UUP leader David Trimble, who is first minister in the four-party coalition, faces a stiff test on Oct. 28 when critics will urge a special party conference to tie him to a speedy withdrawal from government if the IRA does not give way. So we must just wait and see. But if they don't start delivering, then they are the ones who would have wrecked the Belfast Agreement. But Seamus Mallon, the most powerful Catholic in the power-sharing government, was upbeat about its survival. It will go from strength to strength.
Unionists argue a second inspection is long overdue.
Sinn Fein says it would have happened by now if Britain had lived up to commitments on new policing arrangements and reductions in troop levels. Britain denies the charge. International Action Network on Small Arms. All Rights Reserved.