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The propaganda of peace: The role of media and culture in the Northern Ireland peace process (Intellect Books, 2010). Sanders, Andrew. The Long Peace Process: The United States of America and Northern Ireland, 1960-2008 (2019) excerpt; White, Timothy J. and Martin Mansergh, eds. Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process (2014) excerpt
The Irish Army (Irish: an tArm) is the land component of the Defence Forces of Ireland. [6] As well as maintaining its primary roles of defending the State and internal security within the State, since 1958 the Army has had a continuous presence in peacekeeping missions around the world.
Ireland currently has U.N. peacekeeping forces in Lebanon and has deployed troops on missions including in Syria and East Timor. (Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) or Belfast Agreement (Irish: Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste; Ulster Scots: Guid Friday Greeance or Bilfawst Greeance) [1] is a pair of agreements signed on 10 April (Good Friday) 1998 that ended most of the violence of the Troubles, an ethno-nationalist conflict [2] in Northern Ireland since the late 1960s.
Stylised design combining a dove of peace and a hand extended for a handshake of reconciliation. The Forum for Peace and Reconciliation (Irish: an Fóram um Shíocháin agus Athmhuintearas [1]) was a forum established by the government of Ireland in October 1994 as part of the Northern Ireland peace process. [2]
In September 1946, the Naval Service was established as Ireland's maritime force and as a permanent component of the Defence Forces. Ireland became a member of the United Nations in 1955. The first contribution to peacekeeping was in 1958 when Army officers were assigned to the United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL).
The majority of the Irish people have always cherished Ireland's military neutrality, and recognise the positive values that inspire it, in peace-time as well as time of war. Neutrality has been the policy of the State in the event of armed conflict and has provided the basis for Ireland's wider efforts to promote international peace and security.
Ireland contributed 279 peacekeeping troops to the NATO led Kosovo Force, of which 12 personal are still active. [360] Latvia: 9 October 1991 [361] Ireland recognised Latvia's independence on 27 August 1991. Ireland has an embassy in Riga. Latvia has an embassy in Dublin. [362] Both countries are full members of the European Union and the ...