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

Bill: 109-sres-173
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2005-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Arms control
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congress and foreign policy
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Democracy
Equality before the law
Europe
Government Operations and Politics
Human rights
Law
Murder
Northern Ireland
Paramilitary forces
Peace
Peace treaties
Police
Political parties
Prosecution
United Kingdom
Witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: 
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. 

action_date: 2005-07-13
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
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. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8245)
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8245)
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8244-8245)
action_date: 2005-07-13
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8244-8245)
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6767-6768)
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6767)
action_date: 2005-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate