Interview with George Mitchell and Dawn Purvis 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 George Mitchell, former United States Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, and Dawn Purvis, leader of the PUP, 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, Mitchell and Purvis are interviewed on the subject of personal relations between political leaders during the Peace Process. 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: George Mitchell
Name of Second Interviewee: Dawn Purvis
Role at time of Interview: George Mitchell (Former United States Special Envoy to Northern Ireland), Dawn Purvis (leader of the PUP)
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: George Mitchell, Dawn Purvis, David Ervine
Key Words: Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement, community relations, ideology, PUP, Sinn Fein