To democratic and exclusively peaceful means of resolving political issues;
To the total disarmament of all
paramilitary organisations;
To agree that such disarmament must be verifiable to the satisfaction of an independent commission;
To renounce for themselves, and to oppose any effort by others, to use force, or threaten to use force, to influence the course or the outcome of all-party negotiations;
To agree to abide by the terms of any agreement reached in all-party negotiations and to resort to democratic and exclusively peaceful methods in trying to alter any aspect of that outcome with which they may disagree; and,
To urge that "punishment" killings and beatings stop and to take effective steps to prevent such actions.[2]
Sinn Féin's acceptance of the principles[1] was strongly criticised by more hardline
republicans and led to resignations within the party.