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.

Peter Brooke

Quill platform ID: p16138.

Peter Leonard Brooke, CH 1992; PC 1998; Baron (Life Peer) of Sutton Mandeville, 2001. Born 3 March 1934. Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 24 July 1989–10 April 1992. Chairman of House of Commons Select Committee on Northern Ireland, 1997–2001. Member of British-Irish Parliamentary Body, 1997-2007.

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

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