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Ulster Democratic Party
17 October 1997
_Strand 2: Constitutional Issues_
Issues of a constitutional nature {relating to the Republic of Ireland} are essentially a matter for the people of the Irish Republic and their elected representatives.
Articles two and three, however, by laying claim to the territory of and jurisdicton over Northern Ireland are in contravention of the principles guiding relations between states. The principles for friendly relations and co-operation as laid down in the United Nations Charter and accepted by the Republic of Ireland as a member state, enshrine the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity. Both territorial integrity and sovereignty are inviolable and each state has the duty to comply fully and in good faith. The Irish Republic's claim cannot be regarded as good faith.
European Jaw further requires states to refrain from any action inconsistent with the purposes and principles of territorial integrity, political independence or the unity of any participating state, Articles two and three are clearly such an consistent action. The territorial integrity and unity of the United Kingdom is inviolable and any claim on its territory must be removed.
Co-operation between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, and improvement thereof, is the aim of this strand. Co-operation, however, can only work properly on a voluntary basis and in an environment of trust and confidence, The people of Northem Ireland cannot have this trust and confidence until the constitutional status of Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom has been recognised. Therefore, it is clear that articles two and three must be removed in order to make co-operation feasible.
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This document, presented by the UDP, describes their position on constitutional issues in relation to Strand 2. UDP stated that co-operation between Northern Ireland and the Republic should take place only on a voluntary basis and in an environment of trust and confidence. They asked the Irish Government to rescind articles 2 and 3 from the Irish Constitution, to facilitate friendly relations between the two regions. The document contains some annotated text, inserted in the first line of the document.
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The Quill Project has received one-time, non-exclusive use of the papers in this collection from Bowdoin College Library to make them available online as part of Writing Peace.
Subseries 2 (M202.7.2) Commission Documents (1995-1998), Series 7 (M202.7) Northern Ireland Records (1995-2008), George J. Mitchell Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine, digitized by the Quill Project at https://quillproject.net/resource_collections/125.