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Procedural motion with sub-decisions

Debate on a procedural motion

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.

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Sean Farren

Quill platform ID: p15269.

Sean Nial Farren. Born 6 September 1939. Politically involved with the SDLP, 1970s-onwards. Elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for the SDLP for North Antrim, 1982. Elected to the Northern Ireland Forum, 1996. Elected to Northern Ireland Assembly, 1998. SDLP delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks and a member of the support team.

Member of SDLP—Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)—Northern Ireland Multi-Party Talks June 1996–April 1998, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)—Northern Ireland Brooke–Mayhew Multi-Party Talks, 1991–1992, Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)—Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue.

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