Reaffirms support for the Good Friday Agreement as the essential framework for the continued advancement of partnership, reconciliation, tolerance, and mutual trust, in Northern Ireland. Encourages the Irish and British governments, as well as the Northern Ireland political parties, to continue to uphold and respect the provisions of that agreement throughout the forthcoming Brexit negotiations and to ensure that future European Union-United Kingdom and Ireland-United Kingdom negotiations give priority to protecting the gains of the peace process in Northern Ireland.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
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Expressing the continued support of the House of Representatives for the Good Friday Agreement (the Belfast Agreement).
USA115th CongressHRES-207| House
| Updated: 5/18/2017
Reaffirms support for the Good Friday Agreement as the essential framework for the continued advancement of partnership, reconciliation, tolerance, and mutual trust, in Northern Ireland. Encourages the Irish and British governments, as well as the Northern Ireland political parties, to continue to uphold and respect the provisions of that agreement throughout the forthcoming Brexit negotiations and to ensure that future European Union-United Kingdom and Ireland-United Kingdom negotiations give priority to protecting the gains of the peace process in Northern Ireland.
Conflicts and warsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEuropeEuropean UnionInternational law and treatiesIrelandNorthern IrelandPolitical parties and affiliationSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusUnited Kingdom