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Folder of material relating to the Dublin Islamic Society which may have been gathered during the Campaign trail and/or ahead of the Presidential inauguration. It includes photocopy of translation of letter sent by the society to President Saddam Hussein expressing sadness at the latest developments in the Middle East, and concern for safety of family and friends living in Iraq, 08/1990; typed letter from Patrick Enright, Gulf Relative Support Group, to Barry [Carey?] which includes request asking Presidential candidates to highlight real danger to many Irish citizens, and attaching several copies of UN Security Council resolutions, August - September 1990, 18/10/1990; post it note with names of several important members of the society including Imam Yahya M Al-Hussein, Imam and President, and Dr Saleem Khan, member of the community.

[Archivist's Note: Dr Saleem Khan was Imam's representative at the inauguration. See P143/4/6/4/2]

Ref: P143/4/4/1/3

Folder labelled: "Gulf Crisis Background Brief" of photocopies including UN Security council resolutions on the Gulf crisis, statements from Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gerard Collins TD, departmental press releases including consular and travel advice, European Community statements on the Gulf Crisis and the Middle East, note on the situation in the Gulf as of January 1991, and note on press conference given by President Francois Mitterrand of France, 09/01/1991.

Ref: P143/4/4/2/1

Photocopy of European Council Presidency conclusions, Luxembourg, 28-29/06/1991, relating to the European Parliament's position on discussions in the Intergovernmental Conference on Political Union and on Economic and Monetary Union, sent to MR courtesy of the Commission of the European Communities.

Ref: P143/4/4/2/2

Photocopy of faxed press release from Campaign to Separate Church and State titled "Minister for Health Should Resign" 31/7/1991, relating to perceived failure of Minister for Health, Rory O'Hanlon, to "ensure that eligible Irish citizens are assured of easy access to condoms in the draft legislative proposals recently announced and because his discriminatory funding of the Rape Crisis Centre will lead to its closure.", with cover note to Mary Robinson (MR) from Joe Brennan [Deputy Secretary to President MR], 01/08/1991.

Ref: P143/4/4/2/3

Reports: "The State and the Crisis in Africa: In search of a second liberation - report of the Mweya conference in Uganda, May 12-17,1990", Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, 1992; "Women Worldwide: Common Interests?", report on conference organised jointly by Banúlacht [Irish Women for Development] and The Council for the Status of Women, May 18 1991, and prepared by Banúlacht, with cover letter from Rita McNulty to Mary Robinson, 19/01/1992; two publications from the Department of The Environment published March, 1992: "Referenda in Ireland 1937-1987", and "Presidential Elections 1938-1990".

Ref: P143/4/4/3/3

Typed list of female elected Heads of State/Heads of Government from 1960-1993; typed background note on US Morrison Visas, prepared by the consular section of Foreign Affairs, with post-it note from Joe Brennan [Deputy Secretary to President Mary Robinson], 03/09/1993; two typed papers by Mary Condren - "Women in Religion", presented/prepared at Magill Summer School. Glenties, Donegal, 1993, and "Women and Colonization"; "Light Up the Earth" an outline proposal presented to Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith by Noel O'Shea and Dr Anthony Collis, September 1993, with objective "to arrest the destruction of planet Earth by humankind".

Ref: P143/4/4/4/4

Report "Equality of Opportunity in the Civil Service 1991".

Ref: P143/4/4/4/5

Reports from the ESRI [Economic and Social Research Institute], 1992, 1993 including list of publications, review of ESRI Research in 1992, annual report for Y/E 31/12/1992, "The Impact of Forestry on Rural Communities", Brendan Kearney and Robert O'Connor, May 1993, "Agricultural and Forestry Land Prices in Ireland", Robert O'Connor and Fergal Conlon, May 1993, "Policy Challenges in Forestry", Brendan Kearney, Damian F. Hannan, Robert O'Connor and Patrick Commins, May 1993 and Executive Summary of "Study of Socio-Economic Impediments to Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication", R O'Connor, A Conway and M Murphy, June 1993.

Ref: P143/4/4/4/6

Briefing notes, background information, reports and other research material used by Mary Robinson ahead of meetings and for reference, 1994, including material sent by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Ref: P143/4/4/5

Two reports by Brian Harvey with correspondence between Christopher Holdsworth, Northern Ireland Committee, The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, and Bride Rosney on behalf of Mary Robinson, 07-15/02/1994: "Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Rights and Justice Work in Ireland" (commissioned by the Trust) and "The Prospects for an Umbrella Organization for the Voluntary Sector in Ireland - a report for the Enterprise Trust" May 1993.

Ref: P143/4/4/5/3