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.

Sean McManus

Quill platform ID: p19242.

Seán McManus, born in 1950, was involved in Irish Republican politics since the early 1970s. In 1982 he became a member of the Sinn Fein National Executive and continued in this role for twenty years. McManus was Sinn Fein Party Chairperson from 1984 to 1990.

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

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