The MacBride Principles have already been adopted by 24 states.

The city's municipal pension fund is among the investors that subscribe to the MacBride Principles, antidiscrimination guidelines for companies that do business in Northern Ireland.

New York City's municipal pension fund and other public pension funds are among the investors that subscribe to guidelines known as the MacBride Principles.

The MacBride Principles certainly speeded the reform process in the 1980s, but it is debatable whether they contributed significantly after 1989.

The MacBride Principles have been passed in the following 18 US states:

He was the chief sponsor of an antidiscrimination code known as the MacBride Principles.

The council claimed Fr McManus' activities promoting the MacBride Principles had seriously damaged the prospects of American investment in the province.

'After all, your employment statistics would indicate that you urgently need the MacBride Principles,' he wrote.

Think of the magnificent example you would be setting if your council would endorse the MacBride Principles.

The MacBride Principles are an effort to discourage investment in companies that discriminate against Roman Catholics in Northern Ireland.