Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference: Plenary Sessions

The Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference was a consultative body established under the Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985) to promote cross-border cooperation. It was made up of officials from the governments of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and had a permanent secretariat based in Maryfield.

Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)

This project models the series of formal and informal negotiations which led to the publication, in December 1993, of a declaration issued jointly by the British and Irish Governments. The Joint Declaration was a critical policy document which paved the way for a ceasefire and the entry of Sinn Féin into formal talks. It also laid out a shared set of principles – including, crucially, self-determination for the people of Ireland subject to the consent of the people of Northern Ireland – which would come to underpin the Belfast Good Friday Agreement and provide a framework for its ratification.

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Sessions (3)

[Exact time unknown] A meeting of the Anglo-Irish Conference was held where the Liaison Group was mandated to produce a paper with a constitutional component formulating a joint assessment of what might be acceptable to all participants in order to achieve the objectives of the process and secure peace.

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[Exact time unknown] The second Hume-Adams statement was issued on 25 September 1993. It announced that their discussions had made further progress and that they had put a proposal to Dublin. This session has been created to show the statement being received.

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[Exact time unknown] A 'semi-restricted' session was held as part of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference meeting on 3 November 1993. The Joint Declaration was under discussion.

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