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.

Douglas Hurd

Quill platform ID: p18637.

Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC. Born 8 March 1930. From 1984 to 1985 Hurd was the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Hurd was Home Secretary from 1985 to 1989, and Foreign Secretary from 1989 to 1995.

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

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