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.

Dick Spring

Quill platform ID: p16068.

Richard (Dick) Martin Spring. Born 29 August 1950. TD for Kerry North, 1981-2002. Leader of the Labour Party, 1982-97. Tánaiste, 1983-97. Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1993-97.

Member of Irish Government—Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993).

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