The Good Friday Agreement: The Conflict In Northern Ireland

The Trouble, a conflict in Northern Ireland formed by a division of their own people with different beliefs. Their different opinions between political, economic and unequal treatment toward other civilians were the main key issues in this conflict. They were seeking for the best benefit they could get but unfortunately, some people would not agree since not all of them benefit from the same change. Sometimes new things do not mean is a good thing for everyone being rich, poor, religious and non-religious anyone can get affected. Everyone will always have a different point of view toward new ideas or even old ideas but sometimes the situation gets worse and may cause a war between one another. Wars can last days, weeks, months or years due

Reforms were pushed through by Northern Irish congress to meet some of the campaigners’ demands. Other agreements were pushed before the Good Friday Agreement but were not fully successful. The three agreements that were released before the Good Friday agreements were the Sunningdale Agreement that came out in 1973, the Anglo-Irish Agreement came out in 1985 and the Downing Street Declaration came out in 1993. These agreements help the Good Friday Agreement to be developed and put in place. In 1995 there was two documents release suggesting terms for a peace agreement and a responsible government in Northern Ireland. They wanted to bring peace between the military groups that were formed by doing an agreement and for them to give their weapons up. In November 1992 Bill Clinton became president of The United States of America. Bill Clinton did not think like the past presidents and did not agree about leaving Northern Ireland alone. Bill Clinton believed that the U.S.A should step in to help with the peace process of Northern Ireland. To assemble a better and stable government the Good Friday agreement created three stands. One of the stands was to be re-formed the Northern Ireland Assembly and created a new Northern Ireland administrative. Stand one is built on power sharing that gives equal rights to both sides. The second stand was directed to the “North-South issues” between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It created three cross-border bodies one is North-South Ministerial Council, the second one is North-South Inter-Parliamentary Association and the third one is North-South Consultative Forum. These bodies were formed to encourage both Belfast and Dublin to work together. The three bodies did not have law making power and they were expected to be taken in by both