(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.
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6767)
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6767-6768)
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8244-8245)
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8244-8245)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8245)
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8245)
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