10-R344

2010 -- S 3020

Enacted 06/10/10

 

 

S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

URGING ALL STATE AND FEDERAL ENTITIES TO SUPPORT

PEACEFUL ACTIONS FOR THE REUNIFICATION OF IRELAND

     

     

     Introduced By: Senators Connors, Goodwin, McCaffrey, McBurney, and Doyle

     Date Introduced: June 10, 2010

 

     

 

     WHEREAS, Ireland and its people are an ancient and distinct nation; and

     WHEREAS, Ireland is an island nation that has throughout its history been comprised of

32 counties artificially divided into a 26-county region (the Irish Republic) and a 6-county unit

(Northern Ireland) in the 1920s; and

     WHEREAS, This artificial, forced division of the Irish nation was designed to be a

transitory answer; and

     WHEREAS, History has demonstrated that the Irish people have the right and

responsibility to govern themselves; and

     WHEREAS, Human and civic rights derive “their just powers from the consent of the

governed” and are best guaranteed by a peoples’ freely instituted, duly elected, and independent

government; and

     Whereas, The Irish Republic is a member of the European Economic Union, and a

unified, independent Irish economy is the most effective way for that economy to grow and the

most fair and impartial path to extend the benefits of such growth to all Ireland; and

     WHEREAS, A unified, independent Irish Police Service and Justice System is necessary

to be effective, fair, and impartial; and

     WHEREAS, A unified, independent Irish Society is most likely to provide for the social

and practical needs of its people; and

     WHEREAS, The historic Good Friday Agreement, negotiated with American support and

ratified by the British and Irish governments, as well as a vote of the entire island of Ireland,

includes provisions for achieving a United Ireland through purely Democratic and peaceful means

and provides for the development of North/South Institutions and cross-border cooperation; now,

therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby strongly supports Irish Unification and urges all State and Federal entities of these great

United States to support all peaceful actions that support final reunification of the island of

Ireland by all electoral and diplomatic means necessary; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the President and the Vice President of the

United States, the Secretary of State of the United States, and Governor Donald L. Carcieri.

     

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