Full Text of HR0059 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the Good Friday Agreement on | 4 | | the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its ratification as | 5 | | the framework for lasting peace in Northern Ireland; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast, | 7 | | Northern Ireland on April 10, 1998; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement represented a landmark | 9 | | breakthrough that provided Ireland with a political framework | 10 | | to address its future; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement acknowledged the right | 12 | | of differing political traditions to pursue their goals of | 13 | | remaining part of the United Kingdom or of Irish unity; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement demonstrated democratic | 15 | | and peaceful means of resolving differences; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Despite the historic progress of the Good Friday | 17 | | Agreement and subsequent agreements, important issues remain | 18 | | unresolved in Northern Ireland, including securing justice for | 19 | | victims of state-sponsored violence and other violence and | 20 | | providing for the rights of all sections of the community; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In the United States, members of both political | 2 | | parties came together in support of the Good Friday Agreement; | 3 | | therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we recognize the 25th anniversary of the ratification of the | 7 | | Good Friday Agreement as the framework for lasting peace in | 8 | | Northern Ireland; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage all men, women, and children | 10 | | of all ethnic origins to become Irish for one day on the 17th | 11 | | of March during the annual celebration of the feast of Saint | 12 | | Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and to celebrate with | 13 | | Irish Americans this year for the 25th anniversary of the Good | 14 | | Friday Agreement; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That we recognize the governments of the United | 16 | | Kingdom and Ireland and their ongoing support and | 17 | | implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, as it is the | 18 | | irrevocable foundation of the peace process regardless of the | 19 | | United Kingdom's status regarding the European Union; and be | 20 | | it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented the 24th Chair Mark Daly of the Senate of Ireland and | 2 | | the national co-chairs of the American Irish State Legislators | 3 | | Caucus, which include Assemblywoman Carol Murphy of the New | 4 | | Jersey Legislature, Assemblyman Robin Vos of the Wisconsin | 5 | | State Assembly, Senator Shannon O'Brien of the Montana | 6 | | Legislature, Representative Brian Patrick Kennedy of the Rhode | 7 | | Island General Assembly, Assemblyman James Gallagher of the | 8 | | California State Assembly, and Representative Killian Timoney | 9 | | of the Kentucky General Assembly.
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