; Whereas the Good Friday Agreement provided that it is essential to acknowledge and address the suffering of the victims of violence as a necessary element of reconciliation ; Whereas the task of dealing with the past, including providing accountability for past violence and abuses, has been advanced by the Commission for Victims and Survivors, the Historical Enquiries Team, the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, and the Saville Inquiry on Bloody Sunday, which have brought some measure of truth and closure to many victims and surviving family members; Whereas many other conflict-related deaths, injuries, and abuses have not been adequately dealt with, and further progress in dealing with the past has been impeded by the insistence of the British Government on retaining national-security exemptions to the investigation and adjudication process; Whereas in the Good Friday Agreement the British and Irish Governments bound themselves to support, and where appropriate implement the Multi-Party Agreement between the political parties of Northern Ireland; Whereas the United Kingdom’s negotiations to exit the European Union have created much uncertainty and concern on all sides as to how this would affect Northern Ireland and the Good Friday Agreement; Whereas the British Government bound itself, in the Implementation Plan issued by the British and Irish Governments on August 1, 2001, to establish a judicial inquiry into collusion in the murder by paramilitaries of human rights lawyer Patrick Finucane; Whereas a public inquiry into Patrick Finucane’s murder has yet to occur despite the conclusion in a 2012 British Government report that a series of positive actions by employees of the State actively furthered and facilitated murder and that, in the aftermath of the murder, there was a relentless attempt to defeat the ends of justice