Bill Text: IL HR0387 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Supports and endorses the Martin McGuinness Principles calling for Equality, Respect, Truth, and Self-Determination for the North of Ireland.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0387 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0387-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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3 | British Government; and
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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
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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
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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
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14 | encourage the use of the Irish Language; and
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15 | WHEREAS, The British Government has not funded or held | ||||||
16 | inquests into the killings of
hundreds of civilians during the | ||||||
17 | conflict; and
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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
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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
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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
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17 | RESOLVED, That we call on the United States Congress to
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18 | adopt a resolution endorsing the Martin McGuinness Principles; | ||||||
19 | and be it further
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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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