Video interview with Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, for ITN on 23 July 1999. By the summer of 1999 talks had stalled over the formation of a Northern Ireland power-sharing Executive with Sinn Fein stating that they could not deliver IRA decommissioning before the Executive met while the UUP insisted that IRA decommissioning take place before Sinn Fein entered into government. The sense of political crisis was heightened on 15 July by the non-attendance of the UUP at Stormont to nominate ministers to the Executive, the abstention of the DUP and Alliance parties from nominating and the resignation of Seamus Mallon as designate deputy First Minister. In this press interview, Adams discusses the stability of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in light of these events.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 23 July 1999
Name of First Interviewee: Gerry Adams
Role at time of Interview: President of Sinn Fein
Purpose: News
Media: Audiovisual
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Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: ITN
Time Period covered: 1989-1999
Key Individuals: Gerry Adams, Tony Blair, Rosemary Nelson, Pat Finucane
Key Words: Sinn Fein, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, referendum, Stevens Inquiry, Saville Inquiry, collusion, intelligence