Expected Timetable

Today:

Today:

The Assembly debates a motion to reinstate Seamus Mallon as deputy first minister and, probably, DUP motion to exclude Sinn Fein from the executive.

Members of the executive are selected in the Assembly.

Wednesday:

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The British government's order devolving powers to the new institutions - the Assembly, the executive and the North-South bodies - comes into effect at midnight.

Thursday:

Mr Peter Mandelson and Mr David Andrews sign new British-Irish agreement. The Government meets to abolish Articles 2 and 3.

The new executive meets.

The IRA announces the appointment of an interlocutor to the decommissioning body.

Later:

The North-South ministerial council meets in Armagh for the first time in the week beginning December 6th.