The North/South Language Body
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The North/South Language Body ({{langx|ga|An Foras Teanga Thuaidh/Theas}};[http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/web_2006_irish_report.pdf 2006 annual report in Irish] NSMC. Ulster-Scots: {{lang|sco|Tha Noarth/Sooth Boord o Leid}}[http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/web_2006_ulster_scots_report.pdf 2006 annual report in Ulster-Scots] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227120556/http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/web_2006_ulster_scots_report.pdf |date=27 February 2013 }} NSMC. or {{lang|sco|The Language Curn}})[http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/annual_report_2010_ulster_scots.pdf 2010 annual report in Ulster-Scots] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227120523/http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/annual_report_2010_ulster_scots.pdf |date=27 February 2013 }} NSMC. is an implementation body, provided for by the Belfast Agreement, that exists to implement policies agreed by Ministers in the North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland with regard to the Irish and Ulster-Scots (or "Ullans") languages on a cross border all Island basis.
It is a single body reporting to the North/South Ministerial Council, but composed of two separate and largely autonomous agencies: Foras na Gaeilge, the Irish language agency, and Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch, the Ulster-Scots Agency.
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External links
- [http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/index/north-south-bodies/language_body.htm Language Body - North-South Ministerial Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629155525/http://www.northsouthministerialcouncil.org/index/north-south-bodies/language_body.htm |date=29 June 2007 }}
- [http://www.gaeilge.ie Foras na Gaeilge] - official website
- [http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch] - official website
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927191704/http://www.ulsterscotsagency.com/sitefiles/resources/Language%20Body%20Report%202000.pdf The North/South Language Body - annual report 2000]
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