- Wednesday, 08 December 1993, at 09:00
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 23410: 1993-12-08 09:00:00
[Exact time unknown] Patrick Mayhew sent briefing material, including further recommended amendments to the Joint Declaration, in advance of a Ministerial meeting scheduled for the following day.
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)
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Briefing Minute from Patrick Mayhew to John Major in Preparation for a Ministerial Meeting on 9 December 1993, 8 December 1993 - (file)
Outlines the developments that have taken place in the Joint Declaration Initiative since the Ministerial Group meeting and provides an assessment of the consequences of releasing the statement. Encloses the text of the JD 15 with the amendments underlines and also a handling plan for the events just before and following the release of the Joint Declaration. Lightly annotated.
Enclosure: Annex B – Handling Plan for the Joint Declaration, 8 December 1993 - (file)
Provides a timetable for the release of the declaration and outlines some measures to undertake before and immediately after it. Lightly annotated.
Enclosure: Joint Declaration (JD15) – 7 December 1993 with Annex A of Further Amendments Proposed by the NIO, 8 December 1993 - (file)
Text of JD15 with proposed amendments by British and Irish Governments underlined. Also contains a list of possible amendments on the last page.
Malcolm Rifkind's Comments on the Joint Declaration, 8 December 1993 - (file)
A note from Roderic Lyne summarising the Defence Secretary's views on the Joint Declaration initative ('broadly content, but not enthusistic') in advance of a meeting on 9 December 1993 which he could not attend.
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