Transcript of Forum - "National Forum on Development Aid: Humanitarian Crises: Prevention, Responses and Rehabilitation", Dublin Castle 09/07/1996 which included Mary Robinson as last speaker to address forum.

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Transcript of Forum - "National Forum on Development Aid: Humanitarian Crises: Prevention, Responses and Rehabilitation", Dublin Castle 09/07/1996 which included Mary Robinson as last speaker to address forum.

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Folder labelled "Information pack NYCI [National Youth Council of Ireland] Young People in Ireland Looking to the Future 2nd May 1996" consisting of flyers, brochures, NYCI annual report 1995, agenda for event on 2nd May, and document "Young People Some Stats Facts & Attitudes".

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Material relating to Cúlra, an annual summer school programme organised by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ), Britain region including report on the event (1995-96), and flyer and programme for 1996 programme. The 1996 programme theme was "An Górta Mór - The Great Hunger", and the programme included a copy of the text of Mary Robinson's address to the Houses of the Oireachtas "Cherishing the Diaspora", on 2nd February 1995.

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Briefing notes for the Commission-Government meeting, Dublin Castle, 02/07/1996. Second European Council during Irish Presidency [of Commission]. Meeting attended by Government, and those Ministers of State who were to chair Council meetings over the course of the Irish Presidency and was chaired by the Taoiseach. Includes cover letter from Brian McCarthy, Department of the Taoiseach to Peter Ryan, Secretary to the President, 03/07/1996.

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Bilingual Provisional press communication for 1942nd [EU] Council meeting - Economic and Financial Questions, Brussels, for which Ruairí Quinn, Minister for Finance was President (chair) 08/07/1996. Council meeting included presentation of Irish Presidency Programme for ECOFIN with priorities concerning six areas: preparation for stage three of EMU [Economic Monetary Union], employment, the fight against fraud, legislative work concerning financial services, development of Community lending to third countries and taxation; paper "International Institute for Human Rights Policy Studies", setting out reasoning behind decision to establish them, 07/1996.

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Briefing notes on General Affairs Council (GAC), Brussels, 15/16 July, for which Dick Spring, TD, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tánaiste, was chairing. Also includes typed summary of outcome sent by Peter Gunning, Head of Mission, Permanent Mission of Ireland to the European Union, 17/07/1996, and bilingual provisional press communication. This was the first GAC under Tánaiste Spring's Chairmanship. One of main topics was the Regulation on financial and technical measures to accompany the reform and the economic and social structures in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership (MEDA) and the Greek reserve on its adoption, and agreement was considered by Gunning as "significant achievement".

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Material relating to the Northside Partnership (Dublin) including report "Investigating into the development of a Simulated Production Unit for the Northside Partnership", H.L. Browne, 02/12/1993; flyer "the Sign Project St Vincent's Trust" along with address given by MR with some notation including note she visited the Trust July 1992; series of case studies of participants in the STEPS Programme, faxed by Micheline Egan, 03/11/9[?]; booklet on Corduff Development Group affiliated to the Greater Blanchardstown Development Project, 199[4?]; report "Progress in Partnership", Northside Partnership report 1993/1994; report on "Recruitment of Unemployed people aged 35 and older", Northside Partnership's Contact Point Service, 09/1995; survey "...of the Needs of Unemployed People in the Corduff Area" Corduff Centre for the Unemployed (CUAG), 03/1995 and "Insight" newsletters for CUAG March 1995-April 1996; Area Action Plan 1996-1999, Northside Partnership with agenda for board meeting, 20/03/1996, inserted; notes for discussion with Mary Robinson from Padraic A White, Northside Partnership, 04/11/1996, and follow-up correspondence from White, 18/11/1996 including document outlining case studies, testimonials and comments "from people whose lives have been affected by the work of this Partnership" [case studies anonymised].

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Booklet: "Special Meeting of the European Council, Dublin 5 October 1996"

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Material including background information and reports on Human Rights and Humanitarian crises including Somalia, Rwanda and Great Lakes Region. Includes typed document "Dublin Round Table on Promotion of the Rule of Law through Effective Training for Human Rights Field Tasks", 28-29 Nov 1996; articles/papers "The role and responsibility of the Secretary-General in Peace Operations", "Preventing Humanitarian Crises", and text of address "Managing conflict after the Cold War", at Catholic Institute for International Relations AGM, 13/10/1995 by Ambassador Mohamed Sahnoun; text/address "Prevention of Humanitarian Crises - an NGO Perspective", Justin Kilcullen, Trócaire, Irish National Delegate to the Liaison Committee of European NGOs, National Forum on Development Aid, July 1996; paper "Ethics and Development Aid", Roger C Riddell, Overseas Development Institute, London, 10/1995; faxed Great Lakes UNHCR briefing from Donal Denham, Irish Permanent Mission to the United Nations (PMUN) 19/11/1996 and communiqués, Mission d'Irlande [PMUN] various updates on Eastern Zaire 13-17/11/1996, and "Refugee Reintegration in the Great Lakes Region, with Special Focus on Rwanda", 23/11/1996; "A Global Foreign Policy for Europe", briefing for 1996 European Union Inter-Governmental Conference from Oxfam in Ireland and Concern Worldwide; two faxed reports from Jack Finucane, Concern Worldwide, to Bride Rosney following his return from Rwanda/Zaire, 20-22/11/1996; report "Rwanda United Nations Situation Report September 1996", Office of the Residence Coordinator, Kigali, Rwanda, 23/10/1996; briefing material from UNHCR (via PMUN?) on map of refugees in the Great Lakes Region, IRIN Emergency update on Eastern Zaire (17-18/11/1996), World Food Programme weekly report, 15/11/1996, statement issued following Special Meeting of European Union Development and Humanitarian Aid Ministers, 7/11/1996, update notes on situation in GLR and UNHCR Eastern Zaire Crisis 19/11/1996; faxed copy of "Presidency Statement by Minister of State Gay Mitchell, TD, to the European Parliament on the Situation in Eastern Zaire 13 November 1996", sent to BR by Margaret Hennessy, Development Cooperation Division, Department of foreign Affairs, 15/11/1996; photocopy of faxed situation update on Eastern Zaire, sent from Dominic MacSorley, Concern 7/11/1996; "Developing World", Irish Times supplement report, 13/11/1996.

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