File 12 - Outgoing 1994 Part 12

205 pp

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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