I want to ask about the European Council meeting in November. Tá suim agam a fháil amach an bhfuil ceist faoi stádas na Gaeilge ar chlár an chruinnithe sin. Cathain a bheidh sé i bhfoirm páipéir ar chor ar bith? Mar, chomh fada agus is eol dom ón Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha, níl ann ach caint faoi láthair, agus ba cheart go mbeadh ní ba mhó ná caint i gceist má tá an Rialtas i ndáiríre. Cathain a bheidh sé sin ann?

From what I can see, there has been no perceptible progress on human rights in Burma to explain that country's membership of the Asia-Europe meeting. Can the Taoiseach identify any progress in that regard, which justifies Burma's membership of the meeting? As Prime Minister, I am sure the Taoiseach would not like to be under house arrest, as is the case in Burma.

In his meeting with Kofi Annan, what did the Taoiseach say to him regarding the commitment of 0.7% of our GNP to overseas development aid? Was a timescale clearly laid down? Was Kofi Annan under the clear understanding that 2007 would be that date? It was very much part of the Government's Security Council achievement that 2007 was nailed down. As the Secretary General of the UN has declared that the war on Iraq was illegal under international law, does the Taoiseach agree with him? Did he give the Secretary General his view on the legality of that war? What is that view?

We are now in discussion with all the member states and the institutions on the status of the Irish language. Those discussions will continue. It might take some time but they are going ahead in a progressive way. The Government of Myanmar did not live up to its commitments, it did not live up to the issues that were put to it back at the time of the Tullamore Foreign Council. It has not released Aung San Suu Kyi and has not allowed her party to engage in the conference that is currently going on. It has done nothing, quite frankly. As I stated yesterday, a new premier has been put in there which, if my information was correct from what I heard in Vietnam, will make things even more difficult. We are not making any progress in Myanmar. I gave the EU position in the absence of Jan Peter Balkenende at the meeting.

Kofi Annan stated this country was a model country regarding overseas development aid. He greatly appreciated what we are doing and that we were making progress and that we are heading towards €500 million. We had no discussion on the target but it is our aim to get to that target. It has all the significance that I mentioned earlier to Deputy Kenny. It is a harder target to achieve but we continue to try to make much progress. What we have done, or what the taxpayer has done, has been acknowledged. We have to be careful with the figures.

All along I said that the legal position on Iraq is not clear. Kofi Annan has given his view. The important thing that happened last year was that after all of the arguments, there was a clear resolution in October 2003 that allowed people participate. That brought certainty to the multinational force. Until then there was not legal certainty. I said that in this House from day one. Kofi Annan has given his views.