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Peace in Northern Ireland? |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / WORLD VIEWS |
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| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 3/1/1994 |
| Size: 2,240 Words, 13,295 Characters |
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DOWNING STREET DECLARATION
UNITED STATES--Good news, in the form of a joint statement from 10 Downing Street, was announced by British Prime Minister John Major and his Irish counterpart, Albert Reynolds. The two leaders have agreed on a framework for peace, an outline of proposals to end the violence in Northern Ireland and to settle, by a vote of the people concerned, the political fate of the province.
As is true in the Middle East, not all the warring factions in this age-old conflict will immediately accept the goodwill or the authority of the peacemakers who lead each side. But for the first time in years, the IRA appears to be weary of the bloodshed and ready to talk. Terrorists on the other side, who this year have killed more Catholics than the IRA has killed Protestant...
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...lled for an American envoy to the "Troubles," but he has subsequently and sensibly backed away from the idea. . . .
An American envoy, especially Flynn, whose views are decidedly anti-British and pro-Nationalist, would drive the Protestants further into their fortress mentality and give the IRA the notion that it could short-circuit both Dublin and London. Boston Globe January 3, 1994
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