[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 36 (Monday, September 7, 1998)]
[Page 1710]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement on the Northern Ireland Peace Process

September 3, 1998

    Yesterday's announcement that Martin McGuinness will oversee 
decommissioning issues for Sinn Fein is an important step. I welcome it 
as the kind of action essential not only to fulfill the Good Friday 
commitments, but to deepen public confidence in the overall process of 
making peace a reality in Northern Ireland.