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Security

The title of S-1888 was drawn from the function series Safety Management (PKH.SAF), Security Management (PKH.SEC), and Security Sector Reform (PKH.SSR) from the “Peacekeeping Headquarters Retention Schedule,” v. 2, August 2011, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and Department of Field Support (DFS).

Records primarily consist of memoranda, code cables, and reports on: security incidents, such as seizure of weapons from mission troops, attacks on mission troops and personnel, and violations of mission freedom of movement; health and safety issues, such as control of infectious diseases; and assessments of the security situation in mission areas of responsibility, based on military activity, criminality, civil disobedience, availability of arms, socio-economic factors, and effectiveness of law enforcement institutions. Also present are mission-specific security plans. There are also DPKO-produced standard operating procedures, “Headquarters Crisis Response in Support of DPKO-led Field Missions,” and “Crisis Management in DPKO-led Missions.” The SOPs outline procedures concerning basic and complex crisis response and the responsibilities of DPKO senior management to crisis situations.

There are also memoranda, code cables, and reports related to hostage crises. These are accompanied by lists of hostages giving information such as their locations and nationalities. There are also records concerning the May 2000 hostage-taking of approximately 500 United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) personnel by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF); these detail the participation of President of Liberia Charles Taylor in the hostage negotiations, and give updates on the security situation and military activity in locations where hostages were held.

One file focuses on the Special Battalion for Security in the United Nations Mission of Observers in Tajikistan (UNMOT), an integrated Tajik Government / United Tajik Opposition (UTO) military unit that was established to provide security for United Nations personnel. The file contains: a training program for the battalion, memoranda on recruiting battalion trainers from Member States, and rules and regulations for the battalion.

The title of S-1889 was drawn from two function series of the “Peacekeeping Headquarters Retention Schedule,” v. 2, August 2011, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and Department of Field Support (DFS): Information Management (PKH.INM) and Public Information and Communications (PKH.PUC).

S-1889 contains records relating to the creation, management and dissemination of DPKO and DFS materials that promote the department’s work (PUC). S-1889 also contains records relating to the management of records, information and knowledge in field missions; the use of communication systems and information technology in field missions; and geodata and cartography in field missions (INM).

Records consist of memoranda and briefs about: policy for records management at DPKO headquarters and in field missions; cooperation between DPKO and the Department of Public Information (DPI); and relations between DPKO and the media. Additionally, there are DPKO-issued standard operating procedures on such topics as the reporting of casualties, the submission of situation and incident reports, and public briefings relating to sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping missions.

Also included are: press releases issued by peacekeeping missions; media digests and analyses of national and international news sources, compiled by the Public Information Offices of peacekeeping missions; and plans for the communications infrastructure in peacekeeping missions. Maps and graphical sketches of the peacekeeping host country depict: the deployment of Military Observers, Member State-supported contingents, and mission Team Sites; disarmament sites; zones and areas occupied by military factions; and sectors and geo-political boundaries.

Mine Action

The title of S-1890 was drawn from the function series Mine Action (PKH.MIN) from the “Peacekeeping Headquarters Retention Schedule,” v. 2, August 2011, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and Department of Field Support (DFS).

S-1890 contains records documenting the administration and coordination of mine action activities by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO).

Included are memoranda of the DPKO’s Demining Expert and the Demining Unit, covering such topics as: job descriptions and recruitment for the Demining Unit, coordination between DPKO and the Department of Humanitarian Affairs in the area of mine clearance, and the procurement of technical expertise. There are also briefs issued by the Demining Unit on the landmine situation and clearance activities in specific countries and geographic areas, including Somalia, Sudan, Mozambique, the Libya/Chad border, and other areas. Additionally, there are summaries of meetings of the Working Group on Mine and Munitions Clearance (WGMC), which were attended by the Demining Expert. The WGMC was established in 1992 to coordinate demining activities across all United Nations departments and to develop a United Nations demining policies.

S-1890 also includes draft plans for mine clearance in Angola dating from 1994. The drafts outline the scope of the mine problem in Angola, and preparatory and implantation phases of clearance activities with the assistance of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission II (UNAVEM II) and the Angola Mine Clearance Training Facility. Additionally, there are code cables and briefs documenting mine clearance operations conducted during the United Nations Angola Verification Mission III (UNAVEM III). The briefs cover topics such as medical support for mine clearance, the mine threat in regional areas of Angola, and staffing and operations of the UNAVEM III Demining School.

Other records in S-1890 include: a reconnaissance report, dating from 1991, on minefield clearance in the United Nations Buffer Zone, prepared by Canadian forces in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP); draft mine clearance plans for Rwanda dating from 1994; and a summary, dating from October 2000, of mine clearance statistics prepared by the Mine Action Coordination Centre (MACC), which operated in Pristina under the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK). A brief dating from c. 2005 on the United Nations Mine Action Office in Sudan covers the history of UN-assisted mine action clearance activities in Sudan, the objectives of the office, and the integration of the office with the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS).

