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"The British and Irish Governments issued a [Joint Communiqué](https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/com281195.htm) stating that: "the two governments have agreed to launch a "twin-track" process to make progress in parallel on the decommissioning issue and on all-party negotiations". The governments hoped to have all-party negotiations begin by the end of February 1996. They also invited the parties to intensive preparatory talks. The governments also undertook to: "... establish an international body to provide an independent assessment of the decommissioning issue". [George Mitchell, a former American Senator, was asked to lead this body.]"
Source Information
Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)