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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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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: Reid-Ó Fiaich-Murray, Date: 23 Oct 1989, 12:00
[Editors' Note: Fr Alec Reid and Fr Raymond Murray wrote a set of proposals.]
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British-Reid Bilaterals, Date: 22 Nov 1989, 12:00
7. I asked him how far this process had already gone

People: John McConnell
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 11 Oct 1993, 12:00
Enclosure: Annex D – Background on the Joint Declaration Initiative

People: Jonathan Stephens
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 15 Oct 1993, 12:00
Draft Letter to Roderic Lyne Regarding Briefing Jim Molyneaux

People: Quentin Thomas
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British-Molyneaux Bilaterals, Date: 09 Nov 1993, 12:00
Reynolds' Contacts with Eames

People: John Major Jim Molyneaux
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: Butler-Nally Meetings, Date: 07 Feb 1992, 12:00
He indicated that he expected a new Taoiseach to be briefed on these maters. No doubt Mr Hume would seek to raise the subject with the new Taoiseach at an early opportunity. For their part, the Irish regarded the purpose of the present meeting at...

People: Dermot Nally
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British-Molyneaux Bilaterals, Date: 09 Dec 1993, 14:00
{Note:- M = new points arising out of MA's non-talk with JM – none of them crucial} 4. [...] _The Prime Minister reaffirms, on behalf of the British Government, that they will uphold the democratic wishes of the {greater number of the} people of...
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 09 Dec 1993, 15:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 09 Dec 1993, 15:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 09 Dec 1993, 15:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 09 Dec 1993, 15:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 09 Dec 1993, 15:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 09 Dec 1993, 15:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 09 Dec 1993, 15:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 09 Dec 1993, 15:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 09 Dec 1993, 15:00
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Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: British Government, Date: 10 Dec 1993, 18:00
(q) Paragraph 11 second sentence: Accept "the" instead of "a"[.]
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Committee: Butler-Nally Meetings, Date: 13 Dec 1993, 15:45
2. On the substance, Mr Nally handed on the following messages: [...] iv[.] the Taoiseach wanted to discuss paras 10 and 11 and the announcement of the Forum with the Prime Minister. This was the remaining substantive point. I took note [...]