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Throughout the platform round icons are events relating to individuals and their right to have an opinion in particular debates:

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Person leaving a committee

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Reject a proposal

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Procedural motion

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 Belfast Good Friday Agreement and provide a framework for its ratification.

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David Fell

Quill platform ID: p16037.

David Fell, KCB 1995 (CB 1990). Born 20 Jan 1943. Civil Servant at the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, 1969–72. Civil Servant (Under Secretary from 1981) at the Northern Ireland Department of Commerce, 1972–82. Under Secretary at the Northern Ireland Department of Economic Development, 1982. Deputy Chief Executive of the Industrial Development Bureau for Northern Ireland, 1982–84. Permanent Secretary at the Northern Ireland Department of Economic Development, 1984–91. Head of Northern Ireland Civil Service, and Second Permanent Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office, 1991–97.

Member of British Government —Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), British Government —Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992.

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