Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)

WORK IN PROGRESS - This project is still under development. It models a 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.

Marcus Dodds

Quill platform ID: p16232.

Marcus Dodds. Born 20 October 1944; died 5 June 1995. Civil servant at the Northern Ireland Office (and the first Northern Irish civil servant to work there in London) 1975–early 1980s. Civil servant at the Department of Education in Belfast, early 1980s–1989. Deputy Joint Secretary at the Anglo-Irish secretariat at Maryfield, 1989–1993. Assistant Secretary, Economic and Social Division of the Northern Ireland Office, 1993–1995.

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

Resources (0):

Resource Collections (0):

None

Resource Items (0):

None