Good Friday Agreement |This article is part of the series:
Politics and government of The Good Friday Agreement or Belfast
Agreement (Irish: Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste or Comhaontú Aoine an
Chéasta; Ulster-Scots: Bilfawst Greeance or Guid Friday
Greeance)1 was a major political development in the Northern
Ireland peace process of the 1990s. The present constitutional
status of Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom, and
Northern Ireland's devolved system of government are based on
the Agreement. The Agreement also created a number of
institutions between Northern Ireland and the Republic of
Ireland and between the Republic of Ireland and the United
Kingdom. - a multi-party agreement by most of Northern Ireland's
political parties; - an international agreement between the
British and Irish governments (the British-Irish Agreement). The
Agreement set out a complex series of provisions relating to a
number of areas including: - The status and system of government
of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdo