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UKUP decommissioning statement to Opening Plenary, 30 October 1996, enclosing press cuttings relevant to the statement

Writing Peace: David Trimble Collection

Robert McCartney QC MP, representing the United Kingdom Unionist Party, presents a comprehensive critique of the decommissioning process. McCartney argues that decommissioning cannot be isolated from the political objectives of the major participants, emphasizing that both constitutional nationalism and violent republicanism share the goal of Irish unification. He criticizes the British Government's past efforts, such as the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, for fostering pro-Union distrust and accuses the government of shifting from accommodating nationalists within the UK to appeasing republican extremism. McCartney contends that the political leverage of nationalist groups is enhanced by their association with violent factions, and he insists that Sinn Féin's participation in the talks should be contingent upon a complete and permanent cessation of violence, accompanied by significant decommissioning of arms. He rejects the Mitchell Report's recommendations for phased decommissioning tied to political progress, arguing that it undermines democratic principles by allowing paramilitary groups to dictate terms. McCartney concludes that the UK Unionist Party will not participate in talks with Sinn Féin unless stringent decommissioning conditions are met, including the immediate handing over of weapons and a clear commitment to democratic procedures.

decommissioning paramilitary activity (republican) mitchell principles inclusion/exclusion of parties ground rules and procedural challenges in the talks

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Lever Arch File 05
121 1991 - 1997
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Consultation process – Political situation: statement issued by Dermot Nesbitt regarding the present stage of the consultation process
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British and Irish government proposals on decommissioning – resolving the address to decommissioning
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Business committee: confirmation of representatives
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British and Irish government joint communiqué, Dublin, 29 July 1997
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Talks: Administrative arrangements for period to September 1997
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Talks: Administrative arrangements for period to September 1997
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Joint statement by the British and Irish governments on the start of substantive negotiations, enclosing UUP's response
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Enclosure: UUP response to the joint statement by the British and Irish governments on the start of substantive negotiations
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Statement to [opening] plenary by Minister of State, Paul Murphy MP
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Statement to [opening] plenary by Minister of State, Paul Murphy MP
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Letter from Reg Empey to the Independent Chairmen on the absence of the UUP delegation to the talks
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With Friends Like This' – UUP paper on the relationship between Tony Blair's government, the PIRA and decommissioning
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List of UUP's amendments to 'possible conclusions' government paper
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List of DUP amendments to the 'possible conclusions' government paper
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List of DUP's principles and proposals to address the issue of decommissioning
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UKUP motion on decommissioning
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Covering letter from David Trimble to the Independent Chairmen, 16 July 1997, enclosing UUP proposals to be voted on in opening plenary
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Enclosure: List of UUP proposals to be voted on in an Opening Plenary Meeting on 23 July 1997
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Clarification of proposals – British government speaking notes on the joint communiqué of 25 June 1997, 16 July 1997
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Letter from David Trimble to Ian Paisley on Unionist unity in the talks and the Ormeau Road 12 July parade, 11 July 1997
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Letter from Ian Paisley to David Trimble on Unionist withdrawal from the talks and the Ormeau Road 12 July parade, 11 July 1997
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Press release from the County Grand Orange Lodge of Belfast to David Trimble on Unionist withdrawal from the talks and the Ormeau Road 12 July parade, 11 July 1997
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Covering letter from the Independent Chairmen to all participants, enclosing DUP, UKUP and UUP submissions on the joint government proposal on decommissioning
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Enclosure: Clarification of proposals – DUP submission
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Enclosure: Clarification of proposals – UUP submission
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List of David Trimble's questions sent to Tony Blair on the governments' joint paper of 25 June 1997 on decommissioning
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Covering letter from Peter Weir to David Trimble, enclosing a list of amendments to the governments' joint paper on decommissioning
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Enclosure: List of amendments drafted by Peter Weir on the governments' joint paper on decommissioning
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Clarification of proposals – UUP submission
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Business committee: confirmation of representatives, enclosing Memo detailing participation in the Business Committee dated 29 September 1996
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Clarification memo from the UUP to the Irish government on the governments' joint communiqué/possible conclusions paper
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David Trimble's questions sent to Tony Blair on the governments' joint paper of 25 June 1997 on decommissioning
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David Trimble's questions sent to Tony Blair on the governments' joint paper of 25 June 1997 on decommissioning
