Those who were calling for re-negotiation of the Agreement must realise that the two Governments are not in a position to re-negotiate it. They will review it, as they have undertaken to do to the electorates North and South, and to the people of these islands. The fundamental principles of a partnership society, creation of a sense of equality, recognition of east-west and North-South relations and the need to share in executive power in Northern Ireland cannot be re-negotiated, no more than can the constitutional arrangements between the two sovereign Governments and the restatement of the Irish position on the status of Northern Ireland. None of these matters is up for re-negotiation. In that context, it is open to everyone now to ask whether the exact technical details and minute provisions for the operation of the institutions in Northern Ireland can be altered as a consequence of a review. That is an area in which there is sufficient room for people to asses the present position in the light of what has happened.