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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:Archbishop Eames
  4. Saturday, 13 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.

Archbishop Eames

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Session 21788: 1993-11-13 12:00:02

[Exact time unknown] Archbishop Robin Eames took a copy of JD13 away with him from a bilateral meeting with Patrick Mayhew. He also took away the conclusions of that meeting, which included instructions from the British Government to press for further amendments to JD13 regarding the constitutional guarantee and amendment of Articles 2 & 3.

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Record of a Meeting between Patrick Mayhew and Robin Eames on 13 November 1993 - (file)

Patrick Mayhew met with Archbishop Robin Eames to discuss the Joint Declaration. Eames was much less enthusiastic about JD13 than he had been reported to be by the Taoiseach. He said that he had not promised to back it, and agreed to make this clear to Reynolds, and to press for further amendments. These would now include a recognition of the constitutional guarantee, which he had not previously thought necessary.

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