Transcript of interviews with John Hume, former leader of the SDLP, and David Trimble, First Minister of Northern Ireland, for the Academy of Achievement on 8 June 2002. In 1998 David Trimble and John Hume were the joint awardees of the Nobel Peace Prize. In these wide-ranging interviews they discuss their political careers and the evolution of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland. The Academy of Achievement is a US-based non-for-profit organisation which seeks to inspire future leaders through the celebration of outstanding achievements in the worlds of arts, business, culture and politics.
Date of Release/Broadcast: June 2002
Name of First Interviewee: John Hume
Name of Second Interviewee: David Trimble
Role at time of Interview: John Hume (former leader of the SDLP), David Trimble (First Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the SDLP)
Purpose: Research
Media: Transcript
Copyright:
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: Academy of Achievement
Time Period covered: 1968-2002
Key Individuals: John Hume, David Trimble, William Craig, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Gerry Adams
Key Words: SDLP, UUP, culture, religion, gerrymandering, education, unemployment, youth, Credit Union, economy, housing, civil rights, Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, IRA, British government, Irish government, Constitutional Convention, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Anglo-Irish Agreement, Sinn Féin, Hume-Adams talks, Downing Street Declaration, ceasefire, European Union, decommissioning, parade, Drumcree, paramilitary, UDF, Afganistan, UDA