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AG-040 · Fonds · 1194 - 2011

Records consist primarily of files, 1948-1968, of Henry Vigier, who was the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Lebanon Special Advisor/Consultant.
These contain correspondence, cables, minutes, maps, press releases, reports, and clippings.

They concern complaints from Israel, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and Egypt, investigations into these complaints, the Mount Scopus situation, water development, the Egypt/Israel Mixed Armistice Commission, the Israel/Syria Mixed Armistice Commission, the Israel/Lebanon Mixed Armistice Commission, and miscellaneous other materials related to UNTSO's work in the area.

Some cables, reports, and miscellaneous documents, 1953-1972, from the general files of UNTSO concern incidents between the opposing parties, Suez Canal incidents, and miscellaneous other matters.

Related Series:
in AG-020 United Nations Office for Special Political Affairs fonds S-0148 UN Truce Supervision Operation (UNTSO) military observer S-0156 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) - subject files S-0163 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) - Mixed Armistice Commission (MAC) records S-0167 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) - Chief of Staff weekly reports S-0168 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) - code cable correspondence with Chief of Staff S-0171 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) - clear cables S-0312 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) - subject files S-0302 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) - cables
*S-0311 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) - subject files

in AG-011 United Nations Executive Office of the Secretary-General fonds
*S-0331 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) United Nations Military Observers (UNMO) correspondence files

in AG-025-003 RAG-3 Registry Section (1954-1979) S-0373 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) files - Organization of UNTSO S-0374 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) files - Personnel
*S-0375 United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) files - Political Affairs

in AG-031 Field Service and Successor Bodies S-1681 Missions and Commissions Administrative Files: UNTSO S-1682 Missions and Commissions Administrative Files: UNTSO S-1698 Missions Administrative Section - Missions and Commissions Administrative Files: UNTSO S-1757 Missions and Centers Administrative Section - Missions and Commissions Administrative Files: UNTSO
*S-1770 Missions and Centers Administrative Section - Missions Administrative Unit (since 1972): Administrative Files: UNTSO

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-1802 Historical Maps - Middle East, Operational and Boundary; Jerusalem and Government House Plan and Compound (UNTSO- HQ)
S-0645 Subject Files - United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
S-0644 Subject Files - Special Advisor/Consultant Henri Vigier
S-0643 Subject Files - Special Advisor/Consultant - Mount Scopus
S-0642 Subject Files - Special Advisor/Consultant - Israel/Syria Mixed Armistice Commission (ISMAC)
S-0641 Subject Files - Special Advisor/Consultant - Israel/Lebanon Mixed Armistice Commission (ILMAC)
S-0640 Subject Files - Special Advisor/Consultant - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan/Israel Mixed Armistice Commission (HJK-I-MAC)
S-0639 Subject Files - Special Advisor/Consultant - Egypt/Israel Mixed Armistice Commission (EIMAC)
S-0638 Subject Files - Special Advisor/Consultant for the Chief of Staff (COS)
S-0637 Subject Files - Special Advisor/Consultant
S-0628 Cables
S-0577 Maps of Israel, Palestine, Syria and Jordan used by UNTSO Headquarters

United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation
AG-010 · Fonds · 1889 - 1958

Fonds consists of the following records of the Commission, which were turned over to the United Nations when the Commission's functions were transferred to it. Each series documents a particular period of the organization, with the Office of the Treasurer the by the Secretary-General's correspondence next, and finally the Records Registry of the Permanent Office (where the predominant date starts about 1927). Fonds consists of the following record series.

S-0536-Office of the Treasurer - records of governmental contribution (1893-1929)
S-0914-Secretary-General's correspondence (1911-1926)

*S-0915-Records Registry files of the permanent office (1912-1958)

Conditions of access: Almost the entire fonds has no access restrictions; one item in S-0915-0051-01 is "Strictly confidential"Some access limitations apply. See the series and file levels of description for details and consult the archivist.

Languages: Most of the records are in French

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International Penal and Penitentiary Commission
AG-051 · Fonds · 1891 - 1957

Records consist of the files of United Nations Commissioner, Adrian Pelt, 1949-1951, and the files of the United Nations Tribunal in Libya, 1951-1955. Pelt's files contain correspondence, reports, including reports and correspondence to the Secretary-General, budgets, minutes, cables, press releases, working papers, and background data on Libya.

