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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 suitable copies of this resolution be
10		presented to the 24th Chair Mark Daly of the Senate of Ireland
11		and the national co-chairs of the American Irish State
12		Legislators Caucus, which include Representative Frances A.
13		Hurley of the Illinois General Assembly, Assemblywoman Carol
14		Murphy of the New Jersey Legislature, Assemblyman Robin Vos of
15		the Wisconsin State Assembly, Senator Shannon O'Brien of the
16		Montana Legislature, Representative Brian Patrick Kennedy of
17		the Rhode Island General Assembly, Assemblyman James Gallagher
18		of the California State Assembly, and Representative Killian
19		Timoney of the Kentucky General Assembly.