The Belfast Agreement
A Commitment to Peace and Democracy
The following is excerpted from the Belfast Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland, signed in Belfast on April 10, 1998. Constitutional Issues The participants endorse the commitment made by the British and Irish Governments that, in a new British-Irish Agreement replacing the Anglo-Irish Agreement, they will: Recognise the legitimacy of whatever choice is freely exercised by a majority of the people of Northern Ireland with regard to its status, whether they prefer to continue to support the Union with Great Britain or a sovereign united Ireland; Recognise…
