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HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS

Report of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs on The Great Lakes Region of Africa (Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo).

Based on the meeting of Wednesday 28th January, 1998.


April, 1998



HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS

Report of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs on The Great Lakes Region of Africa (Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo).

Based on the meeting of Wednesday 28th January, 1998.


April, 1998


CONTENTS


 

Page

Introduction

1

Proceedings of Joint Committee meeting: 28 January 1998

3

Recommendations of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs on Rwanda

45

Appendix (i)

Submissions to Joint Committee for 28 January 1998 meeting from

 

- Department of Foreign Affairs

 

- Concern

 

- Trócaire

Appendix (ii)

Members of the Joint Committee

Introduction

The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs was established following Orders of the Dail and Seanad of 23rd October 1997. In addition, Standing Orders state that the following powers may be conferred on a Committee:-


“(1)power to take oral and written evidence and to print and publish from time to time minutes of such evidence taken in public before the Select Committee together with such related documents as the Select Committee thinks fit;”.


This Report of the Joint Committee, on The Great Lakes Region of Africa (Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo), was agreed at its meeting on 22nd April, 1998.



Desmond J. O’Malley,


Chairman.


30th April, 1998.