These concern the Advisory Council in Libya, Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan, technical assistance, administration of the Commission, protocol, matters relating to the transfer of power to the Libyan government, the Libyan National Assembly, and miscellaneous other matters.

Of note are correspondence to, from, and about representatives to the Advisory Council in Libya, whose job it was to advise the Commissioner, concerning their appointments; and correspondence from groups in Tripolitania, Fezzan, Cyrenaica, France, and Britain concerning their views of the new government, including the Tripolitanian Greek, Maltese, and Jewish minority groups.

Records of the United Nations Tribunal in Libya consist of rules, credentials, correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and instructions concerning the origin, function, and administration of the Tribunal, and case files, 1954.

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-0662 Subject Files - Tribunal in Libya
S-0661 Administrative Files - Tribunal in Libya
S-0660 Subject Files - Council and Commissioner in Libya
S-0655 Subject Files - Council and Commissioner in Libya
S-0654 Subject Files - Council in Libya - by Area
S-0653 Subject Files - Council in Libya - Representatives

United Nations Commissioner in Libya
AG-053 · Fonds · 1891 - 1976

Records consist mostly of correspondence and cables, primarily of Gunnar Jarring, who was in charge of the United Nations Middle East Mission (UNMEM), to United Nations Headquarters, the Palestine Democratic Front, and others concerning refugees, and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Sharm-el-Sheikh, 1969; and other matters pertaining to the Mission's task of assisting efforts towards peaceful settlement in the Middle East.

Also included are press releases, reports, working papers, memoranda, meeting notes, and an appointments calendar, 1969-1973.

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-0668 Subject Files - Jarring/Berendsen
S-0667 Correspondence Files - Jarring/Berendson
S-0659 Cables
S-0658 Subject Files - PO 17/2
S-0566 Jarring Mission to the Middle East

Jarring Mission to the Middle East
AG-042 · Fonds · 1900 - 1961

"The records of the War Crimes Commission in the United Nations Archives consist of: minutes, documents and reports of the Commission and its Committees, the Research Office, the Far Eastern and Pacific Sub-Commission; further there are periodical lists of War Criminals, Suspects, Witnesses (including approximately 37,000 names) and related material of the main Commission and of the Far Eastern and Pacific Sub-Commission; documented is also some correspondence, mainly with various National Offices. The more voluminous part of the documentation of the War Crimes Commission are records submitted by Member Governments, other National Authorities and Military Tribunals: some 8,000 charge files and related material; periodical lists of about 37,000 War Criminals, Security Suspects and Witnesses; reports of National Military Tribunals; transcripts of proceedings and documents of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Finding aids in the form of indexes are part of the above enumerated records. Fonds consists of the following Sub-fonds and Series: AG-042-003 Reference Material AG-042-002 Records submitted by Member Governments, other National Authorities and Military Tribunals AG-042-001 Records created by the Commission, the Committees, the Research Office and the Far Eastern and Pacific Sub-Commission S-1919 UNWCC - United Nations War Crime Commission Microfilm Tapes S-1804 Records of the War Crimes Commission / Series no longer in use, see notes S-0601 United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC) records / (New Series "S-1848") / Please see notes."

United Nations War Crimes Commission
AG-017 · Fonds · 1904 - 1996

Fonds consists of records relating to the administration, human resources, finances and budget for the United Nations Secretariat. The department and its organization changed through time. Fonds consists of the following sub-fonds:

AG-017-001: Administrative and Financial Services (1946-1953)
AG-017-002: Office of General Services (1954-1971)
AG-017-003: Office of Personnel (1955-1971)
AG-017-004: Office of the Controller (1955-1971)
AG-017-005: Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management (1968-1974)
AG-017-006: Department of Administration and Management (1975-1996)

Department of Management
AG-020 · Fonds · 1904 - 2006

Files contain correspondence, memos, cables, reports, and many other types of documents.

These concern United Nations missions and commissions in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East; Secretariat matters; political matters; also conferences, councils, and miscellaneous matters. Subject files, 1960-1965, on the Congo Civilian Operations are included.

