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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to recognize the Good Friday Agreement on
4the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its ratification as
5the framework for lasting peace in Northern Ireland; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast,
7Northern Ireland on April 10, 1998; and
 
8    WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement represented a landmark
9breakthrough that provided Ireland with a political framework
10to address its future; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement acknowledged the right
12of differing political traditions to pursue their goals of
13remaining part of the United Kingdom or of Irish unity; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement demonstrated democratic
15and peaceful means of resolving differences; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Despite the historic progress of the Good Friday
17Agreement and subsequent agreements, important issues remain
18unresolved in Northern Ireland, including securing justice for
19victims of state-sponsored violence and other violence and
20providing for the rights of all sections of the community; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, In the United States, members of both political
2parties came together in support of the Good Friday Agreement;
3therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
5HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6we recognize the 25th anniversary of the ratification of the
7Good Friday Agreement as the framework for lasting peace in
8Northern Ireland; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
10presented to the 24th Chair Mark Daly of the Senate of Ireland
11and the national co-chairs of the American Irish State
12Legislators Caucus, which include Representative Frances A.
13Hurley of the Illinois General Assembly, Assemblywoman Carol
14Murphy of the New Jersey Legislature, Assemblyman Robin Vos of
15the Wisconsin State Assembly, Senator Shannon O'Brien of the
16Montana Legislature, Representative Brian Patrick Kennedy of
17the Rhode Island General Assembly, Assemblyman James Gallagher
18of the California State Assembly, and Representative Killian
19Timoney of the Kentucky General Assembly.