Decommissioning in Northern Ireland was a process in the Belfast Agreement as part of the Northern Ireland peace process. Under the Belfast Agreement, all paramilitary groups fighting in The Troubles would decommission. The concern about decommissioning was a defining issue in the effort to negotiate a peace in Northern Ireland.
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