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  1. Overview: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
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  3. Committee:British Government
  4. Friday, 24 September 1993, at 12:00

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.

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Session 17221: 1993-09-24 12:00:00

[Exact time unknown] Thomas handed over the first British draft of the Framework Document to Ó hUiginn. Major replied to Reynolds' letter of 7 September 1993.

Membership (at session start):

Michael Ancram, Kenneth Baker, Tony Beeton, David Blatherwick, John Blelloch, Ian Burns, Robin Butler, John Chilcot, David Cooke, Jim Daniell, Timothy Daunt, John Deverell, William Fittall, David Gillmore, Christopher Glyn-Jones, Richard Gozney, Douglas Hurd, Roderic Lyne, John Major, Jonathan Margetts, Peter May, Patrick Mayhew, John McConnell, David McIlroy , Danny McNeill, R. O. Miles, Anthony Pawson, Christopher Prentice , Stephen Rickard, A W Stephens, Jonathan Stephens, Quentin Thomas, Stephen Wall (33 total)

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British Government

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  • Framework Agreement (e977354)
  • Reply from John Major to Albert Reynolds (24 September 1993) (e1048922)

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24 September 1993 British Draft of the Framework Agreement (Annotated Copy) - (file)

Joint Framework Document - heavily annotated.

Joint Framework Document: British Draft – 24 September 1993 - (file)

Photocopied [British draft of the Joint Framework Document as handed to Ó hUiginn by Thomas on 24 September 1993]. The joint working paper sets out general principles of a proposed new agreement and examines the issues of devolution; North/South institutions; intergovernmental relations; constitutional issues; endorsement.

Letter from Major to Reynolds - (file)

Photocopied letter from Major to Reynolds responding to Reynolds’s letter of 7 September 1993. Major states he is happy for the Nally-Butler meetings to continue and emphasises that the parallel work of the Liaison Group could be used to faciliate a further draft of the Joint Declaration.

Nally-Butler Process: Meeting between Seán Ó hUiginn and Quentin Thomas – 24 September 1993 - (file)

Photocopied note by Ó hUiginn of his meeting with Thomas, in London on 24 September 1993, discussing in detail the text of a recent draft Joint Declaration. Further includes amendments suggested by Thomas to the revised [JD8] paragraph 4.

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