- 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.
Informal British-Irish Bilaterals
This committee has been created to model bilateral contact between British and Irish government delegates which happened outside of the more formal structures set up for intergovernmental negotiation. These informal meetings were sometimes crucial to the development of the Joint Declaration.
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Session 23373: 1993-12-07 12:00:01
[Exact time unknown] The conclusions reached in the Butler/Nally meeting of 7 December 1993 were on the table from this point onwards.
Membership (at session start):
David Blatherwick, David Cooke, John A Dew, Fergus Finlay, Douglas Hurd, Martin Mansergh, Patrick Mayhew, Dermot Nally, Dick Spring, Quentin Thomas, Seán Ó hUiginn (11 total)
Representing 2 delegations:
British Government , Irish Government
Imported Documents
- Joint Declaration: JD15 (e1107351) imports from Butler-Nally Meetings,
on Tuesday, 07 December 1993, at 12:00 - Alternative Announcement of Irish Convention (e1107519) imports from Butler-Nally Meetings,
on Tuesday, 07 December 1993, at 12:00
Imported Amendments
- Alternative Reaffirmation of Constitutional Guarantee in 2(3) (e1107378) imports from Informal British-Irish Bilaterals,
on Tuesday, 07 December 1993, at 12:00 - Reaffirmation of Constitutional Guarantee in 4(1) (e1107380) imports from Informal British-Irish Bilaterals,
on Tuesday, 07 December 1993, at 12:00 - British Government Amendment to Strike Out Paragraphs 10 and 11 (e1107382) imports from Informal British-Irish Bilaterals,
on Tuesday, 07 December 1993, at 12:00
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