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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 the control and limitation of documentation and confidentiality of documentation. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, and monthly progress reports of the Department of Conference Services. Correspondents include Under-Secretary for Conference Services Jiri Nosek, Director in Charge of Conference Services Georges L. Peissel, Assistant Secretary-General of Public Information Abdul Hamid, and Acting Director of the Library Joseph Groesbeck. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Series documents the activities of the Division of Narcotics which was transferred to the European Office in 1965. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, clear and code cables (numng to the Division of Narcotics . Subjects pertain to the United Nations fund for drug abuse control, the Thailand project, and administrative matters. Correspondents include Secretary-General U Thant, Deputy Chef de Cabinet Jose Rolz-Bennett, Director-General of the European office P. P. Spinelli, Director of Narcotic Drugs D. A. Chapman, President of the Permanent Central Opium Board Sir Harry Greenfield, and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control W. A Schurmann. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

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.

UN. EOSG/OSG/ Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs - 1971-1978: Guyer
UN. EOSG/OSG/Assistant Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs - 1973: Urquhart

Series consists of reports forwarded to the Secretary-General for information purposes in accordance with Article 6 - b of the Acts of the International Conference on Viet Nam. Includes International Commission of Control and Supervision Military Committee reports of investigations of alleged incidents, such as, mine explosions, demonstrations, alleged attacks, and restaurant explosions. Also includes transcripts, copies of photographs, memoranda for record, correspondence and United Nations documents. Correspondents include Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim; Deputy Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General Georg Hennig; Chair and Head of Hungarian Delegation to ICCS Ferenc Estzergalyos; and Major General Ferenc Szucs, Commander of the Hungarian Military Contingent and Chair of the ICCS Military Committee.

Accession number: A/745.

Actual series size: 1 box.

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Senior Consultant to the Administrator, UNDP - 1971: Robert Jackson; Under-Secretary General, Coordinator - UN Assistance to Indo-China, Zambia, Cape Verde - 1975-1979: Jackson

Series consists of correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings relating to Aswan High Dam debate, UNDP/FAO project at the Lake Nasser Development Centre in 1971 and of the correspondence, reports and notes relating to the assistance and international contributions to Cape Verde Islands in 1975. Correspondents include the Prime Minister of Cape Verde Islands Pedro Pires and Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim.

Accession numbers are unknown.

Former series: DAG1/1.3.1.0.8 - 1/2 box, 1.3.1.0.9 - 1/2 box

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

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, committee reports and proposals, newspaper clippings, and United Nations documents relating to the organizational matters of the Secretariat. Subjects relate to the review of the activities and organization of the Secretariat and reports from committees, such as, the Committee of Experts and Committee of Seven, proposing Secretariat reorganization strategies. Correspondents include Secretary-General U Thant, Assistant-Secretary-General for Inter-Agency Affairs I. Kittani, Under-Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs Philippe de Seynes, Legal Counsel C.A. Stavropoulos, and Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management H. Keith Matthews.

Accession numbers: 67/184, 74/74.

See also records series # S-0176.

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

Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, committee reports and proposals, code cables (numbered and unnumbered), invitations to conferences and meetings, press releases, newspaper clippings and United Nations documents relating to the department of Economic and Social Affairs. Subject areas include administrative and financial matters including department reorganization and recruitment and promotion of staff; Inter-Parliamentary Union; relations with non government organizations; population problems; Conference on the Human Environment; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development; Economic and Social Council; Economic Commission for Europe; Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East; the Mekong River Development Project; Economic Commission for Africa; and the Economic Commission for Latin America. Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Under-Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs Philippe de Seynes, Deputy Under-Secretary for Economic and Social Affairs Martin Hill, and Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva P.P. Spinelli.

Accession numbers: A/538, 67/184, 73/192, 74/19, 74/74.
See also records series # S-0198.

Series includes sub-series DAG-1/8.0 and Accession 1981/0009.

In 1977, served as a clearing-house for information on all aspects of the assistance programme to Lesotho, regarding the complaints by Lesotho against South Africa in regards to its economic dependence on South Africa. In 1978, the Office directed two missions to investigate the South African student refugee problem in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia. - YUN, 1977 The Assistant Secretary-General was Abdulrahim Abby Farah - 1973-1978.