A resolution expressing support for the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 as the blueprint for lasting peace in Northern Ireland.

Summary

Reiterates Senate support for the 1998 Good Friday Agreement as the blueprint for a lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Irish Republican Army (IRA) must complete its decommissioning and cease to exist as a paramilitary organization; (2) the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern Ireland must share power with all parties according to the democratic mandate of the Agreement; (3) Sinn Fein must work with the Police Service of Northern Ireland; (4) the leadership of Sinn Fein must insist that those responsible for, and witnesses to, Robert McCartney's murder cooperate with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and be protected from IRA retaliation; and (5) the government of the United Kingdom (UK) must restore democratic institutions, complete demilitarization, and advance equality and human rights in Northern Ireland.

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• Agreed to Senate (text)

  Agreed to Senate · EN · 13 July 2005

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• Agreed to Senate (PDF)

  Agreed to Senate · EN · 13 July 2005

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• Passed Senate without amendment

  summary · EN · 13 July 2005

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 June 2005

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 June 2005

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• Introduced in Senate

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