Today marks 20 years since the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast.
It was overwhelmingly approved by referendums north and south of the border and was the culmination of a move towards peace.
Political leaders and those key to the drafting of the deal will meet in Belfast later.
Former US envoy to Northern Ireland, George Mitchell, says the renewed troubles in the north need to be put in context.
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