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	Referendum
		Northern Ireland referendum, 1973 The Northern Ireland referendum of 1973 was a Republic of Ireland to form a United Ire...
		Referendum A referendum or plebiscite (plural; referendums or referenda, plebiscites) is a general electorate is request...
		Scotland referendum, 1997 The Scotland referendum of 1997 was a pre-legislative Scotland referendum, 1979.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/referendum.html (317 words)

	Northern Ireland referendum, 1998 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Northern Ireland referendum of 1998 was a referendum held in Northern Ireland only over whether there was support for the Good Friday Agreement.
		Of the local Northern Ireland parties represented in the Northern Ireland Peace Forum, the Ulster Unionist Party, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Sinn Fein, Alliance, Progressive Unionist Party, Ulster Democratic Party, Northern Ireland Women's Coalition and local "Labour" groups supported the proposals.
		Another referendum on the agreement was held in the Republic of Ireland on the same day: see Ireland referendum, 1998.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northern_Ireland_referendum,_1998 (342 words)

	Encyclopedia: Northern Ireland referendum, 1998
		A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal.
		Northern Ireland is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom.
		The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Northern-Ireland-referendum,-1998 (768 words)

	1998
		Northern Ireland Act 1998 The Northern Ireland Act 1998 is part of the Northern Ireland Peace Process.
		Scotland Act 1998 The Scotland Act 1998 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament.
		Venezuelan presidential election, 1998 A presidential election was held in the 1998.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/1998.html (1236 words)

	Agreement on Northern Ireland
		The Assembly welcomes the agreement on Northern Ireland of 10 April 1998 reached in the multi-party negotiations and concluded between the governments of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
		Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, has an area of 13,483 sq km (covering six of the nine counties which made up the province of Ulster) and a population of 1,610,268 at June 1992, compared with 3,503,000 in the Republic of Ireland.
		Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom as long as that is the wish of a majority of the people who live there.
	assembly.coe.int /Documents/WorkingDocs/doc98/edoc8134.htm (4508 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 resounding commitment to the settlement was demonstrated in a dual referendum on May 22, 1998: the North approved the accord by a vote of 71% to 29%, and in the Irish Republic 94% favored it.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108101.html (1928 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)

	CNN.com - Unionist demands unification vote - March 9, 2002
		He said he was confident the poll would result in Northern Ireland remaining part of the United Kingdom and force Republicans to end calls for separation.
		He argued the current status in Northern Ireland gave "the right balance of Britishness and Irishness" to its people and was the best prospect socially, politically, and economically.
		Trimble was also responding to recent claims by Republican leaders that a united Ireland was inevitable in the medium term given increases in the population of Northern Ireland's Roman Catholic minority.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/03/09/nire.vote (571 words)

	Close Up Foundation Civics Education \| Northern Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The whole of Ireland was governed by the British from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century, during which time the British encouraged Protestant settlement in the northeastern corner of the predominantly Catholic country.
		To the Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfast, September 3, 1998.
		Northern Ireland Office (Office of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland).
	www.closeup.org /nireland.htm (6245 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Economy - overview
		In 1998, international financial turmoil caused by Russia's problems and increasing investor anxiety over Brazil produced the highest domestic interest rates in more than three years, halving the growth rate of the economy.
		The government's expansionary monetary and fiscal policies, initiated in September 1998, led to GDP growth of 6.4% in 1999 and 10.5% in 2000.
		Ireland is a small, modern, trade-dependent economy with growth averaging a robust 9% in 1995-2001.
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2116.html (16452 words)

	Ireland on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The island is divided into two major political units—Northern Ireland (see Ireland, Northern), which is joined with Great Britain in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland (see Ireland, Republic of).
		Of the 32 counties of Ireland, 26 lie in the Republic, and of the four historic provinces, three and part of the fourth are in the Republic.
		Mo MOWLAM, the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is confronted by a Nationalist during a walkabout.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Ireland.asp (736 words)

	Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1126
		- (1) For the purposes of the referendum, the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland shall be the counting officer.
		In paragraph (2)(d), for the words from "parliamentary" to the end there shall be substituted "the referendum without applying for the cancellation of a previous appointment of a third person then in force or without withdrawing a pending application for such an appointment".
		Article 5(1) provides that the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland is to be the counting officer and article 5(4) requires him to certify the result of the referendum.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1998/19981126.htm (5687 words)

	CAIN: Politics; Election - Referendum in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland, 22 May 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On 22 May 1998 referenda were held in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland on 'The Agreement' reached during the multi-party talks at Stormont.
		In Northern Ireland the electorate were asked a simple question on whether or not they supported The Agreement.
		The referendum in Northern Ireland was carried out on a single constituency basis so it was not possible to give a breakdown of the 'yes' and 'no' figures into the two main communities.
	cain.ulst.ac.uk /issues/politics/election/ref1998.htm (483 words)

	Online NewsHour: Violence in Northern Ireland -- July 9, 1998
		With the new Northern Ireland Assembly less than a month old, it is facing a rising tide of sectarian violence.
		Northern Ireland peace talks are scheduled to resume in September.
		A lot of what's been going on in terms of the peace agreement and the referendum and the new assembly is aimed at trying to break that cycle, but it hasn't broken this one.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/july-dec98/nireland_7-9.html (2137 words)

	Mitchell: accord offers hope for peace in Northern Ireland - October 26, 1998
		Under Mitchell's leadership, the historic accord ending decades of conflict was agreed upon by the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom and the political parties of Northern Ireland.
		Last May, the agreement was overwhelmingly endorsed by the voters of Ireland, north and south, in a referendum.
		The agreement provides for the establishment of a new Northern Ireland assembly, which Mitchell said is the first form of self government in the province in more than a quarter century.
	www.advance.uconn.edu /1998/981026/10269803.htm (839 words)

	Juris - "Is an Orderly Transfer of Responsibility Legal News for Ireland?" by Jennifer Czernecki, Lori ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The BIC council is comprised of representatives of the British and Irish governments, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
		In Northern Ireland, the changes that occurred as a result of the referendum were enforced in the Northern Ireland Act of 1998 ("Northern Ireland Act").
		The changes to the Constitution of Ireland, resulting in the relinquishing of claims to jurisdiction in Northern Ireland, and the establishment of a devolved and inclusive government in Northern Ireland through the Northern Ireland Act are significant because they focus less on the land and more on the people.
	www.juris.duq.edu /winter2001/orderly.htm (4389 words)

	British Politics - The Northern Ireland Agreement (April 10, 1998)
		1 (1) It is hereby declared that Northern Ireland in its entirety remains part of the United Kingdom and shall not cease to be so without the consent of a majority of the people of Northern Ireland voting in a poll held for the purposes of this section in accordance with Schedule 1.
		Northern Ireland to be represented by the first minister, deputy first minister and any relevant ministers, the Irish government by the taoiseach and relevant ministers, all operating in accordance with the rules for democratic authority and accountability in force in the Northern Ireland assembly and the Oireachtas respectively.
		They equally recognise that Northern Ireland's history of deep divisions has made it highly emotive, with great hurt suffered and sacrifices made by many individuals and their families, including those in the RUC and other public servants.
	www.australianpolitics.com /uk/98-04-10ireland-agreement.shtml (9077 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.infoplease.com /spot/northireland1.html (3047 words)

	Irish Law - Irish Constitution
		Brehon Law was one of the earliest forms of law in Ireland and there have recently been attempts by the Brehon Law Project (see www.irishlaw.org/siteinfo/brehonlink.shtml) to revive interest in the subject.
		From the late twelfth century, Ireland was increasingly governed by English common law and by 1800 Ireland was fully integrated into the United Kingdom by the Act of Union passed in that year.
		In 1972 the Constitution was amended to recognise Ireland’s membership of the EEC (now the EU) and there have been similar amendments to recognise major new European Treaties such as the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997.
	www.ucc.ie /law/irishlaw/constitution (439 words)

