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.
This committee has been created to model meetings between the Prime Minister and the Taoiseach.
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[Exact time unknown] Robin Butler met with the Taoiseach, who handed over the latest draft of the Joint Declaration (JD6).
Membership (at session start):
John Major, Albert Reynolds (2 total)
Representing 2 delegations:
British Government , Irish Government
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Photocopied aide-mémoire for discussion of a draft Joint Declaration by Reynolds and Major, with handwritten annotations. The draft declaration proposed by the Irish Government was drawn up in consultation with John Hume, Leader of the SDLP. Reynolds suggests Major study the text and decide later a basis on which to proceed. [The document is dated 8/7/93 in a handwritten annotation, but a copy of the same text was handed over to Roderic Lyne by Reynolds on 6 June 1993. The date may refer to the annotations.]
Photocopied draft Joint Declaration by Reynolds and Major. The draft declaration proposed by the Irish Government containing eight paragraphs was drawn up in consultation with Hume and contains some handwritten annotation by Nally. [The text is that of JD6, which was handed over to the British Government on 6 June 1993.]
Aide-mémoire from the Irish government glossing JD6. Trying to bridge the gap between Sinn Féin and British government requirements.
JD6 as handed over by the Taoiseach. Annotated in pen.
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