The Good Friday Agreement provided for the allocation of resources, including legal and financial resources, necessary to meet the needs of the victims of the problems. The agreement also recognises the role of the Northern Ireland Victims Commission. The Northern Ireland Victims Commission was tasked with producing a report on how to commemorate the 3,600 victims and 40,000 injured during the riots. On 13 May 1998, the Commission issued its recommendation on compensation for victims of violence and their self-help groups; An official ombudsman has been organized to deal with, among other things, the requests and complaints of victims, the creation of a physical monument. Agreement on administrative support to the Citizens` Forum and establishment of guidelines for the selection of representatives of the Citizens` Forum. Some observers have long feared that Britain`s withdrawal from the EU could threaten the Good Friday Agreement; This includes Tony Blair, the British prime minister who presided over the deal. Former Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar repeated this point in March 2018, saying brexit “threatens to widen a gap between Britain and Ireland, between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and perhaps between the two communities in Northern Ireland”. Sinn Fein leaders described Brexit as “the most serious threat in the history of the peace process”. 1. The State may agree to be bound by the United Kingdom-Ireland Agreement concluded in Belfast in 1998, hereinafter referred to as `the Agreement`. Northern Ireland`s political parties in favour of the agreement were also invited to consider the creation of an independent consultation forum representing civil society with members with expertise in social, cultural, economic and other issues, appointed by both administrations. A framework for the North-South Consultation Forum was agreed in 2002 and in 2006 the Northern Ireland Executive agreed to support its establishment.

1. The two Governments will sign as soon as possible a new British-Irish Agreement replacing the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement, which contains agreements on constitutional matters and reaffirms their solemn commitment to support and, where appropriate, implement the agreement reached by the negotiators annexed to the United Kingdom-Ireland Agreement. The 1998 Act maintained the PR Electoral System (STV) in Northern Ireland. Elections were held in 2007 on the basis of this electoral system. These institutional arrangements, created in these three strands, are defined in the agreement as “interwoven and interdependent”. In particular, it notes that the functioning of the Northern Ireland Assembly and the North-South Council of Ministers is “so closely linked that the success of the other depends” and that participation in the North-South Council of Ministers is “one of the essential responsibilities associated with the relevant posts in [Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland]”. Various groups violated the ceasefire in 1998. In January 1998, peace talks nearly collapsed when The Loyalist Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) admitted their involvement in the murder of three Catholics, violating the ceasefire. After this admission, the UFF halted its campaign against the killing of Catholics.1 Talks continued and the parties reached a final agreement and signed a comprehensive peace agreement on April 10, 1998.

Under the Good Friday Agreement, a new power-sharing assembly for Northern Ireland was elected on 25 June 1998. In the 108-member assembly, the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) won 24 seats, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 28 seats, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 20 seats and Sinn Fein 18 seats. Thanks to inter-community support, David Trimble of the UUP (as a representative of the unionist community) became Prime Minister and Séamus Mallon of the SDLP (as a representative of the nationalist community) on 1 March. July 1998 elected Deputy Prime Minister.1 Issues related to sovereignty, civil and cultural rights, the dismantling of weapons, demilitarization, justice and law enforcement were at the heart of the agreement. .