Dr. Etain Tannam:

Yes, if there is time. What came up conclusively in our discussions, if not exclusively, and it came up from Mary C. Murphy last week as well was whether reconciliation can happen simultaneously, preceding or not at all. There are views that we cannot make judgments on in our report about that.

Professor McCrudden has said that if local people or groups on the ground want to go ahead then there is nothing stopping that and does not need governments. I would think again that the whole human framework, which may not be in the report, would be that the intergovernmental aspect would provide that. Engagement and reconciliation would be driven at that level. We could not answer that question but there is a core divide between those who say that reconciliation can happen and we should first bring everyone along or it cannot happen until a referendum is held.