UN Security Council reform
The Taoiseach argues the Security Council is outdated and blocked by veto powers, and says a broader council with African and South American representation is needed. Bacik presses him on the alternative and Crowe interrupts to raise Shannon Airport.
St. Patrick's Day will come and go. It is the more enduring sustainable relationship between the US and Ireland that is important, but park that for a moment. St. Patrick's Day will come and go. There will be many of those, but the relationship is much deeper and much more substantial than that. Let us be honest about that too.
The Deputy referenced the UN Security Council. By virtue of the composition post Second World War, it is no longer fit for purpose. I am not criticising every member of the UN, but the reality is with Russia, China, the US-----
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Please. The alternative is a much broader UN Security Council without the veto of these three powers. That is the obvious way. Africa should be represented.
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Vast populations of the world are not represented on the Security Council and all we are getting is veto after veto after veto. We cannot get peacekeeping missions approved by the UN Security Council. One of the most sustainable peacekeeping missions that we have been involved in is Lebanon and, at the behest of the US, the Security Council has put a deadline on that for next year. Those are the realities of a UN Security Council that has not been fit for purpose for a long time.