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Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997, chapter 7
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UUP paper on Decommissioning – realities and options, 29 June 1997, enclosing David Kerr's comments to David Trimble on the document
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Enclosure: David Kerr's comments to David Trimble on UUP paper on Decommissioning – realities and options
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Press cutting – 'The PIRA gun club', The Daily Telegraph, 1 July 1997
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Letter from David Trimble to Tony Blair on the British and Irish government proposals on decommissioning, 30 June 1997
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Independent Chairmen's suggested timetable for the remainder of opening plenary
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David Trimble's speech to the Forum for Political Dialogue, 27 June 1997
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Covering letter from Chris Maccabe to Jim Wilson, enclosing Tony Blair's statement to the House of Common and Aide-Mémoire
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Enclosure: Tony Blair's statement to the House of Commons, 25 June 1997
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Enclosure: Aide-Mémoire on the British Government's position vis–à–vis Sinn Féin
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British and Irish government proposals on decommissioning – resolving the address to decommissioning
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Covering information by the NIO on the British government's Aide-Mémoire document, enclosing the Aide-Mémoire
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Enclosure: Aide Memoire on the British Government's position vis-à-vis Sinn Féin
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UUP statement on the joint government decommissioning paper, 24 June 1997, 15.30
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Doorstep of David Trimble, 24 June 1997
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Letter from Mo Mowlam to David Trimble on the issue of decommissioning, 13 June 1997, enclosing a set of proposals titled 'An aide memoire'
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Possible elements in resolving decommissioning – An aide-mémoire
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UUP press release [Pigeon Hole statement] on decommissioning and the conditions for Sinn Féin to join the talks, 6 June 1997
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Statement by Mo Mowlam to a plenary meeting of the multi-party talks at Castle Buildings on 3 June 1997
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Covering letter from Chris Maccabe to Jim Wilson, enclosing Tony Blair's speech at the RUAS
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Enclosure: Tony Blair's speech at the Royal Ulster Agricultural Show (RUAS), 16 May 1997
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Letter from Mo Mowlam to David Trimble on the reinstatement of the Forum in parallel with the reconvention of the multi-party Talks
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Covering letter from John Holmes to David Trimble on the forthcoming publication of a press article by the Prime Minister [Tony Blair], 14 May 1996, enclosing press article's text
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Enclosure: Tony Blair's text of an article to circulate to the press in the coming days, 14 May 1996
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Record of Forum for Political Dialogue meeting, 14 March 1997, 10.02
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Statement by Patrick Mayhew to the Opening Plenary Meeting on the multi-party talks progress, 5 March 1997
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UUP statement by Reg Empey on decommissioning and the inclusion of Sinn Féin, 5 March 1997, enclosing UUP paper on decommissioning
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Enclosing: UUP position paper on decommissioning, 12 November 1996
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Letter from Reg Empey to the Independent Chairmen on the UUP position for today's plenary, 5 March 1997
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UUP paper – Pathway to peace within the Union, 4 March 1997
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Handwritten record of a bilateral meeting between the UUP and Patrick Mayhew
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Letter from Patrick Mayhew to David Trimble in response to Trimble's letter of 24 February 1997, 4 March 1997
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Letter from David Trimble to Patrick Mayhew on the nomination of the Independent Commission, 24 February 1997
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Memo from the UUP to the Independent Chairmen on dealing with additional confidence building measures
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Letter from David Trimble to Patrick Mayhew on the nomination of the Independent Commission, 24 February 1997
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Draft agenda for the remainder of opening plenary – Item 2(c) on the mechanisms for achieving further progress on decommissioning
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John Taylor's statement on the UUP's relationship with Robert McCartney
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Letter from David Trimble to the Belfast Telegraph in response to the journal's article published on the 22 February 1997, 24 February 1997
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Handwritten record of a UUP strategy meeting on 24 February 1997 at 11.00
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Letter from David Trimble to Patrick Mayhew on the nomination of the Independent Commission, 24 February 1997, enclosing Patrick Mayhew's response, UUP Memo and UUP Decommissioning Scheme Framework
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Enclosure: Letter from Patrick Mayhew to David Trimble in response to Trimble's letter of 24 February 1997, 4 March 1997
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Enclosure: Memo from the UUP to the Independent Chairmen on dealing with additional confidence building measures
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Enclosure: UUP Decommissioning Scheme Framework diagram, November 1996
