英国首相布莱尔演讲（7）
I want to talk today about a subject on which I\'ve probably spent almost as much time as anything else since I became Prime Ministeron government, on decommiioningthe best for a generationthe most important Agreement that has happened and a historic achievement in relations between Britain and Ireland since the Treaty 80 years ago. I believe that we, during that week of two years ago, got the balance right and the institutions were working extremely well, responding to the real needs of real people.All sides were beginning to reach out to each other.
Tragically therefore the institutions are in suspension.Above all else, the Prime Minister and myself and all of the Parties are determined to put them back in place at the earliest poible date.It\'s our highest priority to do that.We believe that the institutions are working for Loyalists and Republicans, for Unionists and Nationalists and can make Northern Ireland prosperous.
The economic prosperity in the North is beginning to grow.Peace is at its strongest ever.
Violence thankfully has practically stopped in all its respects.And if we can continue to renew our collective commitment to the Good Friday Agreement we can restore the institutions and bring forward the implementation of all the Agreements and all its aspects. I agree fully with the Prime Minister that on iues of human rights, on equality, of the implementation of many parts of the Agreement, that it\'s worked extraordinarily well.
We are seeing peaceful cooperation between communities.We are seeing greater cooperation North and South and in the period that the north south bodies were operating, we saw the prosperity of the islands moving forward.
And what is true of our excellent economic relations holds good for cooperation in sports and politics, in culture and social life. I am proud of the quality of the relationships between Ireland and Britain that\'s been built up by Tony Blair and I over the last two years.And I wanted to publicly acknowledge the role which everybody plays to do that and particularly what the British Government have done.
I believe that strong Anglo-Irish relations are a great source to our country and I am determined to make them stronger in every way moving forward.The relations between Ireland and Britain on the economic front have never been better.And the level of economic inter-dependence between us has never been greater.
And for all of these reasons, and the fact that our people are now again travelling acro the sea - an enormous part of tourism and an enormous part of investment, last year 3.4 million people visited Ireland from Britain, this new relationship which we have built up together can be completed and we can see the Good Friday Agreement in all its respects in an inclusive way with all of the parties working together succefully implemented.
I look forward on the other side of the Easter break to continuing this work with the British Prime Minister and thank him for the enormous amount of involvement and commitment and dedication he\'s given to it over the last three years.