	Clinton Scraps Northern Ireland Visit - May 7, 1998
		The peace accord struck April 10 among eight parties and the British and Irish governments is aimed at ending 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland.
		Clinton met in the White House on Thursday with victims of the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland and announced that his administration remained committed to helping spur Irish economic development.
		James Lyons, Clinton's special adviser on economic issues for Ireland, told reporters after the meeting that a Clinton visit to Belfast and Dublin could have boosted voting in the May 22 referendum, but the president felt it best to keep his distance for now.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1998/05/07/northern.ireland (625 words)

	The Troubles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 1998 (Nicholas Whyte)
		Politics in Northern Ireland - The Assembly and Religious breakdown in Northern Ireland constituencies (Belfast Telegraph)
		Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act 1996
	zeus.uwindsor.ca /courses/ps/dartnell/troubles.html (1956 words)

	Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1286
		This Order may be cited as the Northern Ireland Referendum (Counting Officer's Charges) Order 1998 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
		(2) The maximum recoverable amounts at the referendum in respect of the expenses specified in Part A of the Schedule are hereby specified as the amounts set out in the right-hand column of that Part in respect of each entry set out opposite thereto in the left-hand column of that Part.
		Parts A and B of the Schedule specify the kinds of expenses incurred by the counting officer for or in connection with the referendum in respect of which he is entitled to recover his charges, together (in the case of Part A) with the maximum recoverable amounts in respect of those charges.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1998/19981286.htm (1209 words)

	Peace Polls for Conflict Resolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is of vital importance that all the lessons of the Northern Ireland peace process are placed at the disposal of the international community and this enterprise should certainly include the new methodologies developed by Dr. Irwin.
		Over 90% of the people of Northern Ireland wanted the peace process to succeed and were willing to have their political representatives reach an accommodation to achieve this outcome.
		Although the Mitchell Review moved the Northern Ireland peace process forward by creating conditions in which the Executive could be established the hardening of both Ulster Unionist and IRA attitudes towards the question of decommissioning forced a suspension of the Executive in February of 2000.
	www.peacepolls.org (3284 words)

	Workers' Liberty and the Northern Ireland referendum. Workers' Liberty #63, July 2000.
		The resolution put to the 1999 Conference of the Alliance for Workers' Liberty by John Bloxam and Pat Murphy was a well-reasoned defence of the decision by the AWL National Committee to recommend a 'yes' vote in the 1998 Northern Ireland referendum.
		Occasions have arisen (the Common Market referendum, for example) where abstaining was arguably the best option, but the Northern Ireland referendum was not such a case.
		In some interesting articles on Lenin and Ireland in WL 22 and WL 23, Sean Matgamna demonstrates that 'Lenin's writings on Ireland were only casual journalism, worthless and worse if taken as paradigms for socialist politics'.
	archive.workersliberty.org /wlmags/wl63/roger.htm (1145 words)

	Harp Mailing List 1998/05 Archive: Re: Northern Ireland Referendum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As someone who is from Northern Ireland, the
		Referendum has been fairly dominating in my thoughts.
		morning of the Referendum and I will be voting later today.
	www.tns.lcs.mit.edu /harp/archives/1998.05/0420.html (229 words)

	Northern Ireland (Elections) Act 1998
		(4) The initial members shall be returned at an election for the constituencies in Northern Ireland which would return members to the Parliament of the United Kingdom if a general election were held on the date of the passing of this Act.
		(2) A person who is Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant or Lieutenant for a county or county borough in Northern Ireland is disqualified for membership of the Assembly for a constituency comprising the whole or part of the county or county borough.
		A written or oral statement made by a member in or for the purposes of the Assembly (or any committee it may establish) shall be privileged from action for defamation unless it is proved to have been made with malice.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /acts/acts1998/19980012.htm (1583 words)

	Northern Ireland on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The patriot game: the terrorism in (and from) Northern Ireland will continue, until the politicians dare to stop it.
		ASG Opens Development Center in Belfast, Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland Office Serves as Software Firm's European Development Hub.
		Statement on new initiatives in support of peace in Northern Ireland.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/x/x-n1rthrni1r.asp (542 words)

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