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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:British-Eames Bilaterals
  4. Friday, 22 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.

British-Eames Bilaterals

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

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Session 21728: 1993-10-22 12:00:00

[Exact time unknown] John Chilcot met Archbishop Robin Eames to see how far the Irish had got with briefing him on the Joint Declaration Initiative. He had met the Taoiseach twice and been shown JD12. He engaged to do his best to contain Protestant reaction and sought a meeting with Patrick Mayhew or John Major.

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Letter from John Chilcot to Jonathan Stephens Recording a Meeting with Archbishop Eames on 22 October 1993 - (link)

Main details discussed were Eames's access to the British Government and his assessment of the increasing violent capabilities of loyalists.

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