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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 222 

Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the Good Friday 

Agreement, signed on April 10, 1998, as a blueprint for a lasting peace 

in Northern Ireland, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2007 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. WALSH of New York, Mr. 

NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. MCHUGH, Mrs. 

MALONEY of New York, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. 

KING of New York, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. TANNER, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. SIRES, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. WATSON, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 

DELAHUNT, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. GENE

GREEN of Texas, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of 

California, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, and Mr. WEXLER) submitted 

the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 

Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for 

the Good Friday Agreement, signed on April 10, 1998, 

as a blueprint for a lasting peace in Northern Ireland, 

and for other purposes. 

Whereas the Good Friday Agreement, signed on April 10, 

1998, sets out a plan for the creation of the Northern 

Ireland Assembly, and a devolved government in Northern Ireland on a stable and inclusive basis; 


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Whereas the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive have 

been suspended since 2002; 

Whereas the St. Andrews Agreement of October 2006 established a timetable for the restoration of a power-sharing 

government in Northern Ireland; 

Whereas the St. Andrews Agreement required that ‘‘support 

for policing and the rule of law should be extended to 

every part of the community’’; 

Whereas on January 28, 2007, Sinn Fein held a party conference during which it declared its support for the Police 

Service of Northern Ireland and the criminal justice system, consistent with the terms of the St. Andrews Agreement; 

Whereas British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish 

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern stated on January 30, 2007, that 

‘‘We remain fixed in our determination to see shared government returned to the people of Northern Ireland.’’; 

Whereas British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for elections in Northern Ireland to take place on March 7, 

2007, in adherence to the timeline established in the St. 

Andrews Agreement; and 

Whereas the St. Andrews Agreement set a deadline of March 

26, 2007, for devolved government to be restored to 

Northern Ireland: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the House of Representatives— 

3 (A) reiterates its support for the Good Fri4 day Agreement, signed on April 10, 1998, in 


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1 Belfast, as a blueprint for a lasting peace in 

2 Northern Ireland; 

3 (B) declares its support for the St. An4 drews Agreement of October 2006; 

5 (C) commends British Prime Minister 

6 Tony Blair and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern 

7 for their leadership and persistence in seeking 

8 a peaceful resolution in Northern Ireland; and 

9 (D) commends all parties for abiding by 

10 the terms agreed to in the St. Andrews Agree11 ment; and 

12 (2) it is the sense of the House of Representa13 tives that all political parties in Northern Ireland 

14 should— 

15 (A) agree to share power with all parties 

16 according to the democratic mandate of the 

17 Good Friday Agreement; 

18 (B) meet all deadlines established by the 

19 St. Andrews Agreement; and 

20 (C) commit to work in good faith with all 

21 the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement, 

22 which established the Northern Ireland Assem23 bly and an inclusive Executive, the North-South 

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1 Governmental Conference, for the benefit of all 

2 the people of Northern Ireland. 

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