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.
Quill platform ID: p16136.
Sir John Anthony Chilcot, GCB 1998; KCB 1994; CB 1990; PC 2004. Born 22 April 1939; died 3 October 2021. Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office 1990–1997. In 2009, Chilcot was appointed chairman of the Iraq Inquiry.
Member of British Government —Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), British Government —Northern Ireland Brooke/Mayhew Talks 1991-1992.
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