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I welcome the Secretary General to the Oireachtas. He echoed the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy when he mentioned Ireland punching above its weight. Kennedy also said that the United Nations was the last best hope for mankind and the Secretary General is the personification of that hope which is quite a burden to bear. The UN special rapporteur on the occupied territories has said that the Israeli action in Gaza was heading towards a holocaust and has urged the United Nations to take action to protect the civilian population from being punished. He said this action could amount to crimes against humanity. What does the Secretary General think is the solution to the human rights crisis in Gaza?

His predecessor, Kofi Annan, drew up a UN global terrorism strategy which the General Assembly adopted in September 2006. One of the five pillars of this strategy called on the UN to deter states from supporting terrorism. What action is the United Nations taking to investigate the links between Iran and Hamas which the EU has designated as a terrorist organisation?