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.
Quill platform ID: p19190.
Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale. Born 2 April 1945. Assigned to the Northern Ireland Office as a deputy minister from 1989 to November 1990.
Member of British Government —Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993).
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