By the same token, some people were positively hostile to the body. They should look at the terms of the Agreement and the functions of this body and ask themselves what threat there is in the establishment of a monitoring commission to report to the two Governments on the situation that exists on the ground in Northern Ireland with regard to paramilitarism and demilitarisation, or the political commitment within the institutions to making them work. If they are committed to the Agreement and to exclusively peaceful and democratic means what possible threat is there to their interest that such a body should now exist? I particularly ask the republican movement to co-operate fully with this body in future because it poses no threat to it. On the contrary, it is balanced and reasonable having regard to the interests republicans in Northern Ireland claim to represent.