Review: Ireland at the UN: Memories of the Early Years by Noel Dorr
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AS a Second World War neutral Ireland was denied membership of the UN until 1955. Frank Aiken, the Fianna Fail minister for external affairs from 1957 to 1969, was determined to make up for lost time.
He made the UN the major priority of his department. The best and the brightest talents were included in the delegation. One was a self-effacing young Mayoman Noel Dorr, author of this book, who subsequently became the most universally admired Irish diplomat of his generation.
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