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05/10/2007
UDA Release 'No Pressure' Statement Over Arms
Loyalist paramilitary group the UDA says it will not be pressured into decommissioning its weapons.
Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie has given the group until Monday October 8 to begin decommissioning or face losing £1.2 million for project funding in loyalist areas.
While the UDA claims it has agreed a decommissioning timetable with its members, the Minister has said that the deadline remains as stated.
Ms Ritchie told BBC Radio News that the ball was in the court of the UDA and said: "We will be adhering to that deadline."
The £1.2 million community project funding was earmarked for projects aimed at helping a move away from violence, intimidation, and criminality in loyalist areas.
(SP/JM)
Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie has given the group until Monday October 8 to begin decommissioning or face losing £1.2 million for project funding in loyalist areas.
While the UDA claims it has agreed a decommissioning timetable with its members, the Minister has said that the deadline remains as stated.
Ms Ritchie told BBC Radio News that the ball was in the court of the UDA and said: "We will be adhering to that deadline."
The £1.2 million community project funding was earmarked for projects aimed at helping a move away from violence, intimidation, and criminality in loyalist areas.
(SP/JM)
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