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.

Martin Williams

Quill platform ID: p18530.

Martin John Williams; CVO, OBE. Born 3 November 1941. Career diplomat of the British Foreign Office having joined the Foreign Office in 1963. During 1993 to 1995 he worked in the Northern Ireland Office.

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

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