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Series consists of numbered code cables (incoming and outgoing), press releases, incident reports, correspondence, memoranda, United Nations documents and maps documenting the United Nations Iran - Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG) mission to supervise the Iran - Iraq cease-fire and troop withdrawal. Includes extensive briefing reports prepared for Marrack Goulding's visits to Iran and Iraq, meeting summaries and some photographs. Bulk of the materials date from 1988 to 1991. Subjects include relations of UNIIMOG personnel with Iranian authorities, including allegations of intelligence gathering; arrests of U.N. military observers and restrictions on freedom of movement; military and civilian personnel; and troop-contributing countries. Military documented include cease-fire violations (burning oil wells, flooding), deployment, strength of forces and aircraft. Correspondents include UNIIMOG Chief Military Observers Maj. Gen. Slavko Jovic and Brig. Gen. Shahedul Anam Khan, and UNIIMOG Senior Adviser Raymond E. Sommereyns.

Accession numbers: 92/150, boxes 1-3

Actual series size: 6 boxes

UN. Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (OUSGSPA) (1958-1972: Bunche; 1959-1961: Narasimhan; 1963-1964: Protich)
Series consists of preparatory files, drafts, final chapters and related correspondence used to produce a book documenting the history of the Congo Operation. Text written by Fou Tchin Liu, then Senior Political Officer to the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs. Subjects include the incident of 21 November 1960 at Leopoldville; the Kasavuba Delegation; the formation of the Adoula government; the Kitona Agreement; the plan of national reconciliation; and the secession of Katanga. Correspondents include Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs R. J. Bunche.

Accession number: 1987/0006

Actual series size: 6 boxes

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UN. Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (OUSGSPA) (1958-1972: Bunche; 1959-1961: Narasimhan; 1962-1963: Loufti; 1963-1964: Protitch; 1965-1970: Rolz-Bennett; 1970-1978: Guyer; 1974-1985: Urquhart; 1979-1981: Perez de Cuellar; 1981-1988: Cordovez)

Series consists of general and administrative files created by the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (OUSGSPA) and maintained as part of the central files. Series includes correspondence, memorandum, publications, reports from the Secretary-General to the Security Council (SECCO), annual reports, maps and biographies of personnel. Subjects include UN medals; resolutions on satellite broadcasting (1978); proposals on land mines and booby traps; the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR; the Shatt-Al-Arab (the boundary line between Iran and Iraq); Iran's proposal for a nuclear free zone; the International Conference in Kampuchea, Kampuchean relief; and the Addis Ababa peace talk. Correspondents include Under-Secretaries General C. V. Narasimhan and J. Rolz-Bennett.

UN. Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (OUSGSPA) (1958-1959: Trevelyn; 1958-1972: Bunche; 1959-1961: Narasimhan; 1962-1963: Loufti; 1963-1964: Protitch; 1965-1970: Rolz- Bennett; 1970-1978: Guyer)

Series consists of numbered and unnumbered code and clear cables documenting the progress of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO). Cables include information on personnel (filling observer vacancies, repatriation, replacements, terminations), civilian-UN incidents and supplies. Subjects include Israeli and Syrian "side" inspections and findings; damage to installations along the Suez Canal and Security Council (SECCO) meetings. Correspondents include Senior Administrative Officer J. Schoellkop; UNTSO Chief of Staff O. Bull; and UNTSO Chief Administrator D. T. Holland.

Accession number: 86/215

Actual series size: 7 boxes

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UN. Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (OUSGSPA) (1970-1978: Guyer; 1974-1985: Urquhart; 1979-1981: Perez de Cuellar)

Series conists of clear cables, code cables and general and administrative files, including correspondence, information on travel arrangements, the text of communiques, country files and UN documents detailing resolutions related to Southern Rhodesia. Countries include Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, the United Kingdom and the United States; files document their relation to Rhodesia. Subjects include parliamentary elections and the UN observer team headed by J. Perez de Cuellar to observe elections; Rhodesia political groups; the Patriotic Front; and Zanu.

