Interview with David Andrews and John de Chastelain by Noel Thompson for the US-Ireland Alliance Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords on 10 April 2008
Video interview with David Andrews, former Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Jean de Chastelain, Chairman of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, by Noel Thompson for the US-Ireland Alliance 'Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords' on 10 April 2008. In a symposium on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement attended by fourteen of its original negotiators, Andrews and de Chastelain discuss the final days of negotiations leading to the agreement. The US-Ireland Alliance is a non-for-profit organisation, founded in 1998, which strengthens relations between the United States and the island of Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 16 April 2008
Name of First Interviewee: David Andrews
Name of Second Interviewee: John de Chastelain
Role at time of Interview: David Andrews (Former Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs), John de Chastelain (Chairman of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning)
Interviewer: Noel Thompson
Purpose: News, Research
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © US-Ireland Alliance
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: US-Ireland Alliance Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords
Time Period covered: 1998-2008
Key Individuals: David Andrews, John de Chastelain, Tony Blair, George Mitchell
Key Words: Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement