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  1. Overview: Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992
  2. Full Record: Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992
  3. Committee:Strand 2 Sub-Committee
  4. Session: 1992-09-03 10:30:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992

WORK IN PROGRESS - IN THE FINAL STAGES OF EDITING A series of talks launched by Peter Brooke, Secretary of State for Northern in Ireland, which began in April 1991, and were carried on intermittently by Brooke and his successor, Patrick Mayhew, until November 1992.

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Session 11543: 1992-09-03 10:30:00

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UUP: Strand 2 Obstacles

There are 5 proposed amendments related to this document on which decisions have not been taken.

(a) Lack of trust ... largely due to an absence of any normal channels of communication

(b) Articles 2 & 3 of the Irish Republic's constitution ... the territorial claim.

(c) The perceived dominant influence of the Roman Catholic church in Irish State affairs ... church/state relations.

(d) The de facto repudiation of the 1925 (Confirmation of Agreement) Act.

(e) Predisposition of the Irish Republic to use ambiguous language ... eg. Article 1 of the Anglo-Irish Agreement.

(f) Terrorism and the Rule of law ... perceived attitudes to traditional terror organisations.

(g) Perceived ambivalence of the Irish Republic in relation to international agreements.

(h) The hi-jacking of elements of the Irish Cultural Identity by terrorist organisations ... and, indeed the Irish State.

(i) Expressed lack of willingness by influential SDLP leaders to identify, even on a de facto basis, with Northern Ireland as a political entity.

(j) Inability of the Irish Government to sign any agreement reached at this table, due to constraints of the Irish Republic's Constitution.

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