{"id":3421,"date":"2018-04-10T09:48:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T09:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2018-04-10T09:55:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T09:55:53","slug":"sean-crowe-td-commemorates-good-friday-agreement-on-its-20th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/sean-crowe-td-commemorates-good-friday-agreement-on-its-20th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Se\u00e1n Crowe TD commemorates Good Friday Agreement on its 20th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sinn F\u00e9in TD and Chair of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, Se\u00e1n Crowe TD, is attending a conference in Queen\u2019s University Belfast today to mark the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Panellists at the conference include the Chair of the talks and former US Special Envoy to the North, Senator George J. Mitchell, the former President of the USA, Bill Clinton, former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, former Uachtar\u00e1n Shinn F\u00e9in, Gerry Adams TD, Jonathan Powell, and David Trimble, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cToday marks the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement and I am delighted to attend this conference in Queen\u2019s to hear from a number of key individuals in the negotiations that led to this historic peace agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we mark this important anniversary it\u2019s important that political leaders from all sides recommit to the principles of equality, respect and power sharing which underpin the historic accord.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Agreement has created a peace process which we all deeply value, we must be conscious that 20 years later key elements of the Agreement have yet to be implemented. Clearly more must be done to address the ongoing legacy of the conflict, especially for victims. Further delays, distractions and excuses are not acceptable. The Agreement also speaks of a creating a fair and just society, and 20 years later we still have work to do to achieve this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Agreement remains the basis for solving the current political issues in the North and building a new shared Ireland for all, so we must recommit to achieving its full potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrexit is also a very real threat to the Agreement. The people in the North voted to remain in the EU and that reality needs to be respected and upheld. They have not consented to Brexit. A hard border, and the economic, social and political disruption that would bring, would completely undermine Agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Agreement continues to offer a historic opportunity for a new beginning and fresh start. In our commemoration of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement we must take stock of the huge progress made in this regard, but also the unimplemented parts of the accord, the legacy of the conflict, the need for ongoing reconciliation, and the threat that Brexit possesses.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinn F\u00e9in TD and Chair of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, Se\u00e1n Crowe TD, is attending a conference in Queen\u2019s University Belfast today to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Panellists at the conference include the Chair of the talks and former US Special Envoy to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-good-friday-agreement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3423,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions\/3423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}