- British-Reid 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.
British-Reid Bilaterals
This committee has been created to model bilateral contacts between Alec Reid and the British government.
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Date: 06 Sep 1987, 12:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Date: 07 Sep 1989, 11:45
Record of the Meeting between J McConnell and Fr Reid on 7 September 1989
People: John McConnell
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Date: 07 Sep 1989, 11:45
[Editors' Note: The record of the meeting was sent by J McConnell to the British Government.]