Guest: John, Lord Alderdice
- 8 February 2022
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John, Lord Alderdice, a sitting member of the House of Lords, shares his thoughts on the leadership qualities that bring peace, promote peace, and maintain peace. He also discusses the relationships driving successful conflict resolution, starting with the relationship we have with ourselves, and extending through the systems and cultures in which we operate, our past relationships, and future generations who will experience the consequences of our actions.
About John, Lord Alderdice
In the last thirty years, John, Lord Alderdice has been involved in almost every aspect of the Irish Peace Process. As Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland from October 1987, he played a significant role in all the talks between the political parties and the British and Irish Governments on the resolution of the historic conflict in Ireland through to the negotiation of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. He then retired as Alliance Leader and became the first Speaker of the new Northern Ireland Assembly, leading the establishment of the new legislature. He retired as Speaker in 2004 on his appointment to the Independent Monitoring Commission, tasked by the British and Irish Governments with closing down terrorist operations and overseeing normalization of security activity in Northern Ireland. He also established, and for some years, chaired the Centre for Democracy and Peace Building in Belfast, which works on the cultural and attitudinal changes that will complete the Irish Peace Process and gives support to colleagues working in other areas of conflict.