Folder labelled "Sudan" relating to possible Presidential visit to Sudan which was postponed. Includes Amnesty International report "Sudan Patterns of Repression", 19/02/1993; poem from Betty Lynch and letters referring to President Mary Robinson (MR)'s visit to Somalia as well as crisis in Sudan, 01-18/05/1993; letter to MR from John O'Shea, Director, GOAL, referring to her potential visit to South Sudan and enclosing GOAL report on emergency feeding and relief operations, 21/05/1993; photocopy of communications from Embassy of Ireland, Lagos, Nigeria, to Secretary of Foreign Affairs on Abuja Talks on Sudan Conflict, 21-28/05/1993; correspondence between Noel Dorr (ND), Secretary Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Frank Murray (FM), Secretary to the Government, Dept of the Taoiseach, and Peter Ryan (PR), Secretary to the President (21-25/05/1993) on the possible visit of MR which includes detailed reports from Éamon Ó Tuathail (EÓT), Irish Ambassador in Cairo, (7-14/01/1993) and points for MR to consider; photocopy of fax from Justin Kilcullen, Trócaire (Catholic Agency for World Development), to MR about possible visit, 27/05/1993; briefing material from ND, sent by FM to PR including reports on the situation in Sudan and on the Abuja peace process from EÓT, 23/05-01/06/1993; photocopy of handwritten letter from David Manning, Merseyside, England, to MR discussing airlift of food and medicine which he had organised using "the world's largest transport aircraft the Russian [Antona?] 124" through a UK company, 02/06/1993 and requesting a meeting with her to draw media attention to his fundraising and airlifts, 02/06/1993; correspondence between ND, FM and PR relating to paper stating pros and cons of visit to Sudan drawn up by Ronan Murphy, Assistant Secretary, Development Cooperation Division, DFA, and telex from Ambassador EÓT, 23/05-03/06/1993; correspondence relating to the presentation of credentials by the new Sudanese Ambassador Mr Ali M Yassin on 9th of July including from Tom Kitt, TD, Minister of State, Dept. of Foreign Affairs who could not attend, 07/06/1993, a note from Joe Brennan stating Joan Burton, Minister of State, Dept of Social Welfare would attend, 08/07/1993, background notes including briefing note on Ireland's bilateral Aid Programme to Sudan, and itinerary of events at the presentation; letter from FM to PR stating that DFA had recommended MR should not visit Sudan at that time because "of situation there, the danger and the difficulty of arranging such a visit" along with challenges of the rainy season, and recommending instead that "position should be reviewed again in the Autumn when a formal invitation is expected to have been received from the Sudanese President", 16/07/1993, with reports enclosed including from Ambassador in Copenhagen on visit to Sudan by Troika of EC [European Community] Development Ministers and follow-up letter from FM to PR, 20/07/1993 with note of conversation between Ronan Murphy and Ambassador Yassin referring to human rights issues and need for "linkage between any expansion of Development Aid and an improvement in the Human Rights situation there".
Ref: P143/4/5/3/3/6