- Sinn Féin
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
WORK IN PROGRESS - This project is still under development. It models a 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 7 delegations in the convention, accounting for 6 of 109 people who took part.
Members (6):
| Name | Visualize | Details | Delegations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Adams | Visualize | Gerard Adams. Born 6 October 1948. Former President of Sinn Féin from 13 November 1983 to 10 February 2018. From 1983 to 1992 and again from 1997 to 2011 he served as an MP for the Belfast West constituency. As party leader, Adams was a Sinn Féin delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the negotiating team. | Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) , Sinn Féin (This negotiation) , Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue) , Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland International Body on Arms Decommissioning 1995-1996) |
| Tom Hartley | Visualize | Tom Hartley became a republican activist in the late 1960s. During the 1981 Irish hunger strike, Harley chaired the Prisoners of War Committee. He served as General Secretary of Sinn Féin in the mid-1980s and Chair of Sinn Féin in the early 1990s. In 1993, he was elected to Belfast City Council on behalf of Sinn Féin for the Lower Falls. Hartley was a 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. Former IRA member. Elected as a Member of Parliament on behalf of Sinn Féin in Mid Ulster in 1997. In 1998, he was elected as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. McGuinness was a Sinn Féin delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the negotiating team. | Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) , Sinn Féin (This negotiation) , Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue) |
| Mitchel McLaughlin | Visualize | John Mitchell McLaughlin. Born 29 October 1945. Elected in 1998 as the Northern Ireland Assembly member for Foyle. McLaughlin was a Sinn Féin delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. | Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland All-Party Talks June 1996 - April 1998) , Sinn Féin (This negotiation) , Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue) |
| 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) |