《《Introduction_to_Northern_Ireland》.ppt

Northern Ireland 2011 August Focal Points Geographical features Ordinary people’s life Economy Roots of political problems in Northern Ireland Hostilities Between Catholic and Protestant Communities Steps Toward Peace A New Coalition Government New Problems Giant’s Causeway What are the roots of political problems in Northern Ireland?  Ethnical reasons Religious reasons Colonial administration gave rise to resentment among local Catholics Immigration policy encouraged immigrants from Britain Further social and economic deprivation from the local Catholics Hostilities Between Catholic and Protestant Communities ? What efforts did the nationalists take to gain an independent Ireland? ? What happened in 1921? ? What means did Catholics conduct in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1970’s? ? Who were the majority of victims ? Steps Toward Peace ? How was a multilateral agreement achieved in 1973? What’s the result of the agreement? ? What happened in Hunger Strikes in the 1980’s? ? What’s the special point about the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985? ? What’s the main content of Downing-Street Declaration in 1993? A New Coalition Government The Good Friday Agreement , 1998 A NEW PROBLEM(After the 1998 Good Friday Agreement) 1999 IRA claimed that they refused to disarm prior to the formation of Northern Ireland’s new provincial cabinet (the new government); while, unionists demanded disarmament first. At the end of the year, leader of Ulster Unionists took a difficult leap in agreeing to form a government prior to Sinn Fein’s disarmament. But meanwhile, they threatened that they would withdraw from the Northern Ireland Parliament, shutting down the new government, if IRA didn’t carry out destruction of the weapons by Jan. 31, 2000. 2000 Sinn Fein had made little progress toward disarmament; and claimed they had not made any such commitment. As a result, the British government suspended Northern Irish Parliament once again, and impos