De Chastelain: 'We can't force people to believe us'

Head of the international decommissioning commission General John de Chastelain has said that no one on the commission could force anyone to believe their announcement that the IRA had puts its weapons beyond use.

De Chastelain: 'We can't force people to believe us'

Head of the international decommissioning commission General John de Chastelain has said that no one on the commission could force anyone to believe their announcement that the IRA had puts its weapons beyond use.

He accepted that an element of trust was necessary to accept the historic announcement.

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