In selecting the topic for its discussions, the MSN took into account recent experience in Colombia, where a peace agreement had been reached in December 2016 and where the nature of the process and its support had evolved with the transition from “agreement” to “implementation of an agreement”. In a case where most of the implementation did not begin until after the signing of the peace agreement, Colombia highlighted the challenges of moving from the negotiating table to reality and highlighted the possibilities for dialogue and mediation in the context of the agreement. The annual meeting of the Belfast Agreement and Good Friday in Northern Ireland, signed on 10 April 1998, also stagnated on the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the Belfast Agreement and Good Friday in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has provided a useful longer-term reference point in light of recent developments in Colombia and has provided important information on the long-term nature and impact of implementing a peace agreement. The terms “global agreements” and “framework agreements” are often used interchangeably. However, there is a small difference between the two types of agreements: peace agreements are not always structured in the same way. Sometimes it is just a document made up of different chapters or discrete components. In other cases, any essential element may be part of a comprehensive agreement or be a separate agreement negotiated separately and at different times in a peace process. The content of an agreement also differs from conflict to conflict. The nature of war, the contentious issues and how to end the war are factors that will change the structure and content of a peace agreement. Civil or national wars are usually caused by a failure of governance.
Peace agreements that end these conflicts often focus on rebuilding governance mechanisms. Disputed issues in intergovernmental wars are normally related to security or territory. Peace agreements that end intergovernmental conflicts focus primarily on agreements to improve security and clarify territorial issues. [2] Thus, in each of these cases, the content of the peace agreements will obviously be different. How to end a war also has an impact on the content of an agreement.