After receiving confirmation and guarantees in relation to Northern Ireland's constitutional position within the United Kingdom, as well as other assurances, the C.L.M.C. will universally cease all operational hostilities as from 12 midnight on Thursday the 13th October 1994.
The duration of this cease-fire will be completely dependent upon the continued cessation of all Nationalist/Republican violence.
In the genuine hope that this peace will be permanent, we take the opportunity to pay homage to all our Fighters, Commandos and Volunteers who have paid the supreme sacrifice. They did not die in vain. The UNION IS SAFE.
To our physically and mentally wounded who have served Ulster so unselfishly, we wish a speedy recovery and to the relatives of those men and women we pledge our continued moral and practical support.
To our Prisoners who have underwent so much deprivation and degradation with great courage and forbearance, we solemnly promise to leave no stone unturned to secure their freedom.
To our serving Officers, NCOs and men, we extend our eternal gratitude for their obedience to orders, for their ingenuity, resilience and good humour in the most trying of circumstances and for their courageous fortitude and unshakeable faith over the long years of armed confrontation.
In all sincerity, we offer to the loved ones of all innocent victims over the past twenty five years, abject and true remorse. No amount of our words will compensate for the intolerable suffering they have undergone during the conflict.
Let us firmly resolve to respect our differing views of freedom, culture and aspiration and never again permit our political circumstances to degenerate into bloody warfare.
We are on the threshold of a new and exciting beginning with our battles in future being political battles, fought on the side of honesty decency and democracy against the negativity of mistrust, misunderstanding and malevolence so that, together, we can bring forth a wholesome Society in which our Children, and their Children , will know the meaning of true PEACE.