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.

Anglo-Irish Liaison Group

This group was set up as a sub-committee of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. Its remit during this period was to produce a Framework Document which became entwined with the drafting of the Joint Declaration.

To see the full record of a committee, click on the corresponding committee on the map below.

Session 17222: 1993-10-01 12:00:01

[Exact time unknown] The Anglo-Irish Liaison Group met to discuss the first British draft of the Framework Document. They went through the draft line by line, reaching the section on North-South relations, which they touched on. The Irish delegation offered detailed commentary on the paper, but tabled no formal amendments. They undertook to provide either specific amendments, an alternative paper, or some combination of the two.

Membership (at session start):

None


Imported Documents

Imported Amendments

Exported Documents

  • Framework Agreement [First British Draft as Discussed in Liaison Group on 1 October 1993] (e977385)
    • Imported by 'Framework Agreement [First British Draft as Discussed in Liaison Group on 1 October 1993]' (e1050697) in British Government,
      on Friday, 01 October 1993, at 12:00
    • Imported by 'Framework Agreement [First British Draft as Discussed in Liaison Group on 1 October 1993]' (e1050698) in Irish Government,
      on Friday, 01 October 1993, at 12:00

Exported Amendments

Resources (0):

Resource Collections (0):

None

Resource Items (0):

None


Summary of events in this session:

Individuals:

0 0 0 0

List of people joining the committee

List of people leaving the committee

List of people elected to a position

Documents:

0 0 0

List of proposals created

List of proposals amended

List of proposals copied

List of proposals imported

List of proposals to be voted on

List of proposals debated

Decisions:

List of proposals adopted

List of proposals rejected

List of proposals dropped

List of proposals referred

List of postpone debate voted on

List of other proposals voted on

Procedure:

List of procedural motion

List of motions debated

Events (121)

Previous

session

Next

session

Icon key

Person joining a committee

Person leaving a committee

Person elected to a position

A new document introduced

An amendment proposed

A document introduced from another committee

A revision of another document begun

Amendment imported from another committee

Proposal Debated

Drop a proposal

Refer a proposal

Adopt a proposal

Other vote (continue debate)

Reject a proposal

Postpone debate on a proposal

Procedural motion introduced

Procedural Motion Debated

Procedural motion with sub-decisions