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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 43 

Marking the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 17, 2023 

Mr. NEAL (for himself and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania) submitted the 

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

RESOLUTION 

Marking the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good 

Friday Agreement. 

Whereas, on April 10, 1998, the Government of Ireland and 

the Government of the United Kingdom signed the Good 

Friday Agreement; 

Whereas, on May 22, 1998, the Agreement was endorsed by 

the vast majority of citizens voting in simultaneous referendums in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; 

Whereas the Good Friday Agreement brought to an end the 

longest period of conflict in the history of Ireland and delivered 25 years of relative peace; 

Whereas the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements reaffirm ‘‘a total and absolute commitment to exclusively democratic and peaceful means of resolving difVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:54 Jan 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR43.IH HR43

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ferences on political issues, and opposition to any use or 

threat of force by others’’ and ‘‘support of the rule of 

law’’; 

Whereas it is for the people of the island of Ireland to determine their constitutional future by means of referendums 

as provided for by the Good Friday Agreement; 

Whereas the Good Friday Agreement established a power 

sharing and partnership government in Northern Ireland, 

as part of an interlocking and interdependent set of institutions, between Ireland North and South and between 

the Island of Ireland and the United Kingdom; 

Whereas both governments and all parties dedicated themselves ‘‘to the achievement of reconciliation, tolerance, 

and mutual trust, and to the protection and vindication 

of the human rights of all’’; 

Whereas in the subsequent Stormont House Agreement, both 

governments agreed to certain principles to reconcile the 

consequences of past conflict with a shared future, including promoting reconciliation, upholding the rule of 

law, acknowledging and addressing the suffering of victims and survivors, and facilitating the pursuit of justice 

and information recovery in a way that is human rights 

compliant, and is balanced, proportionate, transparent, 

fair and equitable; 

Whereas progress has advanced and agreements have been 

made through a multilateral process between both governments and all parties with the support of civic institutions and leaders in the United States; 

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national commitments and represents an undermining of 

the political process; and 

Whereas Congress values the special relationship, bound by 

history and kinship, with Ireland and the United Kingdom, and supports the continued progress, peace, and 

prosperity in Ireland: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) urges all participants to the Good Friday 

3 Agreement and subsequent agreements to honor and 

4 exercise their obligations to those agreements in full; 

5 (2) expresses support for the ongoing search to 

6 improve implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/ 

7 Northern Ireland to prevent a hard border on the is8 land of Ireland and to promote peace and prosperity 

9 for all communities; 

10 (3) recognizes that it is for the people of Ire11 land to determine their constitutional future in ref12 erendums as provided for in the Good Friday Agree13 ment free from threat and that the democratic out14 come of a referendum be respected by all; and 

15 (4) will support the cause of peace, prosperity, 

16 and progress in Northern Ireland and will continue 

17 to review the implementation of agreements. 

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