The British government must take a proactive role in tackling divisions and encouraging an end to paramilitarism in Northern Ireland, the Alliance leader, Mr Sean Neeson, has said.
The party also called for both communities to unite under new, shared symbols and demanded action against intimidation, sectarianism and the erection of paramilitary flags.
The recommendations are contained in a 16-page document setting out Alliance's vision for the future, introduced by Mr Neeson at the Europa Hotel, Belfast, yesterday.
Centre Forward: Alliance Leading the Way also calls for the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons as the first stage of a process during which republican and loyalist terrorist groups would disband.
The document was compiled by a review group set up by Mr Neeson in the autumn of 1999. It declares the party to be a cross-community grouping, with core centralist values of liberalism, pluralism and anti-sectarianism.
Mr Neeson, an East Antrim Assembly member, said the document was intended as a means of updating the party message in what he called a "post-Good Friday agreement environment".
"We aim to replace sectional politics and to create an inclusive, fair, prosperous and peaceful society through innovative and distinctive policies. Every person should live free from fear within a united but diverse community. It is the Alliance's goal to actively support more integration in education, housing and lifestyles as a means of addressing intolerance, bigotry and sectarianism among children at an early age."
The review group wants a new beginning to policing and has called for a cross-Border, pan-European approach to crime. It has also indicated support for the use of alternative schemes to rehabilitate offenders, providing they are operated in conjunction with, and subject to, the criminal justice system.