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UUP statement by Reg Empey on decommissioning and the inclusion of Sinn Féin, 5 March 1997, enclosing UUP paper on decommissioning
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Enclosing: UUP position paper on decommissioning, 12 November 1996
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Letter from David Trimble to Patrick Mayhew on the nomination of the Independent Commission, 24 February 1997, enclosing Patrick Mayhew's response, UUP Memo and UUP Decommissioning Scheme Framework
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Enclosure: Letter from Patrick Mayhew to David Trimble in response to Trimble's letter of 24 February 1997, 4 March 1997
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Enclosure: Memo from the UUP to the Independent Chairmen on dealing with additional confidence building measures
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Enclosure: UUP Decommissioning Scheme Framework diagram, November 1996
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Annotated draft agenda for the remainder of opening plenary – Item 2(c) on the mechanisms for achieving further progress on decommissioning, further version
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Annotated draft agenda for the remainder of opening plenary – Item 2(c) on the mechanisms for achieving further progress on decommissioning, further version
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UUP paper on the responsibilities of the decommissioning committee [liaison subcommittee on decommissioning] – UUP suggestions for trilateral
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Memo from the UUP to the Independent Chairmen on dealing with additional confidence building measures
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SDLP paper on the liaison subcommittee of plenary on decommissioning, amended by the UUP
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Paper on the remit of the liaison subcommittee of the talks plenary, 11 February 1997
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Letter from Michael Ancram to David Trimble on decommissioning, 4 February 1997
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Statement by Michael Ancram on the position of loyalist parties in the talks, 27 January 1997
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British Government's opening remarks to opening plenary meeting, 27 January 1997
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Record of a meeting between John Bruton and John Major, sent to David Trimble by the Irish Department of the Taoiseach, 12 December 1996
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UUP note to John de Chastelain regarding the SDLP paper on liaison subcommittee's responsibilities
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Memorandum on procedural matters from the Chairmen to all participants, 27 November 1996
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Record of a bilateral meeting between the UUP and the British Government, 18 November 1996
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Internal UUP memo (suspend) on current options regarding UUP talks strategy, 14 November 1996, enclosing memo 20/11/1996 and note on Mark Durkan's interview on GMU
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Enclosure: Internal UUP memo (stalemate) on current options regarding UUP talks strategy, 20 November 1996
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Enclosure: Internal UUP note on Mark Durkan's interview on Good Morning Ulster, 21 November 1996
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UUP Paper on decommissioning – proposals and methodologies, 12 November 1996
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Letter to all participants sharing UDP and British Government papers on decommissioning, 30 October 1996
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British Government speaking note by Patrick Mayhew, 30 October 1996, enclosing British government paper on decommissioning and address to decommissioning
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Enclosure: British Government paper on decomissioning, 30 October 1996
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Enclosure: Address to decommissioning – Points for discussion, 25 November 1996
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British and Irish Governments' suggested conclusions and working agenda on decommissioning
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UUP Decommissioning Scheme Framework diagram, November 1996
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UUP decommissioning statement by Ken Maginnis to Opening Plenary, 30 October 1996
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UDP decommissioning statement to Opening Plenary, 28 October 1996
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UKUP decommissioning statement to Opening Plenary, 30 October 1996, enclosing press cuttings relevant to the statement
UUP decommissioning paper – Submission to Opening Plenary Meeting
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Press release on the Decommissioning Bill, 1996 – Enclosing the Irish Decommissioning Bill, 1996 and its explanatory memorandum
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Enclosure: Irish Decommissioning Bill, 1996
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Enclosure: Explanatory memorandum of the Irish Decommissioning Bill, 1996
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Record of a trilateral meeting at Castle Buildings between the UUP, the British and the Irish Governments on 20 September 1996 at 16.10
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Letter from David Trimble to Partrick Mayhew on the model for Elected Forum and Negotiating Body, 13 March 1996, enclosing diagram of the model
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Enclosure: Diagram of a proposed model for Elected Forum and Negotiating Body
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Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act 1996, Chapter 11
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John Taylor speech in his Constituency on Saturday 11 May 1996
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UUP statement on the International Body [Mitchell Report]
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UUP statement on the International Body [Mitchell Report]
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Peter Brooke statement on the launch of the political talks [1991–1992], 26 March 1991
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Report of the International Body on Arms Decommissioning [Mitchell Report], 22 January 1996
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