The watchdog set up to monitor paramilitary violence in Northern Ireland is to be shut down.
The Independent Monitoring Commission filed its 25th study of paramilitary activity today, and warned of the continuing threat from dissident republicans.
Commenting on the report, Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern said: 'We have all had our fill of violence on this island.
They need to learn that bravery is not pointing a gun at your neighbour, or planting a bomb in the middle of a busy town and running away - it is working with those around you to create a better future for all.'
Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson said progress in the peace process meant the IMC was no longer needed.
Mr Paterson said: 'The IMC was established to help in the process of making the transition in Northern Ireland to a peaceful society and stable inclusive devolved government.
'Although there remain those who have rejected peace and politics and who actively work to undermine it, Northern Ireland has made the transition to stable, local democracy and the job of the IMC is nearing completion.'
The IMC was created to provide independent assessments of the state of all paramilitary groups. The organisation has also shed light on the actions of loyalists.
It recently blamed the leadership of the Ulster Volunteer Force for the murder of Bobby Moffett in a gun attack carried out in front of shoppers on Belfast's Shankill Road earlier this year.