S-0653 · Series · 1949 - 1951
Part of United Nations Commissioner in Libya (1949-1952)

United Nations Commissioner in Libya and the Council in Libya: Representatives

Series consists of correspondence, incoming and outgoing cables and telegrams, memoranda, proposals, petition summaries, summary records, records of visits, resumes, roll-call sheets, and tables. Subjects include but are not limited to the following: membership and administration - U.N. Council in Libya; informal and formal meetings; trips; minority representation in Libya; and the areas of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan. Correspondents include Lewis Clark, U.S.A. Representative to the U.N. Council in Libya; J. C. Penney, U.K. Representative to the U.N. Council in Libya; Abdur Rabim Khan, Pakistan Representative to the U.N. Council in Libya; Ambassador Baron G. V. Confalonieri, Italian Representative to the U.N. Council in Libya; Georges J. Balay, French Representative to the U.N. Council in Libya; Kamal Selim Bay, Egyptian Representative to the U.N. Council in Libya; Sir Adrian Pelt, U.N. Commissioner for Libya; and Thomas Power, Jr., Principal Secretary, U.N. Mission in Libya.

S-0654 · Series · 1923 - 1951
Part of United Nations Commissioner in Libya (1949-1952)

Series consists of correspondence, incoming and outgoing cables and telegrams, excerpts of telegrams, memoranda, aide-memoires of conversations, resolutions, proclamations, decisions, recommendations and commentaries, meeting reports, addenda, speeches and abstracts of speeches, memoranda of protests, press releases and newsclippings, periodical journals, pamphlets, programmes, maps, exercise books, handwritten documents, and poetry.

Subjects include but are not limited to the following: constitutional development of Libya,Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan; political parties; minority issues; inauguration of U.N. tribunal in Italy; Maltese, Greek, and Jewish communities; expulsion of Italian minorities; development of Libyan Provisional Government; British administration in Tripolitania; censorship of Italian and Libyan newspapers; Press Law of 1950; the Committee of Twenty-One; demographics; labor issues; business interests; banking; refugees; Arab education; public health and services; and compensation for war damages.

Correspondents include T.R. Blackley, Chief Administrator, British Administration in Tripolitania; Dr. P. Cremona, Chief of Staff, U.N. Commission in Libya; Mansour Kaddera, Secretary-General of Council for Liberation of Libya; Sir Adrian Pelt, U.N. Comissioner for Libya; Thomas Power, Jr., Principal Secretary, U.N. Mission in Libya; Dr. L. Cerbella, President, Democratic Italian League; Signor Enrico Cibelli, President of Associazane Politico per il Progesso della Libia; and James Keene, Field Director, U.N. Relief for Palestine Refugees.

S-0655 · Series · 1934 - 1956
Part of United Nations Commissioner in Libya (1949-1952)

Series consists of correspondence, handwritten correspondence and notes, incoming and outgoing cables and telegrams, memoranda, records of conversations, minutes of meetings, resolutions, agreements, supplementary agreements, commentaries, reports, outlines of reports, progress reports, status reports, observation reports, interim and summary reports, extracts of reports, report reviews, draft appraisals, statements, questionnaires and answers, amendments and draft amendments, press releases and communiques, periodical publications, pamphlets, maps, draft plans, office circulars, speeches, records of proceedings, scripts, working papers, draft preparatory remarks, transcripts of interviews and radio broadcasts, daily reports, radio programming schedules, weekly information bulletins, diagrams, rules of procedure, draft rules of procedure, extracts of newspaper articles, training syllabi, draft constitutions, and photographs.

Subjects include but are not limited to the following: technical assistance to Libya; Supplementary Agreement No. 1; working parties on the agreement; the Goodrich Mission Report; the Lindbergh Report; natural resources; agriculture; animal husbandry; arid zone research; public utilities and services; health; war damages; the Rockefeller Foundation; reconstruction; banking and industry; local administrative training program; economic independence of Libya; UNESCO; WHO; IMF; educational scholarships and fellowships; civil service; UNTAB; committees and sub-committees; Truman Fourth Point Aid Scheme; SECCO; U.N. General Assembly; proclamation - Amir as King of Libya; documentary films; press issues; Libyan National Assembly; Libya Constitutional Committee and Working Group; Libyan Constituent Assembly; electoral law; commerce, tariffs, and trade between Libya and Italy; the Arab League; Anglo-Italian Property Agreement; legal issues; and social events.

