<P> Both the British and Irish governments committed to the early release of prisoners serving sentences in connection with the activities of paramilitary groups, provided that those groups continued to maintain "a complete and unequivocal ceasefire". Cases were reviewed individually . There was no amnesty for crimes which had not been prosecuted . </P> <P> A date of May 2000 was set for total disarming of all paramilitary groups . This was not achieved leading the assembly to be suspended on a number of occasions as a consequence of unionist objections . A series of rounds of decommissioning by the IRA took place (in October 2001, April 2002 and October 2003) and in July 2005 the IRA announced the formal end of its campaign . Loyalist decommissioning did not follow immediately . In June 2009, the UVF announced it had completed decommissioning and the UDA said it had started to decommission its arsenal . </P> <P> The agreement affirmed a commitment to "the mutual respect, the civil rights and the religious liberties of everyone in the community". The multi-party agreement recognised "the importance of respect, understanding and tolerance in relation to linguistic diversity", especially in relation to the Irish language, Ulster Scots, and the languages of Northern Ireland's other ethnic minorities, "all of which are part of the cultural wealth of the island of Ireland". </P> <P> The British government committed to incorporate the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) into the law of Northern Ireland and to the establishment of a Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission . Setting statutory obligations for public authorities in Northern Ireland to carry out their work "with due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity was set as a particular priority ." The Irish government committed to "(taking) steps to further the protection of human rights in its jurisdiction" and to the establishment of an Irish Human Rights Commission . </P>

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