Accession number 1986/214

Actual series size: 1 box

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UN. Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (OUSGSPA) (1970-1978: Guyer; 1974-1985: Urquhart; 1979-1981: Perez de Cuellar; 1981-1988: Cordovez; 1986-1992: Goulding)

Series consists of numbered and unnumbered code cables, clear cables and situation reports documenting the progress of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Clear and code cables include reports of air violations, attacks on UN vehicles, rotations of battalions, and incident reports; expenditure information and personnel related correspondence (including repatriation, medical and disciplinary actions); humanitarian relief work; and observer difficulties and border violations. Situation reports include general assessments of situation, restriction of movement and ground/logistical activity. Subjects include interaction with PLO officials Abu Walid, Hani El-Hassan and Abu Ahmed and the escalation of the situation in Beirut. Correspondents include UNTSO Chief of Staff Brig.-Gen. E. A. Erskine; UNMEM Chief Coordinator Lieut.-Gen. E. Siilasvuo; Field Officers H. E. F. Nielsen and J. O'Callaghan; and Chairman Ilmac (Beirut).

Accession number: 1989/027

Actual series size: 36 boxes

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UN. Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (1986-1992: Goulding)

Series consists of correspondence, numbered code cables (incoming and outgoing), reports, memoranda, press releases, and United Nations documents regarding the United Nations Observers for Verification of Elections in Haiti (ONUVEH) mission to monitor the electoral process in Haiti. Subjects include selection and security of election observers, election procedures and voter turnout; the social, political and military situation in Haiti, and the attempted coup d'etat of 7January 1991; and administrative matters. Correspondents include Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti Joao Augusto de Medicis and ONUVEH Chief Electoral Officer Horacio Boneo.

Accession numbers: 92/149, box 1

Actual series size: 3 boxes

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Under-Secretary General, Coordinator - UN Assistance to Indo-China; Zambia; Cape Verde, (1975-1979: Jackson)

Series consists of reports and studies, memoranda, press releases and correspondence related to UN assistance to Indo-China, newspaper clippings and publications on Viet-Nam, Laos and Cambodia, government documents. Series contains material created prior to 1975 and accumulated as background information. Documented are UN relief and rehabilitation activities after the wars in the area have ended, such as relations with donor governments, resettlement of refugees, food provisions and assistance programs, personnel and policy issues. Series contains papers relating to Mekong River Development Project, including reference material, reports and publications on Lower Mekong Rivert Project, and correspondence, working papers, interim and final reports on Pa Mong Dam project. Correspondents include Chef de Cabinet Chakravarthi Narasimhan, Senior Industrial Development Officer Nicky Berendjick, Director of Office of Special Political Affairs Brian Urquhart, High Commissioner for Refugees Sadruddin Aga Khan, Acting Director of Office of Technical Cooperation of Department of Economic and Social Affairs Stig Andersen and Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.

Under-Secretary General for UNROD/UNROB (1972-1974:Jackson)

Series consists of personal workfiles of Sir Robert Jackson, reports by various UN and diplomatic officials, notes, minutes of meetings, plans and requirements for assistance and aid to Bangladesh and Pakistan, progress reports, press releases, newspaper clippings, photographs, invoices, letters, clear and code cables. Documented are flood relief and reconstruction in Pakistan, repatriation and resettlement of refugees in Pakistan and Bangladesh, development of agriculture and transportation, food shipments, and Chalna Port Shipwreck clearance. Documents created prior to 1972 relate to prior activities in the area and were accumulated as background information. Records created after 1974 contain correspondence related to residual funds from UNROB, staff and policy issues, reports on the continuation of food shipments. Correspondents include Senior Industrial Development Officer Nicky Berendjick, Chef-de Cabinet Chakravarthi Narasimhan, and Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.

Series consists of correspondence with the UNTSO military observer. Arranged alphabetically by country.