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An agreement to set up an Independent International Commission on Decommissioning is signed by the B

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Belfast, 13th July

Only the debris remains: they sweep With slow steady strides, relaxed And easy-going; there is no threat Or joy or fear or even triumph In their action. Battered tins and broken glass move Southwards, down the Lisburn Road. Sometimes the sun breaks through, A light wind lifts empty crisp-bags And torn sweet-wrappers; they glitter And suggest a story. One of the workmen stops, lifts A discarded beer-can and slowly, Deliber