What was the downing street declaration?

Question

i know that its aim was to bring peace and political cooperation to N.Ireland, but what actually was it? iv looked on wikipedia, and i'm still unsure.thanks for any help =D

Answer 1

Wikipedia has a lot of info, I don't know what else you need

Known as the Downing Street Declaration, it argued for self-determination on the basis of consensus for all the people of Ireland. It argued that any agreement had to be based on the right of people on both parts of the island to "exercise the right of self determination on the basis of consent freely and concurrently given, North and South, to bring about a united Ireland if that is their wish."

The wider political importance of the document was that it recognised that the peace process could only work if three sets of relationships were addressed:

The relationship between the two communities in Northern Ireland

The political and constitutional relationship between Northern Ireland and the Republic

The political relationship between Dublin and London