Peace document to be unveiled tomorrow

The Irish and British Governments' make-or-break peace proposals will be put to all the pro-agreement parties in the North tomorrow morning.

The document, seen as the last realistic chance to save the Good Friday Agreement, will be distributed to journalists at 10.30am, after the pro-agreement politicians have had time to consider its contents.

Both governments have asked all the parties to read the proposals carefully, but also to give a quick response.

There have been numerous rumours about what this landmark document will contain, but neither side has revealed any of the details.

Unionists have threatened to boycott fresh Assembly elections if there is no provision for the destruction of paramilitary arms, while nationalists are unlikely to endorse the plan unless Britain has agreed to change its Police Act on the future of policing in the North.

Whether the peace plan can attract the support of both communities remains to be seen, but Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have urged both unionists and nationalists to consider the plan and the consequences if it is rejected.