Senator George Mitchell Keynote – Building Peace: The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. APRIL 2018

Senator George J Mitchell delivered the keynote address at the anniversary event to mark 20 years since the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement.

Key figures from the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement gathered at Queen’s University Belfast on Tuesday, 10 April 2018 for a public event to mark 20 years on from the signing of the peace agreement.

Chair of the talks and former US Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, Senator George J. Mitchell was joined by Dr Bill Clinton, Dr Tony Blair, Jonathan Powell, Dr Bertie Ahern, Gerry Adams, Lord David Trimble, Professor Monica McWilliams, Dr Seamus Mallon, Lord John Alderdice, and Peter Robinson as well as a number of community leaders and academics.

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Karen Bradley; Tánaiste, Simon Coveney; Liz O’Donnell; Mark Durkan; Lord Reg Empey; David Andrews; Conor Murphy and Dermot Nesbitt were also in attendance.