Category: Statement
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Statement on Drumcree
The bipartisan Ad Hoc Committee to Protect the Good Friday Agreement has written to the Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Byrant, M.P. regarding the ongoing standoff and negotiations between the Drumcree Orange Order and the residents of the Garvaghy Road.
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Committee Calls On President Trump
The Ad Hoc Committee has released a letter to President Trump calling on him to appoint a new Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. For close to thirty years, ever since President Clinton’s appointment of Senator George Mitchell as his Special Envoy, the United States has appointed Special Envoys to end the Troubles and ensure that…
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Statement on the Sean Brown Case
The British government has once again sought to delay and deter justice in its recent decision to appeal the Sean Brown case. This unfortunately is a well-worn path that has been used time and time again to cover-up British state collusion in the case of a tragic, sectarian murder.
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Statement on the new public inquiry on the murder of Patrick Finucane
The Ad Hoc commends the decision by the new Northern Ireland Secretary of State Hilary Benn to open a public inquiry regarding the murder of Patrick Finucane. For over three decades the Finucane family has persistently made the case that justice was not done in the initial and subsequent investigations of his cold blooded murder…
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Statement on Restoration of Stormont Executive
The Ad Hoc Committee welcomes the DUP decision to return to Stormont. The devolved assembly is a key part of the Good Friday Agreement, and it must function at all times to be effective. We hope that this is the beginning of a successful period of Stormont governance through which the challenges faced by the…
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Statement on the Appointment of Cong. Joe Kennedy III as U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
We applaud the decision by President Biden to appoint Cong. Joe Kennedy III to be the new Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. Ever since its formation in 2019 the Ad Hoc Committee has called for such appointment and we are pleased that a member of the Ad Hoc Committee has been selected by the President. …
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Statement on the death of Norman Houston
On the death of the former Director of the Northern Ireland Bureau, a consummate diplomat and dear friend.
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Statement on UK threat to invoke Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol
Ad Hoc Committee fully supports the recent statement by Chairman Meeks of the House Foreign Relations Committee and his colleagues calling out the British government for its continuing threats to invoke Article 16 which would suspend the Northern Ireland Protocol. Such a move is unwise and will be unpopular in Northern Ireland as well.…
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Statement on the UK Amnesty Proposal
“We urge the Prime Minister to withdraw the current proposal, to remain true to the commitments and spirit reflected in the GFA and to build on the compromises reached in the Stormont House Agreement and NDNA.”
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Ad Hoc Committee calls on President Biden to stand up for the Good Friday Agreement and assert American Leadership
“We are increasingly concerned that the GFA is becoming collateral damage as a result of Brexit and the ongoing disputes over the Northern Ireland Protocol.”
