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30th August 2017
01:52pm BST

The Personal Representative for Northern Ireland Issues position will be retired. The 1998 Good Friday Agreement has been implemented with a devolved national assembly in Belfast now in place. Legacy and future responsibilities will be assigned to the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR). This will involve realigning $50,000 in support costs within the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR).The move will require congressional approval with the democrats vowing to oppose the proposed changes. Currently the position of Special Envoy to N.I. has not been filled by the Trump administration, nor has the position of US Ambassador to Ireland. Brian P Burns, from Florida had been widely tipped to take up the ambassador role but in June he withdrew his name from consideration on health grounds. Former Special Envoy to Northern Ireland George Mitchell played a key role in the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. Mitchell is perhaps the best known person to occupy the position.
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