But during the 2006 negotiations that restored power-sharing, the largest unionist party, the Democratic Unionists, secured a promise that no future minister could impose a non-selective system without cross-community consent.That consent has not emerged.
With the failure of the negotiations, Becket restored the sentences of excommunication on a number of royal officials, but Barre was not included among those specifically named even though many of his colleagues were.
Other important issues are negotiations over restoring the governor's cuts to numerous health care programs, reviving environmental spending initiatives and programs for needy families.
Hamas has long declared its readiness for negotiations to restore national unity, but Fatah has so far demanded that Hamas rescind control of Gaza before talks are held.
He also opened negotiations to restore diplomatic relations with the old enemy, Armenia, and enacted pro-democracy reforms that were designed to bring Turkey into the European Union.
The US and Cuba have held a second round of negotiations on restoring diplomatic relations after a half-century interruption, although an immediate breakthrough appeared unlikely.
What remains to be seen is whether Cuba will allow US diplomats to move around Cuba and maintain contacts with citizens including dissidents, the second point of contention in the negotiations on restoring full diplomatic relations.
A new round of negotiations to restore full diplomatic ties with Cuba will take place next week in Washington, according to a delegation ofUS senators who said they were hopeful the two sides would reach a deal soon.
Northern Ireland's second-largest Protestant party, the Ulster Unionists, pulled out of negotiations to restore the province's suspended local government in a protest over perceived breaches of the Irish Republican Army's cease-fire.
Negotiations on restoring democracy supported by the United States broke down when the coup regime refused to accept a compromise that would allow President Zelaya to return.
