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.

Chris Maccabe

Quill platform ID: p16040.

Christopher George Maccabe; CB 2004. Born 17 December 1946. Researcher in the Northern Ireland Cabinet Office, 1971–73. Researcher in the Northern Ireland Office, 1972–73. Assistant Private Secretary to the Chief Minister, Northern Ireland Power Sharing Executive, 1973–74. Private Secretary to the Minister of State for the Northern Ireland Office, 1974–77. Civil Servant in the Northern Ireland Office, 1997–80. Seconded as Special Assistant to RUC Chief Constable, 1980–84. Northern Ireland Office, 1984–88. Director of Regimes, Northern Ireland Prison Service, 1988–92. Head of the Political Affairs Division in the Northern Ireland Office, 1992–2000. British Joint Secretary of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference and Political Director of the Northern Ireland Office, 2000–2008.

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

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