Disarmament – 2004

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Disarmament – 2004

2004

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Transparency in the Decommissioning Act dominated the peace process throughout 2004. The Unionists maintained that they would only accept actual decommissioning as the way forward in the peace process.1 The IRA, however, maintained that visual proof of decommissioning was impossible, as it was a humiliating demand.2

  1. “Northern Ireland’s Sinn Fein calls on Unionist party to clarify position,” BBC News, August 10, 2004.
  2. “Northern Ireland set for peace deal,” Sunday Herald, December 12, 2004.