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.

Fergus Finlay

Quill platform ID: p19365.

Fergus Finlay. Born 1 June 1950. Irish government delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. Adviser to Dick Spring, 1983-97.

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

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