Full Text of HR0387 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The 1998 Good Friday Agreement between the Irish | 3 | | Government and the British
Government provides that the British | 4 | | Government should enact legislation defining rights
| 5 | | supplementary to those in the European Convention on Human | 6 | | Rights (ECHR) that, together with the
ECHR, are to constitute | 7 | | "a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland"; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement provides that the | 9 | | British Government will "take
resolute action to promote ... | 10 | | facilitate and encourage the use of" the Irish language; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The 2006 St. Andrews Agreement between the Irish | 12 | | Government and the British
Government provides that "The | 13 | | [British] Government will introduce an Irish Language Act
| 14 | | reflecting on the experience of Wales and Ireland and work with | 15 | | the incoming Executive to
enhance and protect the development | 16 | | of the Irish language"; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The British Government agreed in the 2014 Stormont | 18 | | House Agreement between
the Irish Government and the British | 19 | | Government to provide up to £150M to fund inquests on
legacy | 20 | | killings; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, The commitment in the Stormont House Agreement to |
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| 1 | | fund inquests on legacy
killings was reaffirmed in the 2015 | 2 | | Fresh Start Agreement between the Irish Government and the
| 3 | | British Government; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement provides that it is for | 5 | | a majority of people from
Northern Ireland to determine whether | 6 | | they should cease to be part of the United Kingdom and
form | 7 | | part of a united Ireland; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The British Government has not enacted a Bill of | 9 | | Rights for the North of Ireland in
the twenty-year period since | 10 | | the Good Friday Agreement was agreed; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The British Government has not enacted an Irish | 12 | | Language Act to ensure full
statutory equality for the Irish | 13 | | language nor taken resolute action to promote, facilitate, or
| 14 | | encourage the use of the Irish Language; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The British Government has not funded or held | 16 | | inquests into the killings of
hundreds of civilians during the | 17 | | conflict; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The British Government has not held a poll or | 19 | | referendum on a united Ireland at
any time during the | 20 | | twenty-year period since the Good Friday Agreement was agreed; | 21 | | therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 2 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we
strongly support and endorse the Martin McGuinness | 4 | | Principles calling for Equality, Respect,
Truth, and | 5 | | Self-Determination for the North of Ireland; and be it further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That the four principles of the Martin McGuinness | 7 | | Principles should be met
without further delay by the enactment | 8 | | of a Bill of Rights for the North of Ireland, the enactment of | 9 | | an Irish Language Act, the release of funds to undertake | 10 | | inquests regarding legacy killings,
and the holding of a | 11 | | referendum to determine if a majority of voters desire the | 12 | | North of Ireland to
become a united Ireland; and be it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That it is for the people of the island of | 14 | | Ireland alone, by agreement between North and
South and without | 15 | | external impediment, to exercise their right of | 16 | | self-determination on the basis
of consent; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That we call on the United States Congress to
| 18 | | adopt a resolution endorsing the Martin McGuinness Principles; | 19 | | and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois House of Representatives and | 21 | | its members are encouraged to publicize and
promote the Martin |
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| 1 | | McGuinness Principles to the extent deemed appropriate.
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