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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:Magee-Loyalist Bilaterals
  4. Wednesday, 08 December 1993, at 08:30

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.

Magee-Loyalist Bilaterals

This committee has been created to model bilateral contacts between Reverend Magee and unknown Loyalist representatives.

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Session 23375: 1993-12-08 08:30:00

[Exact date and time unknown] The text of the 'Magee list' of rights which was eventually included in the Joint Declaration was based on a document drawn up by Reverend Roy Magee in consultation with Loyalist paramilitaries. We have no record of the creation of this document so we have modelled it on the day it was shown to Martin Mansergh.

Membership (at session start):

Roy Magee, Loyalist Representative (2 total)

Representing 2 delegations:

Loyalist Paramiliaties, Protestant Clergy

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Note from Nally Regarding Conversation with Butler and Enclosing Magee List - (file)

Note by Nally recording a conversation with Butler and enclosing the Magee list. [Enclosed list seems to be in the form written by Magee, with an appeal to the Irish Government at the end.]

Record of a Telephone Call between Roderic Lyne and Martin Mansergh on 8 December 1993 - (file)

A letter from Roderic Lyne to Jonathan Stephens summarising a telephone call between him and Martin Mansergh. They discussed the revised text and further amendments to it, focusing on the controversial positioning of the constitutional guarantee and the addition of a new Irish paragraph intended to be uncontroversial. Mansergh also mentions the Magee list and meetings with John Hume and Seamus Mallon.

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