Material relating to visits by Mary Robinson abroad in 1994, including to France (P143/4/5/3/4/1), United States of America (P143/4/5/3/4/2, 13), United Kingdom (P143/4/5/3/4/3), South Africa (P143/4/5/3/4/4, 13), Switzerland (P143/4/5/3/4/5), Poland (P143/4/5/3/4/6), Council of Europe, France (P143/4/5/3/4/7), Canada (P143/4/5/3/4/8), Republic of Zambia (P143/4/5/3/4/9, 12), Republic of Zimbabwe (P143/4/5/3/4/10, 12), United Republic of Tanzania (P143/4/5/3/4/11, 12) and Rwanda (P143/4/5/3/4/12).

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Official ringbound information handbook for visit of President Mary Robinson to Paris, 14-16 January 1994, containing details of programme, car plan and telephone numbers.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/4/1

Material relating to President Mary Robinson's State visit to Republic of Zimbabwe, 01-07/10/1994, consisting of briefing book containing programme and related material (delegation list, CVs, profile of Irish Community and notes on venues), general data, notes on history and culture, on political and economic situation, on relations with Ireland and on International political and economic issues of major local concern, on EU [European Union] relations, and on the Official Irish Aid Programme including overall Irish Aid programme, Irish Aid programme in Zimbabwe, and NGO Scheme/Fellowships/Emergency Aid and photocopy of official information handbook containing information on programme.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/4/10

Material relating to President Mary Robinson's State visit to United Republic of Tanzania, 07-13/10/1994, including ringbound briefing book containing programme and related material (delegation list, CVs, profile of Irish Community and notes on venues), general data, notes on history and culture, on political and economic situation, on relations with Ireland and on International political and economic issues of major local concern, on EU [European Union] relations, and on the Official Irish Aid Programme including overall Irish Aid programme, Irish Aid programme in Tanzania, NGO Scheme/Fellowships/Emergency Aid, note on Rwandan Refugee situation, and official information handbook containing information on delegation, programme, car plan, protocols and telephone numbers.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/4/11

Material relating to President Mary Robinson (MR)'s State visits to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, her visit to Rwanda, and the refugee camps near Goma, and in Tanzania, her briefing of the United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary[-General] Gharekhan, and her correspondence with heads of member states of the UN seeking "their assistance in having the U.N. address more urgently the need to bring to justice those who instigated and led the genocidal killings in Rwanda". It includes a photocopy of faxed security report on MR's proposed visit to Kigali [Rwanda] and Goma [Democratic Republic of Congo], Ronan Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Development Cooperation Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), 10/10/1994; typed key notes taken during meeting between MR and President Mwinyi, [United Republic of Tanzania] 11/10/1994; handwritten notes (extracts relating to Rwanda) of meeting between MR and Prime Minister Malecela, [Tanzania] 12/10/1994; typed memo re meeting between MR and representatives of various NGOs held under the auspices of UNHCR [UN Refugee Agency in Rwanda], Kigali, Rwanda, 13/10/1994; typed report/minutes of call on MR by Vice-President and Minister for Defence of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, in Mille Collines Hotel, Kigali, 13/10/1994; typed report/minutes of briefing of MR by Ambassador Khan and Major General Tousignant, in UNAMIR [United Nations Assistance Mission For Rwanda] Headquarters, Kigali, 13/10/1994; typed report/minutes of call of MR with President Bizimungu in President's Residence, Kigali, 13/10/1994; letter from Brian McCarthy, Assistant Secretary to the Government, to Peter Ryan, Secretary to the President, enclosing reports prepared by the DFA on MR's visit to Rwanda and Goma, 20/10/1994; typed CV for UN Under-Secretary-General Gharekhan; photocopy of fax from Irish Permanent Mission For UN (PMUN) to Bride Rosney with "Cover letter & Extract from interim report of the Commission of Experts re HR Abuses in Rwanda Just Recd", 21/10/1994; draft letter from MR to member states with cover letter from Peter Ryan to Frank Murray, Secretary to the Government and revised draft 07-10/11/1994; cards in appreciation of MR's historic visit from APSO Central Africa Field Office, and ARTCF, Kigali, 13/10/1994 04/10/1994; information pack with background information on Rwanda, on neighbouring countries concerned with Rwandan refugees, and on CONCERN's involvement, with cover letter from Aengus Finucane, Chief Executive, CONCERN, 23/09/1994; letter from James P Grant, Executive Director, UNICEF, in relation to her proposed visit to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Rwanda, 22/09/1994, and UNICEF emergency update on Rwanda 01/09/199 ;and fax from PMUN New York with latest situation reports ahead of MR's visit, 29/09/1994.

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Photocopied fax of protocol details for official visit of President Mary Robinson (MR) to the United Nations Headquarters, New York, Philadelphia and Boston, 07-13/03/1994 (includes visit to New York Stock Exchange, 09/03/1994); official welcome for MR during visit to United States of America from Governor Robert Casey, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 09/03/1994 in blue folder with gold embossed stamp/logo of the Commonwealth and Mayor Kenneth E Reeves, City of Cambridge, 10/03/1994, in wine folder with logo/emblem of City of Cambridge.

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Ringbound briefing book for visit of President Mary Robinson to Manchester 17-19/4/1994 containing details on programme, history of Irish Community in Manchester, Manchester Irish Community Care, biographical notes, Northern Ireland background note, description of treasures from the John Rylands Library, and contact numbers.

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Material relating to visit of President Mary Robinson to South Africa, 8-11/05/1994 for inauguration of President Nelson Mandela, consisting of official information handbook (Ireland) with details on delegation, programme and telephone numbers, and two official booklets (South Africa) of guidelines and summary of programme.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/4/4

Material relating to visit of President Mary Robinson (MR) to Switzerland, 29-31/05/1994 including official ringbound information handbook containing details of delegation, programme, car plan, telephone numbers and accommodation, and briefing book containing details of programme, CVs of MR's main interlocutors, CVs of co-recipients of the Max Schmidheiny Freedom Prize, note on cultural relations with Switzerland, note on political background on Switzerland, Swiss / EU [European Union] relations and bilateral economic relations.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/4/5

Briefing book for President Mary Robinson's State visit to Poland, 20-24/06/1994, which contains details of programme, delegation and their CVs, notes on political and economic situation, notes on general, trade and cultural relations, including Avonmore project, notes on European issues (Corfu European Council, EU[European Union] relations with Poland and with Central and Eastern European Countries, European Security Architecture, former Yugoslavia, Russia and Ukraine), notes on International issues (UN reform and peacekeeping, Africa - South Africa, Rwanda), notes on Northern Ireland, and background information on Irish Community in Poland and on locations.

Ref: P143/4/5/3/4/6