Video interview with Reg Empey, leader of the UUP, by Noel Thompson for the US-Ireland Alliance 'Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords' on 10 April 2008. In a symposium on the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement attended by fourteen of its original negotiators, Empey is interviewed on the subject of negotiating the agreement. The US-Ireland Alliance is a non-for-profit organisation, founded in 1998, which strengthens relations between the United States and the island of Ireland.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 16 April 2008
Name of First Interviewee: Reg Empey
Role at time of Interview: Leader of the UUP and UUP MLA for Belfast East
Interviewer: Noel Thompson
Purpose: News, Research
Media: Audiovisual
Copyright: © US-Ireland Alliance
Link: Watch the interview
Programme/Book/Article: US-Ireland Alliance Symposium on the 10th Anniversary of the Good Friday Accords
Time Period covered: 1998-2008
Key Individuals: Reg Empey, John Taylor, Liz O'Donnell, Paul Murphy, Garret Fitzgerald, Bill Clinton
Key Words: Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement, UUP, British government, Irish government