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Burying the Hatchet
The Decommissioning of Paramilitary Arms in Northern Ireland

Corinna Hauswedell and Kris Brown

This is a co-publication of the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) and the Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity (INCORE).

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Contents

Preface

Zusammenfassung
German Summary

Part 1: The History of the Decommissioning Debate

  • Of Arms and the Men: Origin and Initial Development of the Issue
  • Institutionalisation of Decommissioning, 1996–1998: From the Mitchell Principles to the Agreement
  • Guns and Government, 1999–2000: Disarmament and Difficulties in Implementing the Agreement
  • From Crisis to the Rubicon? 2000–2001

Part 2: Small Arms–Bigger Issues

  • The Time Had Come: Burying the Hatchet
  • The “Twin Track” Approach of the Agreement— “Fudging” the Arms
  • Matters of Trust: External and Internal Involvement for Disarmament
  • Proliferation of Violence and the Momentum of Arms

Conclusions

Glossary

References


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