Guid Frydey Greeance
Type | Multilateral greeance |
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Signed | 10 Apryle 1998 |
Location | Bilfawst, Norlin Airlan |
Effective | 2 December 1999 |
Pairties | Govrenment o the Unitit Kinrick Govrenment o Airlan Pairties in Norlan Airlan |
Leid | Inglis |
Type | Bilateral international greeance |
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Signed | 10 Apryle 1998 |
Location | Bilfawst, Norlin Airlan |
Effective | 2 December 1999 |
Original signatories | Tony Blair • Bertie Ahern Mo Mowlam • David Andrews |
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Leid | Inglis |
The Guid Fryday Greeance (GFG), kent forby as the Bilfawst Greeancee (Inglis: Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement; Erse: Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste), is a pair o greeances signed on 10 Apryle 1998 that endit maist o the violence o the Truibils, a pooer conflict in Norlan Airlan that haed bin ongoin syne the 1960s. It servit as a major development in the Norlan Airlan aiblins process o the 1990s. Norlan Airlan's present devolvit sýstem o govrenment is basit on the greeance. The greeance forby creatit a wheen o institutions atween Norlan Airlan an the Republic o Airlan, an atween the Republic o Airlan an the Unitit Kinrick.
Issues anent sovereignty, ceevil an cultural richts, decommissionin o airms, demilitarisation, justice an policin were central tae the greeance.
The greeance wus approvit bi voters athort the island o Ireland in twa referendums haudit on 22 Mey 1998. In Norlan Airlan, voters were askit in the 1998 Norlan Airlan Guid Frydey Greeance referendum whether they supportit the multi-party greeance. In the Republic o Airlan, voters were askit whether they would allou the state tae sign the greeance an allou necessary constitutional chynges (Nineteent Amendment o the Constitution o Airlan) tae facilitate it. The fowk, bodies o baith jurisdictions needit tae approve the greeance in order tae gie effect tae it.
The Brits–Erse Greeance cam intae force on 2 December 1999. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) wus the ainly major political group in Northern Ireland tae oppone the Greeance.[1]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "BBC - History - The Good Friday Agreement". Retrieved 10 Juin 2017.