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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. Tuesday, 07 December 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 22007: 1993-12-07 12:00:00

[Exact time unknown] Roderic Lyne spoke to Robin Eames to update and reassure him on the Joint Declaration initiative.

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Archbishop Robin Eames (1 total)

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Record of a Telephone Call between Roderic Lyne and Robin Eames on 7 December 1993 - (file)

A letter from Roderic Lyne to Jonathan Stephens summarising a telephone call between him and Archbishop Eames. Eames counselled strongly against the inclusion of an Irish Convention in the Joint Declaration, and asked if the British government was aware of Irish government efforts to promote contact between Loyalist and Republican paramilitaries.

Record of a Telephone Call between Roderic Lyne and Robin Eames on 7 December 1993 - (link)

Addressed to Jonathan Stephens, this is a minute of a phone call between Roderic Lyne and Archbishop Eames made at John Major's request, briefing him on progress with the Joint Declaration initiative and on British government lines on proposals of amendment. Lyne records Eames as being strongly opposed to the idea of an Irish Convention.

Record of a Telephone Conversation between Roderic Lyne and Archbishop Robin Eames on 7 December 1993 - (file)

A letter from Roderic Lyne to Jonathan Stephens summarising a telephone call between him and Archibishop Eames. Eames counselled strongly against the inclusion of an Irish Convention in the Joint Declaration, and asked if the British government was aware of Irish government efforts to promote contact between Loyalist and Republican paramilitaries.

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