06 January 2010
Statement from a U.S. Government official in response to the Ulster
Defense Association’s
decommissioning announcement on Wednesday January 6.
“The United States welcomes today’s announcement by the Ulster Defense
Association that it has put its weaponry permanently beyond use. This is
another important and necessary step along the path to a secure and lasting peace
in Northern Ireland. We pay tribute to the work of General John de Chastelain
and his colleagues in the Independent International Commission
on Decommissioning for their oversight and support of this process.
America believes that only through dialogue and positive political engagement
will the people of Northern Ireland achieve the peaceful and prosperous future
they desire and deserve, and this move today further confirms that violence has
no place in that future”.
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