Word: ulsterization
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...instinct to reach out to unionists. Durkan's friendly ties with unionist leader David Trimble have certainly smoothed the work of government. But they leave him open to attack by Adams as not really committed to Irish unity. It's a strangely heartening sign of growing stability in Ulster that Durkan's best course may now be to put party ahead of country - at least until the next election...
...Irish Republican Army (IRA) announced that it had put a number of its weapons verifiably “beyond use.” This unprecedented move was a great step forward in what had been a faltering peace process, allowing David Trimble and his moderate Ulster Unionist Party to return to the region’s power-sharing assembly. Recently, however, the momentum has been stalled, as hard-line unionists prevented Trimble’s reelection and are attempting to block progress towards a lasting peace. Today’s Assembly votes will be crucial to maintain moderate leadership...
After more than three years of waiting, John de Chastelain, the retired Canadian general charged with removing arms from the path to a settlement in Ulster, was able to report his first significant result to the British and Irish governments: somewhere in the remote Irish countryside, his independent commission saw the Irish Republican Army permanently dispose of some of the guns, ammunition and explosives from its terrifying arsenal...
...American network that helped bring about the 1994 I.R.A. cease-fire, said there is "no question" that the unease in America influenced the I.R.A. decision to decommission. "The deal was underway, but the events of Sept. 11 and the Colombian episode accelerated the process," he said. Ronnie Flanagan, the Ulster police chief who has spent decades combating the I.R.A., said the "attitude of the American public, even among those who would be sympathetic to Irish republicanism, changed and changed permanently...
...Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNR) should replace the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), an almost completely Protestant group that fought often with the IRA in the 1980s. Sinn Fein and other Catholic groups should take an active role in the supervision and implementation of the new police force, with the intention of making it nonsectarian and fair to all citizens of Northern Ireland...