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| Sinn Féin Haass motion goes before Northern Ireland Assembly | Sinn Féin Haass motion goes before Northern Ireland Assembly |
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| Sinn Féin is calling on the NI Assembly to acknowledge the Haass proposals as an opportunity to take significant steps forward on a number of issues. | Sinn Féin is calling on the NI Assembly to acknowledge the Haass proposals as an opportunity to take significant steps forward on a number of issues. |
| The talks focussed on the issues of flags, parades and the past. | The talks focussed on the issues of flags, parades and the past. |
| A motion from Sinn Féin on Monday will call on other parties to recognise their potential to make a meaningful contribution to peace building. | A motion from Sinn Féin on Monday will call on other parties to recognise their potential to make a meaningful contribution to peace building. |
| The party also wants the assembly to make arrangements to implement the proposals. | The party also wants the assembly to make arrangements to implement the proposals. |
| The negotiations, chaired by US diplomat Richard Haass and Harvard academic Prof Meghan O'Sullivan, ended on New Year's Eve without agreement. | The negotiations, chaired by US diplomat Richard Haass and Harvard academic Prof Meghan O'Sullivan, ended on New Year's Eve without agreement. |
| Speaking ahead of Monday's debate, SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell said: "To embed peace in Northern Ireland a meaningful prosperity process, creating well-paid jobs, curtailing youth unemployment and halting emigration, is a necessity. | Speaking ahead of Monday's debate, SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell said: "To embed peace in Northern Ireland a meaningful prosperity process, creating well-paid jobs, curtailing youth unemployment and halting emigration, is a necessity. |
| "Civic society, who contributed so much to the Haass process, deserve prosperity. | "Civic society, who contributed so much to the Haass process, deserve prosperity. |
| "The first crucial step on that path is the commitment of the five parties to implement the Haass/O'Sullivan proposals." | "The first crucial step on that path is the commitment of the five parties to implement the Haass/O'Sullivan proposals." |
| Alliance amendment | Alliance amendment |
| Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle has proposed an amendment to the motion, calling for the urgent implementation of the Haass proposals on the past, while a time-limited, independently-chaired mechanism should be used to reach agreement between the parties on the outstanding issues on parades and flags. | Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle has proposed an amendment to the motion, calling for the urgent implementation of the Haass proposals on the past, while a time-limited, independently-chaired mechanism should be used to reach agreement between the parties on the outstanding issues on parades and flags. |
| "The Alliance Party would like to see the implementation of the Haass document, but we reserve the right to give the public our honest assessment of what progress has been made in each of the three issues," he said. | |
| "We believe that the final package fell short of what this process was mandated to achieve. It also failed to meet the hopes and aspirations that the public invested in this process." | "We believe that the final package fell short of what this process was mandated to achieve. It also failed to meet the hopes and aspirations that the public invested in this process." |
| The leaders of the five main parties at Stormont are due to meet later this week to discuss the way ahead. | The leaders of the five main parties at Stormont are due to meet later this week to discuss the way ahead. |