Correspondents include His Excellency al-Bey Ahmed Seyf an Nasr, Chief of Territory of Fezzan; M.R. Chambard, Consul General of France, Tripoli d'Afrique; Dr. P. Cremona, Chief of Staff, U.N. Commission in Libya; Thomas Power, Jr., Principal Secretary, U.N. Mission in Libya; A.D.K. Owen, Assistant Superintendent General in Charge of Economic Affairs; J. Lindberg, Chief of Technical Assistance, U.N. Mission in Libya; Dr. K. Lindsay, Public Health Advisor; Benjamin Higgins, Chief Economist, U.N. Mission in Libya; Mahmoud Al Muntasser, Prime Minister of Libya; Dr. Joseph H. Willets, Rockefeller Foundation; M. T. Gibling, Irrigation Expert, U.N. Technical Assistance, Mission to Libya; Abdel Aziz Ahmed, Power Expert, U.N. Technical Assistance, Mission to Libya; Mansour Kandora, Acting Prime Minister, Tripolitanian Government; S. Mirza, Head, UNESCO Technical Assistance; and Sir Aly Shousha Pashar, M.D., Regional Director, Eastern Medical Regional Director, WHO.

S-0660 · Series · 1947 - 1952
Part of United Nations Commissioner in Libya (1949-1952)

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, interim reports, budgets, daily reading files, draft reports, annual reports, agricultural reports, radio communications, itineraries, press reports, economic survey, handwritten notes, and foreign employee contracts.

Subjects include but are not limited to the following: education in Tripolitana; Italian participation on committee; candidates for posistions on committee; constitutional revisions; transfer of powers; summary of Truman Fourth Point Aid Plan for Libya; statement for reception of new king of Libya; draft of rights of the people; economic development; recommendations for Libyan budget; and report on Egyptian teacher salaries.

Correspondents include Adrian Pelt, UN Commissioner to Libya; Thomas Power, UN Mission to Libya; Dr. Aneizi, Libyan Observer; Andrew Lynch, Consul-General in Tripoli, USA; Andrew Cordier; Mr. Torres Bodet; Gorden Campbell; and Mr. Gonzalez-Fernandez.

S-0661 · Series · 1945 - 1955
Part of United Nations Commissioner in Libya (1949-1952)

Tribunal in Libya

Series consists of correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, credentials, memoranda, and incoming and outgoing cables. Subjects include but are not limited to the following: arrivals and departures of visitors to the Tribunal in Libya; annual leave; requests for books from the Tribunal's library; periodic reports on staff; rules and procedures - Tribunal; priveleges and immunites for members - Tribunal; rules and regulations concerning enemy property; requests for hearings before the Tribunal; and disposal of Italian property in Libya. Correspondents include V.A. DeAngelis, Administrative Officer; S. Dharman, Administrative Officer; Hugo Wickstrom, President - Tribunal in Libya; Adib Bey Maakad, Register - Tribunal; Thomas F. Power Jr., Principal Secretary; Constantin Stavropoulos, Legal Counsel; Trygve Lie, Secretary-General, UN Headquarters.

S-0662 · Series · 1891 - 1957
Part of United Nations Commissioner in Libya (1949-1952)

Tribunal in Libya

Series consists of case files, notes, and minutes of conversations. Subjects include but are not limited to the following: case files presented to the Tribunal by Italy; case files presented to the Tribunal by Libya; supplementary notes and documents presented by both Italy and Libya; the role - Tribunal in Case Number 1 between the Italian government and the governments - United Kingdom and Libya; and the role - Tribunal in Case Number 2 between the governments of Italy and Libya. Because these are case files presented to the Tribunal there are no correspondents.

Cables and Correspondence

Series consists of correspondence, incoming and outgoing cables, code cables, telegrams, memoranda, handwritten documents, instructions, briefings, petitions, situation reports, extracts of reports, news digests, indexes, log books, and itineraries. Subjects include but are not limited to the following: administration; personnel; meetings; equipment; aircraft; air reconnaissance; UN Military Observers; boundries; cease-fire agreements and observations; incidents; complaints; investigations of incidents and complaints; withdrawal of Indian and Pakistan forces; and withdrawal of UNIPOM. Correspondents include Ralph Bunche, Under Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs; Lieut. Colonel J.A. Hilliard, Chief of Staff, UNIPOM; Major-General B.F. MacDonald, Chief Officer, UNIPOM; George F. Sherry, UNIPOM; Thomas F. Power, Jr., UNTAB; General Malik Shen Bachadur, Pakistan Army; and General J.N. Chaudhair, Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army.

Series consists of correspondence, incoming and outgoing cables, code cables, telegrams, memoranda, handwritten documents, instructions, briefings, petitions, situation reports, extracts of reports, news digests, indexes, log books, and itineraries. Subjects include but are not limited to the following: administration; personnel; meetings; equipment; aircraft; air reconnaissance; UN Military Observers; boundries; cease-fire agreements and observations; incidents; complaints; investigations of incidents and complaints; withdrawal of Indian and Pakistan forces; and withdrawal of UNIPOM. Correspondents include Ralph Bunche, Under Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs; Lieut. Colonel J.A. Hilliard, Chief of Staff, UNIPOM; Major-General B.F. MacDonald, Chief Officer, UNIPOM; George F. Sherry, UNIPOM; Thomas F. Power, Jr., UNTAB; General Malik Shen Bachadur, Pakistan Army; and General J.N. Chaudhair, Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army.