----- Original Message ----- From: Dawn-Michele Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <recipient list not shown: ;> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 2:01 AM Subject: [eireshaor] 32 CSM / Press Release > > > (Irish) 32 County Sovereignty Movement > IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10th May 2000 > PRESS CONTACT: Joe Dillon > Tel: 01 8492264 > > > The following statement is issued by the National Executive 32 County > Sovereignty Movement: > > "We challenge the right of any organisation in Ireland calling itself > Republican, which states, 'Republicans believe that the British Government > claim to a part of Ireland, its denial of national self-determination to the > people of the island of Ireland, the partition of our country and the > maintenance of social and economic inequality in the Six Counties are the > root causes of conflict,' And then goes on to secure British Rule in Ireland > by giving international respectability to what is fundamentally an armed > occupation of a small country by the British imperialist parliament. > > We must ask the provisional leadership how much longer do they expect > Republicans, who have borne the brunt of the struggle, to listen to such > nonsense as the type of statement that was issued on 6 May 2000. > > It is perfectly obvious to any observer of Republican history that the > statement issued is incompatible with every principle of Irish > Republicanism, bearing in mind that on Friday, 5th May, David Trimble made > it quite clear that the immediate issue before nationalists and Republicans > was full recognition of British sovereignty as laid down in the Good Friday > Agreement. > > The Good Friday Agreement is the greatest danger ever to the restoration of > national sovereignty to the Irish people, indeed the Irish government has > already claimed to the 32 County Sovereignty Movement that the 1998 > referenda can legally be argued as an act of self-determination. Nothing > stands between that claim being sold internationally except our peaceful > challenge in the United Nations, challenging the legality of those > referenda. We call upon Irish Republicans to rally behind our peaceful > challenge to Britain's illegal claim to sovereignty over the six counties > currently before international arbitration. > > We reiterate again to the Republican family that our opposition to the peace > negotiations was that national sovereignty was not a prelude to entering > into any negotiations with British imperialism. The claim that the Good > Friday Agreement represents the sovereign will of the people has been > challenged. > > The 32 County Sovereignty Movement, by going to international arbitration > and challenging Britain's illegal claim to sovereignty, has fulfilled > international criteria for settling international disputes at a peaceful > level; yet those who opposed the Good Friday Agreement were harassed, > intimidated, obstructed and branded 'dissident' in their political > opposition to it. > > We now demand out international right to pursue our peaceful claim for the > restoration of national sovereignty and an end to those obstructions put in > our way to do so." > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > @Backup- Protect and Access your data any time, any where on the net. > Try @Backup FREE and recieve 300 points from mypoints.com Install now: > http://click.egroups.com/1/2345/5/_/502727/_/958006880/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >
