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.

John Blelloch

Quill platform ID: p18927.

Sir John Niall Henderson Blelloch KCB. Born 24 October 1930. Deputy Secretary in the Northern Ireland Office from 1980 to 1982. Permanent Under Secretary of State at the Northern Ireland Office from 1988 to 1990.

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

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