- Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993) Summary Statistics
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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 Good Friday Agreement and provide a framework for its ratification.
Cite as: Ian McBride, Ruth Murray, Annabel Harris, and Nicholas P. S. Cole, Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2025).
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A summary view for the full record of the convention
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Sources:
13 historical records used for this dataset.
Process:
27 committees met in 497 sessions. Average 38.23076923076923 sessions each.
Dates from Friday, 01 May 1987 to Wednesday, 15 December 1993.
People:
112 people in 8 voting delegations.
Top 5 most active people are:
- Seán Ó hUiginn (259 events)
- John Major (202 events)
- Quentin Thomas (185 events)
- Albert Reynolds (175 events)
- Robin Butler (171 events)
Summary of person events:
- 365
join a committee. - 190
leave a committee. -
elections to a position.
Procedures:
523 procedural motions considered.
Summary of procedural events:
- 523
procedural motion proposed. - 317
motions debated.
Documents:
179 documents considered with 443 amendments presented.
Summary of document events:
- 179
new documents created. - 247
documents passed from another committee. - 415
amendments to a document proposed. - 459
debates on a proposal.
Decisions:
943 number of decisions made.
Summary of decision made:
- 448
proposals adopted. - 96
proposals rejected. - 209
proposals referred to another committee. - 29
debate of a proposal postponed. - 49
proposal dropped from discussion without a formal vote. - 25
some other decision on a proposal.