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Robinson and McGuinness to release NI 'shared future 'paper Robinson and McGuinness set Christmas deadline on flags
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The first and deputy first ministers are expected to release their shared future strategy paper for Northern Ireland later. Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers have set a Christmas deadline for agreement on the questions of flags, parades and the past.
The document - Together Building A United Community - will spell out how the barriers will be reduced between the two communities in NI. Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness want a cross party group tasked with finding a way forward on the issues to meet within the next four weeks.
It is expected to confirm the 10-year target date for taking down all of the peace walls. The ministers hope representatives of the five main Stormont parties will join the group.
The target was set by Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness earlier in May. They want an independent chair with the qualities of Senator George Mitchell.
The paper is also expected to provide more detail including proposals on how the agencies dealing with community relations may be reformed. He chaired the talks that led to the Good Friday agreement.
There is also a proposal to establish a "united youth programme". This would offer 10,000 people aged between 16 and 24 who are not in education, employment or training, a one-year placement. The ministers do not intend to impose their choice of chair - instead they are looking for suggestions from all the participants in the cross party group.
After Thursday's meeting of the power sharing executive, the first and deputy first ministers published a strategy for building a shared future called Together: Building a United Community.
The document confirms proposals revealed earlier this month that include a ten-year timetable for removing peace walls and plans for more shared education campuses and thousands of work placements for young people not currently employed or on a course.
It also extends cross community work further down the age range and confirmis plans for a "buddy scheme" to bring nursery and primary school children from different backgrounds together.
At a briefing on Thursday, the ministers outlined their plans for a second visit to China this weekend, when they hope to meet senior Chinese leaders in Beijing.
Both politicians strongly rejected suggestions that their trips overseas are junkets. Both men said they would rather stay at home than make such long international trips, but bringing jobs back to Northern Ireland depended on developing relationships with influential people in emerging markets.
The first minister rejected suggestions that the politicians should consider taking economy flights or staying in two-star hotels. Mr Robinson said some people appeared to want Stormont leaders to take a tent and camp in a park.
He said Stormont trips cost significantly less than those made by other administrations but "if you want us to go by EasyJet or Flybe, then you'll be perceived, in whatever country you go to, in exactly that manner".