Having clearly sorted out most of their substantial differences, these two must now return to the multi-party negotiations and ensure that all voices are heard and taken into account.

McWilliams took one of these seats and was thus able to attend the multi-party negotiations that led to the intergovernmental Good Friday Agreement in 1998, which her party supported (but did not, as frequently reported, 'sign').

Goldstone's work enabled multi-party negotiations to remain on course despite repeated outbreaks of violence, and his willingness to criticise all sides led to him being dubbed "perhaps the most trusted man, certainly the most trusted member of the white establishment" in South Africa.

"If there is implementation according to the letter and spirit of the agreement, we will be moving rapidly toward the commencement of multi-party negotiations," he said.

At the time of the attack the World Trade Centre was the venue for multi-party negotiations to end the apartheid system through the country's first multi-racial elections.

Ngcuka was also member of the African National Congress (ANC)'s delegation to Codesa in 1991 and to the multi-party negotiations in Kempton Park from 1992 to 1993.

It is worth noting that negotiation in the UN setting is typically a multi-party negotiation where there are more than two countries that are involved in the negotiation.

Chief Buthelezi said that when the stalled multi-party negotiations on the new political order resume, his delegations probably will not attend.

Crowe has represented the party in the multi-party negotiations that led up to the Belfast Agreement in 1998.

Barely two weeks ago agreement was reached in the multi-party negotiations on the future of Northern Ireland in Belfast.