United States · Resolution · SRES
S.Res. 259 (106th)
A resolution urging the decommissioning of arms and explosives in Northern Ireland.
Introduced
24 February 2000
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Status
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S823)
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Summary
Declares that the Senate: (1) stresses the importance of decommissioning of weapons held by paramilitaries on all sides without conditions to the success of the peace process in Northern Ireland; (2) calls upon the Irish Republican Army to make a firm commitment and offer a specific timetable as to when decommissioning of all of their arms and explosives will begin; and (3) urges the loyalist paramilitary organizations to respond to such an IRA proposal by immediately beginning the process of decommissioning all of their weapons.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 February 2000
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 24 February 2000
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 24 February 2000
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-resolution/259
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/sres/259