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Article: Sinn Fein lines up to sign pledge on non-violence
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 9, 1997
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A Sinn Fein delegation is due at Stormont in Belfast today to
sign pledges of non-violence which will act as the ticket for the
republicans' formal entry into multi-party talks.
The signing ceremony, which may be boycotted by some Unionist
parties, means Sinn Fein will have fulfilled all the conditions
laid down by the British and Irish governments for inclusion in
negotiations.
Much more problematical for the governments, because of Sinn
Fein's entry, will be the position of the Ulster Unionist party.
This, the main Protestant grouping, has yet to make a formal
decision on whether to enter the talks proper which begin next
Monday.
Protestant opinion seems clearly in favour of participation ...