11.   Both the SDLP and Sinn Fein consider cross-border cooperation a key way to promote the eventual unification of Ireland.

12.   But it required the new Northern Ireland government to cooperate formally with the Irish Republic, a commitment that many Catholics hope could promote eventual unification.

13.   China has said Taiwan must choose between eventual unification or war.

14.   It would coooperate in six cross-border committees with the neighboring Irish Republic, an agenda that the Catholic side hopes will promote the eventual unification of Ireland.

15.   Lee has also maintained Taipei and Beijing are two equal political entities that should both be recognized by the world before eventual unification.

16.   Many Catholics hope the latter requirement would promote the eventual unification of Ireland.

17.   Such a body would be a major symbolic coup for Northern Ireland Catholics, who back the eventual unification of Northern Ireland with Ireland.

18.   The moderate SDLP has long argued that such cooperation will encourage the eventual unification of both parts of Ireland, an argument that Sinn Fein eventually accepted.

19.   They now maintain Taipei and Beijing are two equal political entities that should both be recognized by the world before eventual unification.

20.   They formalize cooperation between the two parts of Ireland and are seen as a possible step toward eventual unification.