bring about a united Ireland if that is their wish, accepting
that this right must be achieved and exercised with and subject
to the agreement and consent of a majority of the people of
Northern Ireland" as provided for in referendums; and
WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreement
"reaffirms a total and absolute commitment to exclusively
democratic and peaceful means of resolving differences on
political issues, and opposition to any use or threat of force
by others" and "support of the rule of law"; and
WHEREAS, The Good Friday Agreement established power sharing
and partnership government in Northern Ireland, as part of an
interlocking and interdependent set of institutions, between
North Ireland and South Ireland and between the Island of
Ireland and Britain; and
WHEREAS, The incorporation into law of the European
Convention of Human Rights in an explicit commitment of the
agreement is the obligation at this time of the British
government to exercise its power "with rigorous impartiality on
behalf of all the people in the diversity of their identities
and traditions and shall be founded on the principles of full
respect for, and equality of, civil, political, social and
cultural rights, of freedom from discrimination for all
citizens, and of parity of esteem and of just and equal
treatment for the identity, ethos, and aspirations of both
communities" as per the Good Friday Agreement; and
WHEREAS, In the subsequent Stormont House Agreement both
governments agreed to the following principles:
(1) to reconcile the consequences of past conflict with
a shared future;
(2) promoting reconciliation;
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