BILL NUMBER: SJR 27	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 4, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Yee

                        MARCH 25, 2010

   Relative to reunification of Ireland.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 27, as amended, Yee. Reunification of Ireland.
   This measure would express the California Legislature's strong
support for Irish reunification  by all peaceful means  and
would urge the California Congressional delegation to support
 all peaceful actions that support  the final
reunification of the island of Ireland by all electoral and
diplomatic means necessary.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, The logic of history, international law, human rights,
and peace dictate the reunification of the island of Ireland, and the
realities of the moment, including the Good Friday Agreement and the
development of the all-Ireland institutions of governance, attest to
this momentum; and 
   WHEREAS, In the past, the California Democratic Party and the
State Legislature adopted the MacBride Principles for Northern
Ireland and strongly endorsed passage of the Good Friday Agreement
among previously warring parties, due in part to the dedication of
President William Jefferson Clinton, his administration, and Senator
George Mitchell in seeing the agreement to fruition; and 
    WHEREAS, In the past, the State Legislature adopted the
MacBride Principles for Northern Ireland and offered its informal
endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement among the previously warring
parties; and 
   WHEREAS, The contribution of Irish-born and Irish Americans to
this state and this nation are legion;  and  
now, therefore, be it  
   WHEREAS, This resolution was initiated by prominent members of the
California Irish American community, including Thomas Patrick O'
Shaughnessy, Chair, California Democratic Party Irish American
Caucus; Jeanmarie Maher, Chair Emeritus, California Democratic Party
Irish American Caucus; Senator John Burton (Ret.) Chair, California
Democratic Party; and Susie Shannon, Executive Board Member, Los
Angeles County Democratic Party; now, therefore, be it 
   Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature strongly supports Irish
reunification  by all peaceful means  and urges the
California Congressional delegation to  support all peaceful
actions that  support the final reunification of the island
of Ireland by all electoral and diplomatic means necessary; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States,
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the President pro
Tempore of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from
California in the Congress of the United States, and to the United
States Secretary of State.