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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.

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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.

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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.

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Folder on background material relating to the National Distance Education Centre sent to Mary Robinson, 1991 by Chris Curran, Director.

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Typed copy of speech given by Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey, TD on the opening of the debate on European Union in Dáil Éireann [lower house of parliament in Ireland], 28/11/1991. [Relates to the Treaty on European Union aka the Maastricht Treaty and Ireland's membership of the EU].

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Reports: Irish Council of the European Movement - "Developing the Rural Economy - The Role of The Structural Funds", conference Papers, Dublin 18/1/1991; "Networking Women's Groups in the West of Ireland", Venetia McEllin, Summer 1991; "President Mary Robinson: A Subversive Quality" Valerie Bresnihan, Equality Studies Centre, UCD [University College Dublin], Nov 1991.

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Briefing notes, background information, reports and other research material used by Mary Robinson ahead of meetings and for reference, 1992, including material sent by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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Background material including document "Signature of the Agreement on Social Policy concluded between the Member States of the European Community with the exception of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland", sent to Mary Robinson (MR) with note from Kay [Gleeson], 06/02/1992; briefing note on meeting between MR and Taoiseach on 7th May 1992; faxed communication from Emer Colleran, Department of Microbiology, University College Galway (UCG) relating to a Bill being discussed in the Seanad which related to the planning process, An Bord Pleanála, and how appeals were dealt with, 13/07/1992.

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Correspondence relating to the Irish language including in relation to the push for it to become an official language of the enlarged European community. It consists of correspondence from Dónall Ó Móráin, Gael Linn, and background material including text of lecture delivered by Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich, 18/11/1988, "Europe 1992: The Irish Contribution", a supplement produced by Fortnight Educational trust, Northern Ireland "The Future of Irish - 10 essays celebrating one hundred years of the Irish language movement" and newsletter from the Ultacht Trust "The Protestant Gaelic Tradition". The file also includes a draft speech in Irish and English which may have been given on 10/07/1992, and newsletter from An Comhchoiste Réamhscolaíochta Teo [organisation concerned with Irish medium Pre-school education] with cover Christmas card from Máire Uí [Arnín?], 12/1992.

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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".

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