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The 10th of April, 1998 was a profoundly significant day in the long and painful history of violence in Northern Ireland. It was the day the Belfast - or Good Friday - Agreement was reached.

The agreement brought to an end a decades long sectarian conflict: on one side, Unionists wanting to remain part of the United Kingdom, and on the other, Nationalists, who wanted Northern Ireland to re-join the country to the south and be a united Republic of Ireland.

More than 3,500 people died between 1969 and 2010, and thousands were injured. On Tuesday, past and present leaders from the US, UK and Ireland will be in attendance in Northern Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Agreement.

Professor Monica McWilliams, from the cross-community Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition political party, was a participant in the multi-party peace negotiations, which led to the peace Agreement in 1998. She spoke to Newshour's Razia Iqbal and reflected on the peace process and what still needs to be done.

(Photo shows Monica McWilliams, the former Women's Coalition leader, taking part in a press conference in 2018. Credit: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

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