Transcript of an interview with Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, by Gwen Ifill for PBS Online NewsHour on 10 December 1999. On 11 October Peter Mandelson had been appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. On 25 November a power-sharing Executive was formed on the basis of the d’Hondt procedure. In this interview Mandelson discusses the potential for power-sharing government and the decommissioning of arms by paramilitaries.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 10 December 1999
Name of First Interviewee: Peter Mandelson
Role at time of Interview: Former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Interviewer: Gwen Ifill
Purpose: News
Media: Transcript
Copyright: Copyright © 1996-2013 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
Link: Read the interview
Programme/Book/Article: PBS Online NewsHour
Time Period covered: 1998-1999
Key Individuals: Peter Mandelson, John de Chastelain George Mitchell, David Trimble
Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, IRA, decommissioning, Sinn Fein, dissident republican, power-sharing