File 6 - VIPs 1995

30 pp

Letters from VIPs to President Mary Robinson (MR), 1995 including typed letter of thanks from Senator Edward Kennedy following condolences MR sent on death the previous month of his mother, Rose Kennedy (née FitzGerald), 10/02/1995; photocopy of fax sent by Richard Jolly, Acting Executive Director, UNICEF, thanking MR for condolences sent on death of Executive Director James P Grant, and referring to Grant speaking of MR and her visit the previous year to Somalia, the first Head of State or Government to do so, 20/02/1995; handwritten letter from Monica Barnes tendering her resignation as a member of the Council of State, and thanking MR for opportunity "during one of the most interesting periods of this Council", 07/04/1995; photocopies of faxed correspondence from Embassy of Ireland, Washington DC, USA, relating to push by Senator Edward Kennedy and other members of US Congress to have the Speaker, Newt Gingrich, invite MR to address a Joint Meeting of Congress, 21/07-06/09/1995; typed letter from United Nations Secretary General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali to MR, following the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, requesting designation of a focal point in Irish Government with whom the UN Secretariat could be in contact, and welcoming MR's personal views, 28/07/1995; typed letter and photocopy of same, from former US President Jimmy Carter to MR, in relation to lunch MR hosted for him and wife Rosalynn during their visit to Ireland, and noting they hoped to return soon, 15/08/1995; typed letter from William Smith, Northern Co-ordinator of the Shankhill/Belfast-Shankhill/Dublin Project, thanking MR for wonderful reception at Áras an Uachtaráin [the official residence of the President of Ireland], and noting the project "is a shining example of what can be done between our two countries", 29/08/1995; photocopy of typed letter from President of the Republic of Hungary, Árpád Göncz, thanking MR for her letter of congratulations on his re-election as president, 09/1995; typed letter from Tony Blair, leader of the British Labour party [later became Prime Minister], thanking MR for taking time to meet him and Marjorie Mowlam [Secretary of State for Northern Ireland] at "a very sensitive and difficult time in the peace process", noting he enjoyed the meeting and would continue to support efforts of all concerned in reaching settlement, 13/09/1995; photocopy of letter from Queen Noor, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, thanking MR for responding to her appeal to try to alleviate suffering of people of Bosnia Herzegovina (see P143/4/6/2/3), sent through the Jordanian embassy in London, 10/1995-08/11/1995; typed letter from Shaharyar M Khan, Special Representative of the Secretary General, United Nations Assistance Mission to Rwanda, apologising for being unable to surface during MR's visit to Rwanda, after being stricken with Malaria, and thanking MR for being the only "Head of State who has seen the shattered Rwanda of last year and the current signs of recovery", 11/10/1995; typed letter from Jack Valenti, President and Chief Executive Officer, Motion Picture Association of America Inc., thanking her for her visit, 20/10/1995; typed letter from Lord Howe [Sir Geoffrey Howe, former Deputy Prime Minister of UK], thanking MR for sending copy of her Herman Phleger lecture at Stanford University, and referring to Peace Process and Round Table Seminar he was going to be attending in Ireland, 13/11/1995; typed letter from Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland, with handwritten note, referring to telephone call between her and MR, and referring to the International Women's Leadership Forum taking place in Stockholm in May 1996, and Robinson's visit to Iceland in Spring 1996, 17/11/1995; typed letter from United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali stating on record his deep appreciation for Ireland's steadfast support for the UN since Ireland became a member in 1955, on occasion of Conference of the Irish United Nations Association, held to mark 50th anniversary of UN, 01/12/1995; typed letter from US President Bill Clinton, following warm reception on his visit to Ireland, and applauding work of Irish and UK Governments towards peace in Northern Ireland, with handwritten note, stating he was looking forward to her visit to US the following year, 04/12/1995; typed letter from President F W De Klerk, South Africa, thanking MR for hospitality shown during his visit to Ireland with wife Marike, 08/12/1995; typed letter of thanks from Frank Longford, 7th Earl of Longford [British politician and social reformer], for message sent by MR, most likely following his 90th birthday, 19/12/1995; typed letter from John Major, Prime Minister, United Kingdom, officially inviting MR to UK as guest of British Government, June of 1996, and noting the substantial progress on Northern Ireland, 21/12/1995; typed letter from Pasteur Bizimungu, President of the Republic of Rwanda, thanking MR for her visit, and "rare gesture of solidarity to have visited Rwanda for the second time within the same year", sent via the Embassies of Rwanda and Ireland, in London, 27/12/1995.

Ref: P143/4/6/3/6

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