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  1. Overview: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
  2. Full Record: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
  3. Sinn Féin

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.

Sinn Féin

This is one of the 8 delegations in the convention, accounting for 6 of 112 people who took part.

Members (6):

Name Visualize Details Delegations
Gerry Adams Visualize Gerard (Gerry) Adams. Born 6 October 1948. Former President of Sinn Féin, 1983-2018. MP for Belfast West, 1983-92, 1997-2011. Sinn Féin delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the negotiating team. Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue) , Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland International Body on Arms Decommissioning 1995-1996) , Sinn Féin (This negotiation) , Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998)
Tom Hartley Visualize Tom Hartley. Born 1945/46. Served as General Secretary of Sinn Féin, mid-1980s. Chair of Sinn Féin, early 1990s. Elected to Belfast City Council on behalf of Sinn Féin for the Lower Falls, 1993. Sinn Féin delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the support staff. Sinn Féin (This negotiation)
Martin McGuinness Visualize James Martin Pacelli McGuinness. Born 23 May 1950; died 21 March 2017. Former IRA member. MP for Mid Ulster, 1997-2012. Sinn Féin delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the negotiating team. MLA for Mid Ulster, 1998-2017. Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, 2007-2017. Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue) , Sinn Féin (This negotiation) , Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998)
Mitchel McLaughlin Visualize John Mitchell McLaughlin. Born 29 October 1945. MLA for Foyle, 1998-2003. MLA for South Antrim, 2007-2016. Sinn Féin delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, 2015-2016. Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue) , Sinn Féin (This negotiation) , Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998)
Sean McManus Visualize Seán McManus, born in 1950, was involved in Irish Republican politics since the early 1970s. In 1982 he became a member of the Sinn Fein National Executive and continued in this role for twenty years. McManus was Sinn Fein Party Chairperson from 1984 to 1990. Sinn Féin (This negotiation)
Danny Morrison Visualize Daniel Gerard Morrison. Born 9 January 1953. Former Sinn Fein publicity director. During the 1981 Republican hunger strike, Morrison acted as a spokesperson for Bobby Sands, who was elected as an MP. Former editor of Republican News and An Phoblacht. Sinn Féin (This negotiation)