The proposal includes a community relations commission, a blue-ribbon panel to represent community concerns, a diverse interfaith alliance and an anti-violence campaign.

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By contrast the Stormont working group paper appears to either abolish or relegate the Community Relations Council to the sidelines, instead choosing to expand the current Equality Commission, under the title of "Equality and Good Relations Commission".

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It suggested that the quango should get a series of extra powers related to community relations, and should in the future be known as the Equality and Good Relations Commission.

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The commission's job would include advising and challenging the Stormont Executive on community relations policy and scrutinising the delivery of district councils' Good Relations programmes.

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He called on political leaders, church leaders and people with influence in local communities to recognise that the Parades Commission and PSNI have "very challenging tasks to help manage deep-rooted community relations issues".

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