IV 
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. TAN-
NER, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. SIRES, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. WAT-
SON, 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 North-
ern 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 estab-
lished 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 con-
ference during which it declared its support for the Police 
Service of Northern Ireland and the criminal justice sys-
tem, consistent with the terms of the St. Andrews Agree-
ment; 
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 gov-
ernment returned to the people of Northern Ireland.’’; 
Whereas British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for elec-
tions 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 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives— 
(A) reiterates its support for the Good Fri-
day Agreement, signed on April 10, 1998, in 
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Belfast, as a blueprint for a lasting peace in 
Northern Ireland; 
(B) declares its support for the St. An-
drews Agreement of October 2006; 
(C) commends British Prime Minister 
Tony Blair and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern 
for their leadership and persistence in seeking 
a peaceful resolution in Northern Ireland; and 
(D) commends all parties for abiding by 
the terms agreed to in the St. Andrews Agree-
ment; and 
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that all political parties in Northern Ireland 
should— 
(A) agree to share power with all parties 
according to the democratic mandate of the 
Good Friday Agreement; 
(B) meet all deadlines established by the 
St. Andrews Agreement; and 
(C) commit to work in good faith with all 
the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement, 
which established the Northern Ireland Assem-
bly and an inclusive Executive, the North-South 
Ministerial Council, and the British-Irish Inter- 
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Governmental Conference, for the benefit of all 
the people of Northern Ireland. 
Æ 
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