WORK IN PROGRESS - IN THE FINAL STAGES OF EDITING A series of talks launched by Peter Brooke, Secretary of State for Northern in Ireland, which began in April 1991, and were carried on intermittently by Brooke and his successor, Patrick Mayhew, until November 1992.
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Issues to be resolved
1. Articles 2 & 3 and implications thereof.
2. Fear, mistrust and suspicion between the two communities within Northern Ireland and between the two parts of Ireland.
3. The perceived necessity for continued involvement of the Irish Government in the internal affairs of Northern Ireland.
4. Lack of accommodation of Nationalist identity in proposed structures in Northern Ireland.
5. The lack of structures for meaningful co-operation on Social and Economic Issues between North and South.
6. Lack of confidence by many Nationalists in the Institutions of State.
7. The need for ratification by the two Governments of Common Themes, Principles and Code of Practice.
8. Terrorism by both Republican and Loyalist Paramilitaries.