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	Northern Ireland Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plant's historical economic importance to the region.
		The Assembly is dissolved shortly before the holding of elections on a day chosen by the Secretary of State, the British minister with responsibility for Northern Ireland.
		Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly begin with the enacting formula: "BE IT ENACTED by being passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly and assented to by Her Majesty as follows:".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly (2004 words)

	Legislator - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Legislators may be supra-national (for example, the United Nations General Assembly), national (for example, the US Congress), regional (for example, the Scottish Parliament) or local (for example, local authorities).
		The political theory of the separation of powers requires legislators to be different individuals from the members of the executive and the judiciary.
		In the UK, for example, the executive is formed almost exclusively from legislators (members of Parliament) although the judiciary is mostly independent (the Lord Chancellor uniquely is a legislator, a member of the executive (indeed, the Cabinet), and a judge).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Legislator (305 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly, which at the time of the elections had been suspended for just over a year, were held on Thursday, November 26, 2003.
		Six members were elected by Single Transferable Vote from each of Northern Ireland's eighteen Westminster Parliamentary constituencies, giving a total of 108 MLAs, or Members of the Legislative Assembly.
		The Alliance Party managed to hold all six of its seats despite their vote almost halving, the Women's Coalition, United Unionist Coalition and Northern Ireland Unionist Party were all wiped out, and the Progressive Unionist Party and UK Unionist Party had just one seat each.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_Election,_2003 (383 words)

	Ireland, Northern. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Northern Ireland’s relatively distinct history began in the early 17th cent., when, after the suppression of an Irish rebellion, much land was confiscated by the British crown and “planted” with Scottish and English settlers.
		However, the Irish Free State, now the Republic of Ireland (see Ireland, Republic of), which was established in 1922, refused to recognize the finality of the partition; and violence erupted frequently on both sides of the border.
		An assembly formed in 1982 to propose plans for strengthening legislative and executive autonomy in Northern Ireland was dissolved in 1986 for its lack of progress.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ir/IrelandN.html (1407 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Northern Ireland Special Report
		It would, for the first time, allow the neighboring Republic of Ireland to become formally involved in important matters of government in Northern Ireland by means of a new cross-border body with executive powers in areas such as the environment and economic development.
		This "Irish dimension" is the most objectionable part of the plan to Northern Ireland's Protestants, many of whom see it as the beginning of the road to a unified Ireland.
		Northern Ireland has been ruled directly from London since the early 1970s, when a "home rule" assembly was suspended by Britain amid sectarian rioting and killing.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/nireland/stories/timeline950223.htm (1149 words)

	Northern Ireland
		Northern Ireland is composed of 26 districts, derived from the boroughs of Belfast and Londonderry and the counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry, and Tyrone.
		Northern Ireland is an integral part of the United Kingdom (it has 12 representatives in the British House of Commons), but under the terms of the Government of Ireland Act in 1920, it had a semiautonomous government.
		The goal of the IRA was to eject the British and unify Northern Ireland with the Irish Republic to the south.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108101.html (1897 words)

	Parlianet - Northern Ireland Assembly
		The New Northern Ireland Assembly was established as part of the Belfast Agreement reached at the multi-party negotiations on Friday 10th April, know as the “Good Friday Agreement”, which established the idea of “parity of esteem”.
		A referendum was held on 22nd May 1998 and produced a majority in favour of the Belfast agreement, the New Northern Ireland Assembly was constituted under the Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998.
		The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland suspended the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Executive with effect from midnight on 14th October 2002, amid allegations of Unionist foot dragging and IRA intelligence gathering.
	www.parlianet.com /addservices/niassembly.asp (673 words)

	NDI - National Democratic Institute for International Affairs
		Northern Ireland political parties are in turn strengthened through concrete party-building projects that each participant proposed and will implement with the assistance of international expert trainers.
		A third of the Assembly members participated, and as a typical comment, one said the "range of information—expertise and experience of individual contributors—and their flexibility and helpfulness, were outstanding." Besides the skills learned, important results occurred on the fringes of the workshop as well.
		The second component was a consultative visit for Northern Ireland party leaders to South Africa in December to investigate party relationships in the executive and the Assembly in the context of power-sharing arrangements.
	www.ndi.org /worldwide/europe/europe9799_pf.asp (1536 words)

	BBC News \| FOCUS \| Powers of the Northern Ireland assembly
		All legislation must be scrutinised by the relevant departmental committee and must comply with the European Convention on Human Rights and any Northern Ireland Bill of Rights.
		The assembly operates with a Chair and Deputy Chair elected on a cross-community basis using either parallel consent (when a simple majority of both sides must agree) or a weighted majority of 60% of all members present and voting.
		It is proposed that one of these determines whether Northern Ireland legislation conforms to other requirements, such as the European Convention on Human Rights or the forthcoming Bill of Rights where a petition of concern has been triggered by 30 members.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/northern_ireland/91134.stm (548 words)

