The Irish American Unity Conference has welcomed a Dáil resolution calling on the Irish government to plan and prepare for the unification of the island.
The unopposed motion, said the IAUC, recognizes that the reunification of Ireland is a national objective.
The resolution directs the government to establish an all-island representative Citizens' Assembly or Assemblies, to allow for informed debate; establish a Joint Óíreachtas Committee on Irish Unity to enable careful planning; produce and publish a plan towards Irish Unity in conjunction with civic society and key stakeholders; engage with northern Protestant and Unionist opinion about the future of Ireland, and work to secure a date for the referendums on unity provided for in the Good Friday Agreement.
Said the IAUC in a statment: "The IAUC, whose founding mission is to promote peaceful unification of the island of Ireland, now calls on the Irish Government to act promptly on the resolution’s directives as set forth above.
"The election of Catherine Connelly as President confirms that the rising demand for constitutional change can no longer be denied. Twenty-seven years after the promise of the Good Friday Agreement, there must be no more delay in advancing the mandate for a referendum on Irish unity.
"It is especially important that the Irish Government demand that the British Government cooperate in establishing a date and conditions for the referendum.
"We also call on the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to publish criteria for holding the referendum while adhering to the GFA requirement that the sovereign governments exercise “rigorous impartiality” with respect to the referendum."
