It is important to remember that this was not across the province. It was isolated. Most of Northern Ireland got on with its life untroubled by these very serious issues,

It is also perhaps fitting that here in Northern Ireland a good part of our discussions focused on the Middle East,

Yet here we are for all the difficulties in Northern Ireland able to point back to real improvements in the security and the standards of living,

This year, 2006, is a very decisive year for Northern Ireland.

We have never come this far before. We've never been this close to a lasting settlement in Northern Ireland,

I hope we can actually bring about fairly soon a situation in Northern Ireland where everybody, even those who, at the moment, are skeptical of the process, can feel safe and confident.