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  1. Overview: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
  2. Full Record: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
  3. Committee:Irish-Eames Bilaterals
  4. Tuesday, 02 November 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.

Irish-Eames Bilaterals

This committee has been created to model bilateral contacts between Archbishop Robin Eames and the Irish government.

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Session 21047: 1993-11-02 12:00:00

[Exact time unknown] The earliest draft of the Joint Declaration with Eames' additions that we have found, in Dermot Nally's papers, is dated 2 November 1993. We have shown the amendments being made in this committee for now, but hope to find a more detailed record of exactly when and how Eames made his suggestions.

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Archbishop Robin Eames (1 total)

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Protestant Clergy

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Draft Joint Declaration [Eames] - (file)

Photocopied draft Joint Declaration by Reynolds and Major, containing eleven paragraphs. A handwritten note on the first page states “2/11/93 Eames” (Archbishop Robin Eames contributed to the text).

Letter from Quentin Thomas to Jonathan Stephens Enclosing Notes of Butler/Nally Group Meeting on 10 November 1993 - (file)

Secretary of state intends to meet with Eames; Thomas gives analysis; Mansergh said that if 2 gov.s mostly agreed on JD then Irish gov. planned to allow Hume to approach PIRA with it; Thomas spoke to OhUiggin to prep for Spring's call with Sec. of State; encloses meeting notes in full.

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