伦敦—大约整20年前，在经历了几个月的微妙而艰难的谈判后，北爱尔兰两大主要政治阵营的领导人 — — 一边是天主教民族主义者和共和党人，另一边是新教统一派 — — 签署了受难日协定（Good Friday Agreement ） ， 结束了30多年的暴力和流血。
LONDON – Almost exactly 20 years ago, after months of delicate and difficult negotiation, leaders of Northern Ireland’s two main political camps – Catholic nationalists and republicans on one side; Protestant unionists on the other – signed the Good Friday Agreement, ending more than 30 years of violence and bloodshed.