The North-South bodies, together with the North-South Ministerial Council to which they are accountable, are a key element of what was agreed on Good Friday 1998. The Agreement is unique in that it recognises and reflects the totality of relationships in these islands, one of which is the relationship between the two parts of this island. The provisions for formal North-South co-operation contained in strand two of the Agreement are a recognition of the importance of this relationship. In the North-South Ministerial Council and the North-South bodies we at last have a forum in which the relationship can be expressed and developed.