succeed in 1998 when so many had failed before? i believe that s because people on all sides showed courage, imagination and perseverance. first, those who work for peace who had the courage to keep going despite daily threats to them and theirfamilies keep going despite daily threats to them and their families and the political courage to take risks in pursuit of a higher goal. john hume over his entire career never relented in his insistence on non violence. david trimble took enormous risks to do what he thought was right for the union and they were rightly honoured as the pre eminent architects of peace with a joint nobel peace prize. gerry adams and martin mcguinness persuaded republicans to join a constitutional power sharing assembly and encouraged by the intensive efforts of mo mowlam, the leaders of loyalism also lend their
given the opportunity to support the deal. and they did so in overwhelming majorities. and let us neverforget overwhelming majorities. and let us never forget the crucial work after 1998 to build a broader consensus helped by the leadership of doctor ian paisley. and third, the piece took extraordinary perseverance in the aftermath of the shank hill bomb in 1993, many thought the peace process was over, butjust two months later, john major delivered the downing street declaration and george mitchell persuaded all parties to sign up to the principles of democracy and non violence, without which the talks could not have begun. and in the difficult final hours, president clinton s timely interventions helped get the deal done. and whenever people walked away, tony blair sought to bring them back, always committed,
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the key issue was reconciliation between the communities, who were deeply divided, and peace and non violence. the most lethal paramilitary group was the irish republican army, which wanted to bring about a united ireland. in the late 1980s, john hume began initially secret talks with the ira s political wing, sinn fein. probably the big breakthrough was whenjohn hume agreed to meet. one of the things that was crucially important was the right to self determination, that the people of the island would have the right to decide the future. the ira called a ceasefire in 1994. there was then a similar move by militants on the other side of the conflict, who were known as loyalist paramilitaries.
the key issue was reconciliation between the communities, who were deeply divided, and peace and non violence. the most lethal paramilitary group was the irish republican army, which wanted to bring about a united ireland. in the late 1980s, john hume began initially secret talks with the ira s political wing, sinn fein. probably the big breakthrough was whenjohn hume agreed to meet. one of the things that was crucially important was the right to self determination, that the people of the island would have the right to decide the future. the ira called a ceasefire in 1994. there was then a similar move by militants on the other side of the conflict, who were known as loyalist paramilitaries.