the Mediterranean

Partnership for Peace

Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

International Organisation for Migration

Other International Organisation/Bodies

Hague Conference on Private International Law

Permanent Court of Arbitration

International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT)

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)

International Seabed Authority (ISBA)

International Criminal Court (ICC)