	BBC News \| NORTHERN IRELAND \| NI Assembly: Does it work?
		In Northern Ireland, security has remained in the hands of the secretary of state, but the power-sharing body at Stormont has wide legislative powers over myriad areas of life, principally education, health, agriculture, environment, employment and social and economic development.
		Northern Ireland also has some of the worst waiting lists and illness rates in the UK, and the minister has been under pressure to make inroads.
		The assembly's flaws were being compounded by the tribal nature of Northern Ireland's parties where allegiances are more important than policy decisions, he added.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/1586095.stm (1046 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly Audit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		While the ‘democratic deficit’ in Northern Ireland identified with direct rule post-1972 was keenly felt, there was no collective commitment to democratic-pluralist institutions at Stormont and the agreement was seen primarily by all concerned as an attempt to end the violence associated with the prior three decades of ‘troubles’.
		The Northern Ireland ‘leg’ of this project was conducted by a combination of desk research and interviews with Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), exploring attitudes and opinions towards the institution.
		Northern Ireland’s 26 district councils, with their modest administrative powers, are a poor training ground for addressing regional, even global, policy concerns with legislative capacity.
	www.democraticdialogue.org /audit.htm (14529 words)

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		Northern Ireland will bear the brunt of the worst effects of this Tax,” because of its problematic border with Eire.
		They are now targeting Northern Ireland because of the amount of work which is about to be carried out on roads and infrastructure.” Mr Durward stressed that he firmly believes that the Aggregates Tax can be defeated by keeping pressure on the Government.
		The Northern Ireland assembly has made a formal request to Westminster that Northern Ireland be exempted from this levy.
	www.british-aggregates.com /news/doc06.doc (557 words)

	New York Daily News - Boroughs - Adams sees N. Ireland progress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Northern Ireland political activist Gerry Adams came to St. John's University yesterday with a message that there has been some progress on the rocky road to peace in Ireland.
		Adams, the president of Sinn Fein, the largest nationalist political party in Northern Ireland, held a public forum on the Irish peace process at the university's Hillcrest campus.
		"Ireland is partitioned, and the northern part of the island is under British jurisdiction, and that's wrong," he said.
	www.nydailynews.com /boroughs/story/399649p-338611c.html (391 words)

	The Northern Irish Conflict: A Chronology
		The history of Northern Ireland can be traced back to the 17th century, when the English finally succeeded in subduing the island after successfully putting down a number of rebellions.
		In a dual referendum held on May 22, 1998, Northern Ireland approved the accord by a vote of 71% to 29%, and the Irish Republic by a vote of 94%.
		International recognition and support for peace in Northern Ireland came on Oct. 16, 1998, when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to John Hume and David Trimble, the leaders of the largest Catholic and Protestant political parties, respectively, in Northern Ireland.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/northireland1.html (3083 words)

	World briefs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In Medan, on the northern end of Sumatra island about 870 miles northwest of Jakarta, students joined 6,000 drivers in a protest outside the office of the provincial governor against the soaring price of spare parts for minibuses and other vehicles.
		The Assembly got down to business with addresses from Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble and SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon, who were elected to lead the fledgling government during the Assembly's only previous session in July.
		Trimble emphasized that he wanted to see the Assembly approve within weeks a multi-party administration for Northern Ireland -- but that Sinn Fein's place was in jeopardy because the Irish Republican Army has refused to start disarming.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/98/09/15/world-briefs15.2-0.html (634 words)

	Newshound: Links to daily newspaper articles about Northern Ireland
		Ireland's democratic parties now recoil from the prospect of coalitions with Sinn Féin to form a government, though the same parties happily endorsed Sinn Féin ministers in Northern Ireland's Executive.
		British policy in Northern Ireland has provided only one lesson for international terrorism - it is that, if the threat is big enough, and a democratic government weak enough - terror will succeed.
		Bob McCartney is a member of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly, the leader of the UK Unionist Party and author of Reflections on Liberty, Democracy & the Union.
	www.nuzhound.com /articles/arts2002/robert_mccartney_ira-farc4-29-02.htm (1290 words)

	Online NewsHour: The Northern Ireland Assembly Background
		The Northern Ireland Assembly, the first democratically elected representative body in the 80-year history of the region, faces an array of obstacles as it struggles to bring a political peace to decades of violence.
		The fate of the 108-member Northern Ireland Assembly, the first democratically elected coalition government since Northern Ireland’s inception in 1921, hangs in the balance.
		The Northern Ireland Assembly controls six key areas of domestic policy: agriculture, economic development, education, environment, finance and personnel, and health and human services.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/northern_ireland/background.html (509 words)

