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.

Tom Hartley

Quill platform ID: p18553.

Tom Hartley. Born 1945/46. Served as General Secretary of Sinn Féin, mid-1980s. Chair of Sinn Féin, early 1990s. Elected to Belfast City Council on behalf of Sinn Féin for the Lower Falls, 1993. Sinn Féin delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the support staff.

Member of Sinn Féin—Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993).

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