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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. Friday, 21 February 1992, at 13:00

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 21876: 1992-02-21 13:00:00

[Exact time unknown] William Fittall wrote to Stephen Wall about the Joint Declaration Initiative in advance of the meeting between John Major and Albert Reynolds. The letter enclosed JD3 and a briefing on the Joint Declaration for Major's reference.

Membership (at session start):

Kenneth Baker, David Blatherwick, John Blelloch, Peter Brooke, Ian Burns, Robin Butler, Jim Daniell, John Deverell, Richard Gozney, Douglas Hurd, Jonathan Margetts, John McConnell, Danny McNeill, R. O. Miles, Anthony Pawson, Christopher Prentice , A W Stephens, Jonathan Stephens, Stephen Wall (19 total)

Representing 1 delegations:

British Government

Imported Documents

  • Draft of a Declaration which Sinn Féin suggests should be made jointly by the British and Irish Governments (e1073045) imports from British-Hume Bilaterals,
    on Thursday, 20 February 1992, at 12:30

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Enclosure: A Strategy for Peace and Justice in Ireland (JD2) - (file)

The second draft of the Joint Declaration, first shown to the British Government in December 1991.

Enclosure: Briefing on Political Movement and the Joint Declaration - (file)

Entails a speaking note titled "Northern Ireland: Political Movement" which gives background on the Joint Declaration initiative and outlines a sceptical but not wholly dismissive line for John Major to take on it.

Enclosure: Draft of a Declaration which Sinn Féin Suggests Should Be Made Jointly by the British and Dublin Governments (JD3) - (file)

The third draft of the Joint Declaration, proposed by Sinn Féin but handed over to the British by John Hume. From the British Government's perspective, this was a step backwards from JD2.

Minute from William Fittall to Stephen Wall Enclosing Background Information on Drafts 2 and 3 of the Joint Declaration - (file)

Provides some background on the Joint Declaration proposal and encloses a briefing on the same, along with drafts 2 and 3 of the text.

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