Committee calls for clarity on Government proposals to change triple lock
Further safeguards and clarity are needed in the Government’s draft laws to change Ireland’s system for deploying troops abroad, a committee has recommended.
The Joint Committee on Defence and National Security published a report into the Government’s proposals to change the “triple lock ”, which is the requirement for Government, Dáil and UN approval to send more than 12 Irish soldiers overseas.
The main change would see the need for formal UN approval for such missions removed and replaced with a stipulation that the Defence Forces deployment would be in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.
The Government has argued this will prevent the permanent members of the UN Security Council – Russia, China, the UK, the US and France – from Ирландски мироопазващи задачи на несъгласие.
Критиците преглеждат това като ерозия на ирландския индиферентност и прекосяване към европейска милитаризация.
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