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The 19 pages that link to Northern Ireland Assembly, each with the reason it gives.

• Good Friday AgreementBroader topic: It is the agreement’s central devolved institution, with executive authority shared across political communities.

• The TroublesRelated: Power-sharing institutions translated the settlement into a new system of government.

• Parliament of the United KingdomCompared with: Its local powers and power-sharing structure distinguish it from the UK’s national legislature.

• Northern IrelandBroader topic: It makes laws on many domestic matters under devolution.

• Devolution in the United KingdomBroader topic: It legislates on transferred matters through a power-sharing system.

• Northern Ireland peace processBroader topic: It institutionalized local democratic government after the agreement.

• Power-sharingBroader topic: Its rules require cross-community support for certain decisions.

• Gerry AdamsRelated: The settlement Adams supported created the political framework for this assembly.

• Ian PaisleyRelated: Paisley led the Assembly’s executive as first minister after devolution returned in 2007.

• David TrimbleBroader topic: The Agreement created the Assembly as a central institution of devolved government.

• Democratic Unionist PartyRelated: DUP representatives use Assembly seats to shape legislation and executive formation.

• Northern Ireland ExecutiveRelated: Assembly election results determine how ministerial offices are allocated.

• Ulster unionismRelated: Its power-sharing design requires unionist parties to govern alongside nationalist and other representatives.

• Northern Ireland ProtocolRelated: The Assembly received a mechanism to object to certain future changes in EU rules applying in Northern Ireland.

• Ulster Unionist PartyRelated: The party contests Assembly elections and participates in power-sharing government.

• Unionism in IrelandRelated: Unionist parties govern and contest power within the Assembly’s shared institutions.

• St Andrews AgreementRelated: Restoring the Assembly was the institutional outcome the agreement’s timetable sought to deliver.

• Martin McGuinnessRelated: McGuinness served as an Assembly member while participating in the power-sharing executive.

• History of Northern IrelandBroader topic: Its operation depends on unionist and nationalist participation in government.