The Guid Fryday Greeance (GFG), kent forby as the Bilfawst Greeance (Inglis: Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement; Erse: Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste), is a pair o greeances signed on 10 Apryle 1998 that endit maist o the violence o the Truibils, a pooer conflict in Norlan Airlan that haed bin gaun on syne the 1960s. It served as a big development in the Norlan Airlan peace process o the 1990s. Norlan Airlan's present devolved sýstem o guvernment is based on the greeance. The greeance forby makkit a wheen o institutions atween Norlan Airlan an the Republic o Airlan, an atween the Republic o Airlan an the Unitit Kinrick.
| Type | Multilateral greeance |
|---|---|
| Signed | 10 Apryle 1998 |
| Location | Bilfawst, Norlin Airlan |
| Effective | 2 December 1999 |
| Pairties | Govrenment o the Unitit Kinrick Govrenment o Airlan Pairties in Norlan Airlan |
| Leid | Inglis |
| Type | Bilateral international greeance |
|---|---|
| Signed | 10 Apryle 1998 |
| Location | Bilfawst, Norlin Airlan |
| Effective | 2 December 1999 |
| Original signatories | Tony Blair • Bertie Ahern Mo Mowlam • David Andrews |
| Pairties |  Unitit Kinrick Republic o Airlan |
| Leid | Inglis |
Iessues anent sovereignty, cievil an cultural richts, decommissionin o airms, demilitarisation, justice an policin wis central tae the greeance.
The greeance wus appruved bi voters athort the island o Ireland in twa referendums haudit on the 22 Mey 1998. In Norlan Airlan, voters wis spiert in the 1998 Norlan Airlan Guid Fryday Greeance referendum whether they supportit the multi-pairty greeance. In the Republic o Airlan, voters wis spiert whether thay wad allou the state tae sign the greeance an allou necessar constitutional chynges (Nineteent Amendment o the Constitution o Airlan) tae facilitate it. The fowk, bodies o baith jurisdictions needit tae appruve the greeance sae's effect cud be gien tae it.
The Brits–Erse Greeance cam intae force on the 2 December 1999. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) wus the ainly major political group in Northern Ireland tae oppone the Greeance.[1]
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