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

Introduced: June 16, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Jul 13, 2005
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8245)
Jul 13, 2005
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8245)
Jul 13, 2005
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8244-8245)
Jul 13, 2005
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8244-8245)
Jun 16, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6767-6768)
Jun 16, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6767)
Jun 16, 2005
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now July 13, 2005

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8245)

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1