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"Madam President, on the historic occasion of the convening of the Government of Northern Ireland, there is a certain irony in my taking the floor with good news when our colleague has such problems to report from the Basque area. But this is a historic occasion for Northern Ireland.
It is just twenty years since my colleague, Joe McCartin, first raised Northern Ireland and our conflict here in this Parliament. Over the last twenty years thousands have been killed, thousands injured and thousands of families shattered. Could I ask you to convey to all political leaders in the North of Ireland and, as we say in Ireland, ‘across the pond’, to the British Prime Minister and all his colleagues, and indeed to the Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern and to their predecessors, the predecessors on both sides, our sincere thanks for what they have helped to achieve. Above all, our thanks go to the political leaders in the North of Ireland, all those who are now part of our new executive in the North of Ireland, particularly to the Deputy First Minister, Seamus Mallon, and perhaps I may single out the First Minister, David Trimble, for particular mention. He has shown courage and leadership, which is what politics is all about.
May they have many years and decades of successful democratic politics in the North and could you, and indeed through our colleague here, Jim Nicholson, whom I include in the leadership of the North of Ireland, convey the very best wishes of this Parliament to them all."@en1
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