	CNN - Old foes set to govern Northern Ireland -- November 29, 1999
		Northern Ireland's legislative Assembly -- the only branch of government yet formed under terms of the 19-month-old Good Friday accord -- will meet Monday to nominate delegates to the four-party, 12-member Cabinet.
		Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson said he was confident that a process leading to disarmament would start this week.
		The Sunday Times said it would be premature to say that the quarrel in Northern Ireland is over, "but the chances of holding it in a civilized fashion have been enhanced by Mr.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9911/29/n.ireland.01/index.html (1026 words)

	Britain and Northern Ireland from BritainUSA: home page
		The Assembly was suspended on 14 October 2002 and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Paul Murphy, assumed responsibility for the direction of its departments.
		The Northern Ireland Office is the office of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
		The New Northern Ireland Assembly was established as part of the Belfast Agreement reached at the multi-party negotiations on Friday 10 April 1998, now commonly referred to as the 'Good Friday Agreement'.
	www.britainusa.com /nireland (792 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly Saved As Trimble Wins Vote -- 11/06/2001
		In the absence of assembly leaders, British Northern Ireland Secretary John Reid would be forced to suspend the assembly or call new popular elections.
		Under the assembly's intricate power-sharing structure, he was required to obtain a majority of both unionist and nationalist votes in order to take the post of first minister.
		Northern Ireland's High Court in Belfast dismissed the action, clearing the way for him to retake the leadership.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200111\FOR20011106f.html (365 words)

	CAIN: Issues: Politics: Government: Northern Ireland Assembly
		The 108 member Northern Ireland Assembly (suspended on Monday 14 October 2002) meets in Parliament Buildings at Stormont, Belfast.
		The Assembly has the power to make laws and take decisions on all matters that have been devolved from Westminster.
		The powers of the Assembly were initially set out in the Good Friday Agreement.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /issues/politics/assembly/index.html (219 words)

	Ireland/NI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		I wrote an article on Northern Ireland based on an interview I did with Billy Hutchinson of the Progressive Unionist Party in April 1995.
		It is not meant to take sides, it is meant to show that the problem in Northern Ireland is much more complex than simply getting the British out.
		Although, now taking part in the Legislative Assembly, they have done all they could to disrupt it and bring it down.
	www.tnovosel.org /ireland (628 words)

	About My Vote - Northern Ireland Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Due to ongoing difficulties with the peace process, the Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended in October 2002.
		The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (a UK Government Minister) assumed responsibility for the powers of the Assembly.
		When you vote in an election for the Northern Ireland Assembly you will be given a ballot paper listing the candidates competing for the six seats in your constituency.
	www.aboutmyvote.co.uk /DemoInst/NIAss.cfm?OfficeID=19 (483 words)

	NORTHERN IRELAND PROGRESS
		VOICE: It was a close call, but the leading pro- British Protestant party in Northern Ireland has endorsed the reinstatement of a provincial government in which power will be shared with "Nationalist" Catholics, including members of Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army's political wing.
		A durable peace in Northern Ireland will require not only the kind of political changes that are developing but also a change in powerful institutions like the police.
		Those are eminently solvable problems - - especially if the thinking in Northern Ireland continues to evolve away from centuries of distrust toward a new era of community.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2000/05/000530-ireland1.htm (1042 words)

	Northern Ireland Assembly Transition - Boston College (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Agreement signed in Belfast on 10 April and its decisive endorsement in the subsequent referenda in both parts of the island of Ireland, has placed in the hands of members of the New Northern Ireland Assembly responsibility for completing the next stages of the journey.
		On behalf of the people and politicians of Northern Ireland, I would like to say how grateful we are to the United States Government, through the United States Information Service, and Boston College for providing funds and expertise to assist newly elected Assembly members and Civil Servants to prepare for the challenges they face.
		This week-long programme is designed to provide legislators from the Northern Ireland Assembly with tools and ideas that will help them carry out their legislative task by using United States legislators as a model.
	www.bc.edu /centers/irish/institute/programs/programsbyyear/1997-98/niat (735 words)

	CNN - Ireland's legislative assembly begins work - September 14, 1998
		BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- The new legislative Assembly of Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland launched into partisan but peaceful debate Monday over how to govern this long-divided province in partnership.
		Convening for only the second time, the 108 members of the legislature -- elected in June as the key element in a historic agreement on sharing power in Northern Ireland -- took their seats inside the new, horseshoe-shaped chamber of Stormont Parliamentary Building in east Belfast.
		After lunch, the Assembly got down to more fundamental business with addresses from Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble and SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon, who were elected to lead the fledgling government during the Assembly's only previous session in July.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/europe/9809/14/nireland.01/index.html (702 words)

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