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Downing Street Declaration
Downing Street Declaration (15 Dec. 1993) A resolution signed by the Irish Taoiseach, Reynolds, and the British Prime Minister, Major, following months of secret negotiations driven principally by Reynolds and Hume. The declaration stated ‘that it is for the people of Ireland alone, by agreement between the two parts respectively, to exercise their right of self-determination on the basis of consent…to bring about a united Ireland, if that is their wish’. Thus, for the first time the British government declared officially that it had no inherent strategic, political, or economic self-interest in Northern Ireland. The declaration laid out plans for negotiations for the future of Northern Ireland, in which all parties were welcome to participate, including former terrorist organizations which laid down their arms and committed themselves to peaceful agitation. The IRA responded on 31 August 1994 with a cessation of violence, without indicating whether this was permanent. Despite the efforts by Hume and the encouragement of Clinton, progress was slow. An impatient wing of the IRA resumed its bombing campaign in February 1996. However, the Declaration remained the basis for efforts to find a peace settlement for Northern Ireland, for which the Good Friday Agreement provided a new impetus.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Downing Street Declaration." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Downing Street Declaration." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-DowningStreetDeclaration.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Downing Street Declaration." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-DowningStreetDeclaration.html |
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Downing Street Declaration
Downing Street Declaration (December 15, 1993) Issued by the then prime minister John Major and the Irish taoiseach Albert Reynolds. Continuing the momentum of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, it set a framework for peace talks in Northern Ireland. It stated all democratically mandated political parties (including Sinn Féin) could be involved in an all-Ireland forum if they committed themselves to permanently ending paramilitary violence. The UK and Irish governments also agreed that the status of Northern Ireland could only change with majority consent of its people, and Ireland's future would be determined only by the peoples of the island of Ireland.
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"Downing Street Declaration." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Downing Street Declaration." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-DowningStreetDeclaration.html "Downing Street Declaration." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-DowningStreetDeclaration.html |
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Downing Street Declaration
Downing Street Declaration A document, signed on 15 December 1993 by the British Prime Minister, John MAJOR, and the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic, Albert Reynolds, declaring their principles and conditions for the conduct of negotiations to achieve peace in NORTHERN IRELAND. The declaration restated the existing positions of both governments, confirming that they would seek the agreement of the people of both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic to any change to the status of Northern Ireland and would uphold all existing guarantees to Northern Ireland.
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"Downing Street Declaration." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Downing Street Declaration." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-DowningStreetDeclaration.html "Downing Street Declaration." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-DowningStreetDeclaration.html |
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