Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1945 - 1983 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Size/Number of Items/Parts: ca. 248 linear ft. of textual records (496 boxes), No. of Boxes: 496
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Kurt Waldheim of Austria was elected Secretary-General of the United Nations on 22 December 1971; he took office 1 January 1972.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of records of Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, relating to his responsibilities as chief administrative officer of the Secretariat and as chief coordinator of the legislative, political, socio-economic, and military bodies of the United Nations. Fonds is arranged in the following record series.
UN. SECRETARY-GENERAL (1972-1981 : WALDHEIM)
Administrative and management matters 1970-1981 S-0897
Peacekeeping - Africa 1963-1981 S-0902
Peacekeeping - code cables 1972-1981 S-0898
Peacekeeping - Cyprus 1971-1981 S-0903
Peacekeeping - India/Pakistan/Bangladesh 1971-1977 S-0900
Peacekeeping - Middle East 1945-1981 S-0899
Peacekeeping - Vietnam and Indo-China 1954-1981 S-0901
Political matters - country files 1963-1981 S-0904
Political matters - disarmament 1972-1981 S-0905
Political matters - miscellaneous records 1972-1981 S-0906
Press matters and public relations 1971-1981 S-0973
Secretary-General's correspondence with heads-of-state, governments, and representatives/observers to the United Nations 1965-1981 S-0907
Secretary-General's correspondence with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations 1971-1981 S-0972
Secretary-General's correspondence with outside organizations and individuals 1971-1982 S-0974
Secretary-General's correspondence with United Nations associations 1971-1981 S-0988
Secretary-General's meetings 1973-1975 S-0984
Secretary-General's messages and statements 1971-1981 S-0985
Secretary-General's personal files 1971-1983 S-0986
Secretary-General's trips 1972-1981 S-0987
United Nations celebrations, concerts, and other events 1972-1981 S-0989
United Nations commissions, committees, and conferences 1971-1981 S-0913
United Nations emergency and relief operations 1972-1981 S-0990
United Nations General Assembly 1972-1981 S-0908
United Nations Secretariat departments 1968-1981 S-0983
United Nations Security Council and other organs 1971-1981 S-0909
United Nations special programmes 1971-1981 S-0971
United Nations specialized agencies and other bodies 1972-1981 S-0910
United Nations subsidiary bodies 1971-1981 S-0911
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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