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 Good Friday Agreement and provide a framework for its ratification.
Quill platform ID: p15344.
James Martin Pacelli McGuinness. Born 23 May 1950; died 21 March 2017. Former IRA member. MP for Mid Ulster, 1997-2012. Sinn Féin delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks, and a member of the negotiating team. MLA for Mid Ulster, 1998-2017. Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, 2007-2017.
Member of Sinn Féin—Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993), Sinn Féin—Northern Ireland Multi-Party Talks June 1996–April 1998, Sinn Féin—Northern Ireland Forum for Political Dialogue.
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