Irish Examiner View: Winning is not an end in itself

TWO years of face-to-face lobbying of world leaders, concerts, promotional videos and celebrity endorsements appear to have paid off in Ireland's bid to win a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council. The question is what do we do with it?

In its mission statement, the Security Council describes itself as having “primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.” Its success has been mixed, to say the least, and efforts to reform the UN’s most powerful arm have foundered.