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  1. Overview: Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
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  3. Committee:British Government
  4. Sunday, 03 October 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 21604: 1993-10-03 12:00:00

[Exact time unknown] Quentin Thomas wrote to Tony Beeton regarding the need for two papers: one giving the background to the Joint Declaration initiative and one giving an overall assessment of it. He enclosed a first outline of the latter.

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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Enclosure: Document Providing the Background to the Joint Declaration Agreement - (file)

Interestingly seems to suggest that this was the Taoiseach's judgement thus staking his reputation on its success. Neither Annex B nor C are in this collection. It is also unfinished as Thomas asked Beeton in the cover letter to fill out paragraphs 7 to 9.

Fax from Quentin Thomas to Tony Beeton Regarding a Document Providing the Background to the Joint Declaration Initiative - (file)

The document in question is enclosed.

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