The President, Jose-Maria Gil-Robles, sent a letter to the Irish and British Governments welcoming the resumption of all-party talks in Northern Ireland, and expressed the hope that they would move into a substantive stage in the near future.
This was a historic opportunity for a just and lasting peace in Northern Ireland. Parliament encouraged the governments in their search for genuinely new political structures in Northern Ireland, which enhance respect for human rights so that both communities may feel that their rights are respected.