Fonds consist of the following Sub-fonds:
AG-020-005 Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs - Other Officials
AG-020-004 Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs - J. Rolz-Bennett (1960-1971)
AG-020-003 Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs - B. E. Urquhart (1958-1985)
AG-020-002 Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs - Ralph J. Bunche (1948-1972)
AG-020-001 Office of the Executive Assistant and the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (Cordier/Malania)

UN. Office for Special Political Affairs
AG-019 · Fonds · 1909 - 2010

Fonds consists of the records of Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar, relating to his responsibilities as chief administrative officer of the Secretariat and as chief coordinator of the legislative, political, socio-economic, and military bodies of the United Nations. Fonds is arranged in the following record series:

S-1022: Secretary-General’s trips
S-1023: Peacekeeping – code cables
S-1024: Political matters – country files
S-1026: UN celebrations, concerts and public events
S-1027: Administrative and management matters
S-1028: UN councils, commissions, committees and conferences
S-1029: Political matters - disarmament
S-1031: Secretary-General’s personal files
S-1032: Secretary-General’s correspondence with related organizations and individuals
S-1033: Secretary-General’s meetings
S-1041: Press matters and public relations
S-1043: Political matters – trouble areas and terrorism
S-1046: UN disaster relief operations
S-1047: UN General Assembly
S-1048: UN Secretariat departments
S-1049: UN Security Council and other organs
S-1051: UN specialized agencies and other international organizations
S-1055: Political matters – human rights
S-1056: Secretary-General’s correspondence with heads-of-state, member governments, and representatives/observers to the UN

Secretary-General - Javier Perez de Cuellar
AG-021 · Fonds · 1914 - 2009

Fonds consists of the following Sub-fonds:
AG-021-010 Office for Special Political Questions, Regional Co-operation, Decolonization and Trusteeship (1991)
AG-021-009 Department for Special Political Questions, Regional Co-operation, Decolonization and Trusteeship (1987-1990)
AG-021-008 Office for Special Political Questions (1979-1986)
AG-021-007 Department of Political and General Assembly Affairs [and Secretariat Services] (1972-1992)
AG-021-006 Office of Political Affairs, Trusteeship, and Decolonization (1972-1986)
AG-021-005 Department of Trusteeship and Non-Self-Governing Territories (1965-1971)
AG-021-004 Department of Political and Security Council Affairs (1952-1991)
AG-021-003 Department of Trusteeship and Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories (1946-1954)
AG-021-002 Department of Security Council Affairs (1946-1951)

Department of Political Affairs
AG-057 · Fonds · 1917 - 1949

These files are divided about equally between those of the Special Assistant to the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, and general departmental (non-registry) files, 1947.

Files contain correspondence, memos, reports, working papers, minutes of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP) and its sub-committees, press releases, clippings, accounts, maps, and photographs.

These concern UNSCOP's work in helping to resolve conflicting claims concerning the Holy Places, the partition of Palestine, and other matters that arose following the end of the British Mandate, as well as the administrative matters of UNSCOP.

Correspondents include the Arab Higher Committee; Jewish Agency for Palestine; the British government; various Arab governments; the government of Palestine; and many other Jewish and Arab individuals and political, religious, educational, and other organizations in the Middle East, America, and Europe. Of note are ca. 4 cubic ft. (3.3 linear ft.) of memoranda, and written statements and testimonies submitted to UNSCOP by governments and organizations; and a notebook containing Personal Representative of the Secretary- General Ralph Bunche's notes on meetings.

Also included are reference materials, in the form of books, pamphlets, and maps.

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-0613 Subject Files
S-0612 Reference
S-0611 Administrative
S-0610 Correspondence Files of the Office of the Special Assistant to the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Ralph Bunche
S-0609 Subject Files of the Office of the Special Assistant to the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Ralph Bunche
S-0608 Special Committee Files of the Office of the Special Assistant to the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Ralph Bunche
S-0607 Reference Files of the Office of the Special Assistant to the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Ralph Bunche
S-0606 General Assembly Files of the Office of the Special Assistant to the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Ralph Bunche
S-0605 Administrative Files of the Office of the Special Assistant to the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, Dr. Ralph Bunche

UN Special Committee on Palestine