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.

David Andrews

Quill platform ID: p16163.

Minister for Foreign Affairs (1992 - 1993); Minister for Defence and the Marine (1993–94); Opposition spokesman on tourism and trade, (1995–97); Minister for Defence (1997)

Member: Committee on the Constitution (1967); New Ireland Forum (1983–84); British-Irish Inter-parliamentary Body (1990–92)

Member of the Dáil (TD) (FF) for Dún Laoghaire, 1965–2002; Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Ireland, 1997–2000.

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

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