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"en.20140205.48.3-368-250"2
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"Mr President, it is right that this Parliament is today debating the proposed Arms Trade Treaty, which has as part of its scope the aim of eradicating illicit trade in weapons. However, for many living in my own constituency, Northern Ireland, this discussion and this Treaty will serve to remind innocent victims of the role played by the Irish government in founding and arming terrorists of the Provisional IRA. The First Minister of Northern Ireland recently called on the Irish Government to face up to its ‘hidden history’. I repeat that call. It is time, for instance, to open files relating to the Arms Trial of 1970 for public scrutiny. Both the government and politicians in the Republic of Ireland have been quick to point the finger at the British state but wish to draw a blind over uncomfortable episodes of history within that state. We must also not forget those who have been injured or lost loved ones as a result of the illicit and unjust trade of weapons. They deserve robust support, but most of all an up-front apology by the government of the Irish Republic."@en1
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