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.
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Committee: British Government
[Editors' Note: Patrick Mayhew gave a speech on 'Culture and Identity' at the University of Ulster at Coleraine. The text of the speech is given below.] "CULTURE AND IDENTITY" - SECRETARY OF STATE'S SPEECH 16 DECEMBER It is out of conflict that there... Wednesday December 1992