Decommissioning referred to arrangements to disarm paramilitary groups during the Northern Ireland peace process anchored by the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, implemented during Tony Blair's tenure as United Kingdom prime minister (1997â2007).
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The term 'decommissioning' denotes a formal disarmament process used in the Northern Ireland peace process and is cited as a precedent for similar post-conflict disarmament arrangements.