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Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General - 1946-1961:Cordier

Series consists of working papers, notes, minutes of meetings, reports, organizational charts, and correspondence relating to the activity of Secretary-General's Working Group on the Secretariat Survey in 1953-1955. Documented are functions and organizational structure of various departments and commissions within the Secretariat and proposals for their reorganization. Included are the surveys of the UN. organizations in New York, Geneva, London, Mexico etc. Correspondents are assistant to S-G on Conference and General Services David Vaughan, Principal Director of Department of Economic Affairs Roy Blough, and other top officials within departments and commissions.

Accession numbers are unknown.

B. Chen - Subject Files

UN. Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General - 1946-1961
UN. Chef de Cabinet - 1963-1973

Series consists of the General Assembly reports, minutes of meetings and correspondence relating to the missions of Office of the Under-Secretaries-General for Special Political Affairs - OUSecretary-GeneralSPA in Cyprus and the Middle East. Documented are budget estimates, visits by individuals and organizations, studies on the development of Water Resource in Jordan River Valley. Also included are files of Leo Malania containing minutes of meetings, accounts of border incidents, and weekly summaries of activities of Egypt-Israel mixed armistice commission.
Correspondents include Under-Secretaries-General for Special Political Affairs Roberto Guyer and Brian Urquhart, Director of OUSGSPA Fou Tchin-Liu, Director of the General Legal Division Blaine Sloan, Principal Director of the Department of Trusteeship and Information from non-self-governing territories Ralph Bunche, Chief of Staff of UNTSO Mayor-General E. L. M. Burns, Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General Andrew Cordier.

Accession numbers are unknown

UN.EOSG/ OSG/Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General - 1946-1961: Cordier; 1974: Kittani and Ismat; 1975: Ahmed and Kittani; 1976: Ahmed
UN. EOSG/OSG/Chef de Cabinet - 1961: Narasimhan; 1979-1981: Ahmed; 1982-1993: Dayal

Series consists of meeting agendas and notices, lists of participants, notes for the Secretary-General, and summary of conclusions relating to meetings with Under-Secretaries- and Assistant-Secretaries General - 1973-1982 and the Secretary-General's private meetings - 1948-1957. Correspondents include Secretaries-General Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjold, Kurt Waldheim and Javier Perez de Cuellar; and Chief of Staff Jean Claude Aime.

Accession number: 1994/190, box 2.

Actual series size: 2 boxes.

Bary

Series consists of incoming and outgoing code and clear cables - numbered and unnumbered, correspondence, press releases, reports, newspaper clippings, booklets on the International Red Cross, photographs of an investigation into the death of ICRC - Red Cross workers in the Congo, and maps of the Kashmir and Indus Basins. Files include a report entitled Review and Analysis of Developments in Guinea from 1 July to 3 August 1960, Report of the United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea - 1972, report from the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority - UNTEA on projections regarding education in West Irian - West New Guinea for 1963-64, report on the United Nations Malaysia Mission detailing information on the political structures of the regions of Malaysia - 1963, press release regarding the United States bombing of Hanoi, and papers relating to the proposed draft communique establishing diplomatic relations between Thailand and Cambodia - 1963. Correspondents include United Nations Commissioner in Libya Adrian Pelt, Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General Andrew Cordier, Secretary-Generals Dag Hammarskjold and U Thant, Under-Secretary for Inter-Agency Affairs Martin Hill, and Under-Secretary for Special Political Affairs Jose Rolz-Bennett. Arranged alphabetically by country or mission.

Personnel case files

UN. Chef de Cabinet (1961-1973: Narasimhan)
Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs (1962-1967: Narasimhan)

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, code cables (numbered and unnumbered), curriculum vitae, newspaper clippings, biographical notes and United Nations documents relating to employees of the United Nations including top officials. Case files may include records relating to promotions, resignations, performance evaluations, transfers, recruitment, incidents, recommendations and announcements. Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Under-Secretary and Director of Personnel Sir Alexander MacFarquhar, and Assistant Secretary-General of Personnel M.H. Gherab.

Accession numbers: RR 73/76, 73/176, 73/192, 74/19, 74/74.

See also records series # S-0195.

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, clear and code cables, telegrams, notes, invitations, programmes, press releases, itineraries and United Nations documents relating to trips made by the Secretary-General to overseas destinations and during the 1957 Christmas holidays to Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. Includes communications between top eschelon offials at headquarters and travel destinations. Correspondents include Secretaries-General Trygve Lie and Dag Hammarskjold; Ralph Bunche, Under-Secretary-General - without a department; and Leo Malania, Assistant to the Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General. Arranged alphabetically by country or destination.

Accession numbers: A/291, 63/208, A/384, 62/1104

UN. Chef de Cabinet (1961-1973: Narasimhan)
Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs (1962-1967: Narasimhan)
Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (1959-1961: Narasimhan)
Deputy Administrator for the United Nations Development Programme (1969-1972: Narasimhan)

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, clear and code cables (numbered and unnumbered), committee review reports, Secretary-General statements, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings and United Nations documents relating to United Nations Subsidiary Bodies. Subjects covered include personnel, budgeting and other administrative matters, policy and procedure issues, incidents, press briefings and events and conferences for the following subsidiary bodies: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHRC), United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Technical Assistance Board (TAB), Special Fund, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), and United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Felix Schuyder, Secretary-General of UNCTAD Dr. Raul Prebisch, Director of UNRWA John Davis, UNDP Administrator Paul Hoffman, Director of Human Rights John Humphrey, Executive Director of UNIDO I. Abdel-Rahman, and Executive Directors of UNICEF Maurice Pate and Henry Labouisse.

Accession numbers: A/444, A/519, A/538, 67/184, 73/176, 73/192, 73/195, 74/19, 74/74.

Executive office of the Secretary-General - 1946-1961
Chef de Cabinet - 1961-1973

Series consists of the working files of Jan Van Wijk, relating to the special missions of Ambassador de Ribbing in Burami and Oman. Van Wijk, as a UN Secretariat representative, accompanied de Ribbing on his 1960 trip to Burami. The bulk dates are 1955-1967. Included are the background material on Burami and Oman, the history of conflicts in the area, transcript of sittings of Burami Arbitration Tribunal, De Ribbing's handwritten notes on Burami mission, the 1961 registration of Burami refugees in Dammam, De Ribbing's reports, and correspondence and maps. Correspondents include Azzam Pasha, Prince Feisal, UK representative to UN Patrick Dean, Deputy Chef de Cabinet Jose Rolz-Bennet, Herbert de Ribbing, Secretaries-General Dag Hammarskjold and U Thant

Accession numbers are unknown.

Last folder in series was added at a later date; accession number is 1998/0002.

Series documents departmental reorganizations, security arrangements, travel of United Nations officials, functions of the Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet, conferences and meetings, cooperation and liaison, and protocol. Files are all numbered in the 400 series. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, clear cables, United Nations official documents, reports, newspaper clippings, brochures, itineraries, and speeches. Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Deputy Chef de Cabinet then Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs Jose Rolz-Bennett, and Under-Secretary-General for Department of Economic and Social Affairs Philippe de Seynes. Arranged alphabetically in numbered subject categories.