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Title
Date(s)
- 1954 - 2003 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Size/Number of Items/Parts: 394 linear ft. of textual records and other material, No. of Boxes: 788
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Established by Security Council resolution 745 (1992) of 28 February 1992, and fully operational by 15 March 1992, the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) was created to ensure the implementation of the Agreements on a Comprehensive Political Settlement of the Cambodia Conflict (a.k.a. The Paris Agreements), signed on 23 October 1991.
Upon its realisation, UNTAC absorbed the United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (UNAMIC), which had been formed immediately following the signing of the Agreements. UNTAC, in consultation with Cambodia's interim government, the Supreme National Council of Cambodia (SNC), worked on a number of matters, including: the carrying out of nationwide elections, the promotion of human rights, peacekeeping among military factions, the maintenance of law and order, the repatriation of Cambodian refugees, the creation of a sound civil administration, and the rehabilitation of Cambodia's economic infrastructure.
Accordingly, UNTAC consisted of seven key components: human rights, electoral, military, civilian police, civilian administration, repatriation, and rehabilitation.
Throughout the duration of UNTAC, Mr. Yasushi Akashi served as special representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and head of mission (HoM), while Lieutenant-General John Sanderson acted as force commander (FC).
UNTAC's mandate ended on 24 September 1993 with the promulgation of Cambodia's constitution and the formation its new government.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of the records of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia created in the course of its operations. Arrangement is in the following record series:
Records of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Records of the Office of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Records of the Office of the Special Prosecutor
Records of the Office of the Political Adviser
Records of the Office of the Rehabilitation and Economic Affairs Office
Records of the Office of the Spokesman
Records of the Security Planning Unit
Records of the Local Committee on Contracts - Meetings
Records of the Information/Education Division - Director's records
Records of the Information/Education Division - Analysis Unit's records
Records of the Information/Education Division - Production Unit's records
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Headquarters Boards of Inquiry cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Civilian Police Component Boards of Inquiry cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Theft cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Civilian Investigation Boards cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Closed cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Military Component Boards of Inquiry cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Miscellaneous records
Records of Mr. Rafeeuddin Ahmed relating to Kampuchea/Cambodia
Records of the Office of the Director of Administration and Officer-in-Charge, UNTAC
Records of Civil Administration Headquarters
Records of Civil Administration Provincial Headquarters
Records of the Electoral Component
Records of the Civilian Police
Records of the Military Component
Records of the Human Rights Component