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Irish
American Unity Conference (IAUC) National Board members,
Carol Russell and Dr Fred Wilcox, booked into a South
Belfast guest-house last week, ahead of the IAUC's
November convention in Northern Ireland to evaluate
costs and assess suitable neutral venues for the annual
event.
The
IAUC's 2-day program in Ireland is the organisation's
first convention to be held outside of America and
when asked why, Russell said, "The IAUC is discouraging
any political party rhetoric during the Belfast convention.
We hear Irish Politicians regularly in America she
said, and our organisation wants to hear from the
people on the ground and obtain their recommendations
for positive movements forward."
Russell
said, "The IAUC is inviting all community groups
to contact us. We are encouraging participation from
the fullest local spectrum to what she described as
"an IAUC from the heart program". Our goal
she said, is to provide an opportunity for people
from all sections of the community and political opinion
in Northern Ireland to speak openly at an open forum."
The
Irish American Unity Conference (IAUC) advocates "the
end of British colonial occupation"and the peaceful
reunification of Ireland describe the program's agenda
as "focussing on the implementation of all the
elements of the Good Friday Agreement and on Collusion."
Further
details or enquiries Contact Carol Russell (ckr@bellatlantic.net)or
Jim Gallagher, by e-mail at (JimGall98@Juno.com)
or by telephone via the IAUC 1-800-947-4282.
IAUC
Convention, Belfast : November 12 -14 2004
IAUC web site - http://www.iauc.org/index3.htm
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