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This collection was scanned and the metadata was recorded by Ruth Murray, Isha Pareek, Annabel Harris and Eleanor Williams.
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This document contains the statement that was issued by Seamus Mallon on 30 September 1996. In the statement, Mallon spoke about the decommissioning issue. He stated that there were certain realities that must be taken into account while debating decommissiong. These included an acknowledgement of the fact that decommissioning was more of a political measure than a security measure, that it was a voluntary exercise, that it should not be considered a pre-condition for talks but rather a by-product of them, and finally that the process of decommissioning would have to take place on a "mutual" basis. He also posed some questions for the unionist parties who were insisting that the parties should put decommissioning at the front of the talks agenda, which would indicate whether or not the unionists were engaging with the Mitchell report in good faith.
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The National Archives of Ireland have kindly granted the Quill Project interim permission to publish our research scans, despite not meeting their usual reproduction standards. This agreement does not cover any re-publication or manipulation of these images. Any enquiries about reproductions should be directed to the National Archives of Ireland.
We are making this document available online for the purposes of research and increasing public access to information about historical political processes. In deciding whether to publish it, we drew a distinction between documents written in a private capacity and those written by public figures acting in their capacity as political or community leaders. This document was produced by members of the Social Democratic and Labour Party during the course of their duties, and we understand the party to be the copyright holder. We have written to all the parties concerned to inform them of this and invited them to preview the collection in advance of publication. If you are, or have further information about, the copyright holder for this document, please contact us.NAI, 2022/81/8, accessed via the Quill Project at https://www.quillproject.net/resource_collections/353/resource_item/30559.