The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), in a memo dated 8 July 1997, addressed to the Irish Government, expressed concerns regarding the definition and assessment of a genuine ceasefire. The UUP emphasized the necessity for a complete, permanent, and universal end to violence and questioned the proposed six-week period for evaluating the ceasefire's authenticity. They argued that Sinn Féin should not be immediately involved in talks post-ceasefire without a thorough assessment and insisted on parallel disarmament, highlighting ambiguities in the Mitchell Report that needed clarification. The memo also stressed the importance of setting up the Verification Commission promptly to oversee disarmament and called for clear commitments from the PIRA to disarmament and non-violence, warning against procedural delays and the potential for obstruction in the decommissioning process.
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