Item 2 - Executive Committee: Mar - May 1999

1 file, c. 50 pp

File includes numerous copies/drafts of "Declaration", being the Declaration issued by the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, and the British Prime Minister, Mr Blair, at Hillsborough Castle, 1 April 1999 and which opens with "It is now one year since the Good Friday Agreement was concluded. Last May, it was emphatically endorsed by the people, North and South, and as such it now represents their democratic will". (1 April 1999); Text of remarks by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Tony Blair MP on behalf of the UK and Irish Governments at a press conference with the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, T.D., Hillsborough Castle, Co. Down, 1 April 1999); Text of document "The Way Forward: A Joint Statement By the British and Irish Governments"; "Collective Declaration/Agreement?"; "Draft Speaking Options"; Copy signed letter from Séamus Mallon, Deputy First Minister (Designate) to Mary Harney, Tánaiste, Minister for Enterprise, Trade, and Employment, Dublin 2, discussing "an integrated approach to Ireland's skills development and skill recruitment overseas" following the "recently announced initiative by Fás to attract suitably qualified workers, both Irish nationals and other EU citizens to work in Ireland....." (25 May 1999); copy signed letter from the Rt. Hom. Paul Murphy M.P., Minister of State to John Hume M.P, M.E.P., Northern Ireland Assembly, discussing proposed details of meeting - "Dear John, next week is one of the most critical we have faced in the process of establishing a better future for Northern Ireland." (19 Mar 1999); Copy report from "Secretary of State's Meeting with Party Leaders, 22 Mar 1999; document "Round-table of Two Governments and Parties, 14 April 1999, Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Remarks by Irish Government Delegation" (15 Apr 1999); "Paper on Collective Responsibility and the Executive Committee". File also includes assorted manuscript notes by Hugh Logue.
Text of address by Tom Clarke, President, Chambers of Commerce of Ireland, Newry, entitled "Building Linkages North and South for Economic Growth".

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