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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 Government
  4. Tuesday, 30 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.

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Session 21850: 1993-11-30 12:00:00

[Exact time unknown] During a bilateral meeting with Jim Molyneaux later in the day, Michael Ancram tabled a version of JD14 which incorporated Molyneaux's previous amendment and also the addition of language about the constitutional guarantee which the British government had previously included in JD12A. During a bilateral meeting with Robin Eames, Chris Maccabe showed him the 25 November alternative British draft of the Joint Declaration.

Membership (at session start):

Michael Ancram, Kenneth Baker, Tony Beeton, David Blatherwick, John Blelloch, Ian Burns, Robin Butler, John Chilcot, Ken Clarke, David Cooke, Jim Daniell, Timothy Daunt, John Deverell, David Fell, William Fittall, David Gillmore, Christopher Glyn-Jones, Richard Gozney, Michael Howard, 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, Malcolm Rifkind , A W Stephens, Jonathan Stephens, Quentin Thomas, Stephen Wall (37 total)

Representing 1 delegations:

British Government

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  • Joint Declaration: JD14 as Amended to Be Shown to Molyneaux (e1072640)
  • Joint Declaration: Alternative British Draft (e1071252)

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Joint Declaration: JD14 as Shown to Jim Molyneaux on 30 November 1993 (Annotated Copy) - (file)

A copy of JD14 used at the Ancram/Molyneaux meeting with manuscript amendments and certain paragraphs marked with letters.

Joint Declaration: JD14A (Photocopy of Annotated Copy) - (file)

Duplicate. A photocopy of JD14 as amended following the 30 November 1993 meeting between Ancram and Molyneaux (JD14A) with handwritten annotations highlighting further amendments/points to press.

Letter from David Cooke to Quentin Thomas Enclosing JD14A - (file)

Letter enclosing JD14A – a copy of the text as revised following a 30 November 1993 meeting between Ancram and Molyneaux. Notes the previous amendments which had been made to JD14 before Molyneaux saw it.

Record of Meeting between Chris Maccabe and Robin Eames on 30 November 1993 at 12.00 - (file)

A meeting to discuss the 25 November 1993 alternative British draft of the Joint Declaration. Eames was satisfied with the draft bar a couple of minor amendments but unsurprised to hear that the Irish were not.

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