ONE OF the founders of Families Against Intimidation and Terror (FAIT), in a submission to the decommissioning body, has proposed that subject to certain conditions, paramilitaries should be invited to all party talks.
Mr Henry Robinson, in a written submission sent to the international body on decommissioning this week, said paramilitary disarmament would not happen quickly and must remain a long term objective.
He also said the demand for decommissioning might be a "red herring".
In his submission, Mr Robinson said he was an "ex terrorist" whose subsequent work with FAIT had placed his life in danger. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for carrying out a so called "punishment shooting" on behalf of the Official IRA in 1981.
Mr Robinson, who works with young offenders in London after spending five years with FAIT, said if the IRA, UDA and UVF met certain conditions, they should cease to be banned organisations. The conditions should include the ending of killings, intimidation, expulsions, so called punishment attacks and extortion, and revealing the whereabouts of the remains of missing people the paramilitaries had murdered.
Thirty days after meeting these conditions, they should "come to the negotiating table, with a clear mandate to speak authoritatively for those whom they represent", Mr Robinson added in his submission.
He also proposed the creation of a standing Anglo Irish Conference which would be comprised of 14 members, seven from the Dail and seven from Westminster, with delegated powers from each government.
"It should have a special responsibility for overseeing the implementation of measures aimed, solely at the eradication of paramilitary terrorism," he said.
Mr Robinson also proposed the setting up of a special team of 40 monitors whose role would be to check against breaches of the ceasefires. The monitors would come from the RUC, Garda, the British and Irish armies, voluntary groups, clergy, political parties and individuals.
He also proposed the creation of a team of "magistrates" who, operating freely in the North and South, would investigate paramilitary activity and organised crime.
