Article 5 stated that the Irish Government could put forward proposals on behalf of the minority and clearly envisaged that these proposals would deal with questions such as human rights and discrimination. Article 6 went on to accept the Irish Government’s right to make proposals on the role and the composition of public bodies. These included the Police Authority. Security policy generally was deemed a matter for the conference under Article 7, as was the relationship of the security forces to the community and the question of prison administration.
