Official Language and Symbol – 2000

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Official Language and Symbol – 2000

2000

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After the establishment of the North/South Language Implementation Body in December 1999, the government signed on the charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 2000.

Parties hotly debated issue of flying Union flags on public buildings at the Northern Ireland Assembly in June 2000. Sinn Fein had ordered departments under their control not to fly the Union Flag.1 On 8 November 2000, the government issued the Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland (No. 347) on flags,2 which came into effect on 11 November 2000. It specified certain days and occasions the Union flag could be flown. The legislation reduced the flag flying days from 21 to 17.3“Good Friday Agreement – Symbols and Emblems,” BBC News, accessed February 7, 2013, http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/agreement/culture/symbols2….

  1. “Tense opening for Northern Ireland Assembly”, United Press International, June 5, 2000.
  2. “The Flags Regulation (Northern Ireland),” 2000.