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The British–Irish Council (sometimes known as the Council of the Isles) is a body created by the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement). Its membership includes representatives from throughout the ' British Isles'. Its stated aim is to "promote the harmonious and mutually beneficial development of the totality of relationships among the peoples of these islands". Its participants are the:
The council meets in two formats. Heads of government meet in two British–Irish Council summits per year. Additionally, there are regular meetings that deal with specific sectors of discussion and are attended by the appropriate ministers. Among other topics of mutual interest, members focus on:
- Misuse of Drugs
- Environment
- Knowledge Economy
- Social Inclusion
- Telemedicine
- Tourism
- Transport
- Minority and Lesser-Used Languages
- Welsh
- Manx
- Scottish Gaelic
- Irish
- Dgèrnésiais
- JèrriaisJerriais is a form of Norman language spoken in Jersey in the Channel Islands. However, it has been in decline over the past century, as English has increasingly become the language of education, commerce and administration. A similar language, Dgernesiai
- Ulster ScotsUlster Scots (and Ullans an alternative name by which it is known) are recent terms for the varieties of Lowland Scots spoken in parts of Ulster in Ireland. Native speakers traditionally called it (Braid) Scots or Scotch as did James Orr in The Irish Cott
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- Politics of the Republic of IrelandThe Republic of Ireland is a sovereign, independent state. It is a representative democracy under a parliamentary system of government, with a president, prime minister and parliament. The capital city is Dublin. While there are a number of important poli
- Languages in the United KingdomThe United Kingdom has no official language. English is the main language and the de facto official language, spoken monolingually by an estimated 95% of the UK population. However, some nations and regions of the UK have frameworks for the promotion of a
- Irish language in Northern IrelandThe Irish language is a minority language in Northern Ireland, known in Irish as Tuaisceart Eireann or na se chontae (the six counties). Irish received official recognition in Northern Ireland for the first time under the Good Friday Agreement. A cross-bo
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