Casts of the same sculpture are located at Coventry cathedral, the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima and at the Berlin Wall. Yesterday's unveiling ceremony at Stormont was performed by local schoolchildren and the First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon. Mr Trimble and Mr Mallon said that reconciliation is the foundation of our political future.
Many problems still remain.
But we do believe that with an honest effort by all of us we can bring about a transformation that people here so emphatically voted for. Mr Mallon said the sculpture was a symbol of hope for the future and a signpost for the direction that we all seek to travel. In an effort to be reunited with him she travelled thousands of miles across war-torn Europe. The reconciliation sculpture was presented at Stormont yesterday by Canon Andrew White, director of the International Centre for Reconciliation at Coventry cathedral. Stones from Germany, Israel, Japan, and Coventry were also placed beside the Stormont sculpture.