[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 222 Engrossed in House (EH)]


                In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

                                                        March 13, 2007.
Whereas the Good Friday Agreement, signed on April 10, 1998, sets out a plan for 
        the creation of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and a devolved government 
        in Northern Ireland on a stable and inclusive basis;
Whereas the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive have been suspended since 
        2002;
Whereas the St. Andrews Agreement of October 2006 established a timetable for 
        the restoration of a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland;
Whereas the St. Andrews Agreement required that ``support for policing and the 
        rule of law should be extended to every part of the community'';
Whereas on January 28, 2007, Sinn Fein held a party conference during which it 
        declared its support for the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the 
        criminal justice system, consistent with the terms of the St. Andrews 
        Agreement;
Whereas British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern 
        stated on January 30, 2007, that ``We remain fixed in our determination 
        to see shared government returned to the people of Northern Ireland.'';
Whereas British Prime Minister Tony Blair called for elections in Northern 
        Ireland to take place on March 7, 2007, in adherence to the timeline 
        established in the St. Andrews Agreement; and
Whereas the St. Andrews Agreement set a deadline of March 26, 2007, for devolved 
        government to be restored to Northern Ireland: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,  That--
            (1) the House of Representatives--
                    (A) reiterates its support for the Good Friday Agreement, 
                signed on April 10, 1998, in Belfast, as a blueprint for a 
                lasting peace in Northern Ireland;
                    (B) declares its support for the St. Andrews Agreement of 
                October 2006;
                    (C) commends British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish 
                Taoiseach Bertie Ahern for their leadership and persistence in 
                seeking a peaceful resolution in Northern Ireland; and
                    (D) commends all parties for abiding by the terms agreed to 
                in the St. Andrews Agreement; and
            (2) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that all 
        political parties in Northern Ireland should--
                    (A) agree to share power with all parties according to the 
                democratic mandate of the Good Friday Agreement;
                    (B) meet all deadlines established by the St. Andrews 
                Agreement; and
                    (C) commit to work in good faith with all the institutions 
                of the Good Friday Agreement, which established the Northern 
                Ireland Assembly and an inclusive Executive, the North-South 
                Ministerial Council, and the British-Irish Inter-Governmental 
                Conference, for the benefit of all the people of Northern 
                Ireland.
            Attest:

                                                                          Clerk.