- Irish-Hume Bilaterals Document Library
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.
Irish-Hume Bilaterals
This committee has been created to model bilateral contacts between John Hume and the Irish government.
To see the full record of a committee, click on the corresponding committee on the map below.
Committee Document Library View
The list of documents under consideration by committee: Irish-Hume Bilaterals at the end of its timeline.
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Date: 29 Nov 1990, 12:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Date: 24 Feb 1992, 12:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Date: 22 Sep 1993, 18:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Date: 25 Sep 1993, 12:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Date: 10 Dec 1993, 10:00