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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:Butler-Nally Meetings
  4. Monday, 13 December 1993, at 18:00

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.

Butler-Nally Meetings

This committee has been created to model meetings of the Butler/Nally Group, which was one of the key structures in the drafting of the Declaration. From Autumn 1993 onwards, Chilcot and Ó hUiginn were also part of the negotiating team working on the Joint Declaration.

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Session 29248: 1993-12-13 18:00:00

Dermot Nally and Robin Butler spoke again at 18.00. Three amendments were under discussion during the meeting: a proposal to replace 'assist and encourage' with 'faciltate' and two alternative forms of language for the end of the 'as of right' sentence in paragraph 4.

Membership (at session start):

Robin Butler, John Chilcot, Dermot Nally, Seán Ó hUiginn (4 total)

Representing 2 delegations:

British Government , Irish Government

Imported Documents

Imported Amendments

  • Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Amendment to Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Deletion from 4(5/6) (e1344397) imports from Butler-Nally Meetings,
    on Monday, 13 December 1993, at 09:30
  • Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Amendment to Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Deletion from 4(5/6) (e1344398) imports from Butler-Nally Meetings,
    on Monday, 13 December 1993, at 09:30

Exported Documents

Exported Amendments

  • Replacement of 'assist and enable' with 'facilitate' (e1344388)
  • Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Amendment to Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Deletion from 4(5/6) (e1344397)
    • Imported by 'Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Amendment to Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Deletion from 4(5/6)' (e1411409) in British Government, on
      Monday, 13 December 1993, at 18:30
    • Imported by 'Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Amendment to Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Deletion from 4(5/6)' (e1412866) in Informal British-Irish Bilaterals, on
      Tuesday, 14 December 1993, at 12:00
  • Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Amendment to Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Deletion from 4(5/6) (e1344398)
    • Imported by 'Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Amendment to Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Deletion from 4(5/6)' (e1411411) in British Government, on
      Monday, 13 December 1993, at 18:30
    • Imported by 'Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Amendment to Second Alternative Irish Government Amendment to British Government Deletion from 4(5/6)' (e1412867) in Informal British-Irish Bilaterals, on
      Tuesday, 14 December 1993, at 12:00

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Note from Tony Beeton to PS Patrick Mayhew Enclosing an Annotated Copy of the Joint Declaration JD15B - (link)

JD15b with British and Irish amendments marked and typed annotations provided in second column

Record of a Butler/Nally Meeting on 13 December 1993 at 18.00 - (link)

Nally is 50/50 on whether the Irish will accept the British amendment to the phraseology of paragraph 4 and others.

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