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Series contains theft cases of the Boards of Inquiry Unit. The majority of cases are arranged numerically according to an accompanying index. These cases are grouped therein by subject in the following order: Motorola radios, VCRs, generators, computers, power cables, flak jackets, water pumps, telephones, fuel, vehicular parts & radios, and other items. Cases not listed in the index are arranged by date and are located at the end of the series.

Title based on series contents.

UNTAC Civilian Police (CIVPOL) Component Boards of Inquiry (BOI) were convened to make decisions regarding injuries, property damage, and property loss in which UNTAC CIVPOL monitors were involved. Serious incidents were referred to a Headquarters Boards of Inquiry for further investigation and action. UNTAC's Boards of Inquiry Unit administered all Boards of Inquiry on behalf of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General; accordingly, it was the custodian of the CIVPOL BOI records.

Series consists of final reports and supporting documentation of the CIVPOL Boards of Inquiry. Supporting documentation includes: witness statement forms, BOI convening orders, interoffice memoranda, accident/incident reports, security statement forms, security investigation reports, damage/discrepancy reports, medical reports, incident sketches and photographs, UNTAC repatriation forms, clearance certificates, and caution statement forms. Specific subjects covered include: traffic accidents, falls, and theft. The series is arranged alphabetically by UNTAC personnel surname.

Title based on series contents.

UNTAC Headquarters Boards of Inquiry (BOI) were convened to make decisions regarding serious injury, death, major property damage, and major property loss in which UNTAC personnel were involved. Final case reports with supporting documentation regularly were sent to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at UN headquarters in New York. UNTAC's Boards of Inquiry Unit administered all Boards of Inquiry on behalf of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General; accordingly, it was the custodian of the Headquarters BOI records.

Series consists of reports/case files of the Headquarters Boards of Inquiry. Records included are: witness statement forms, BOI convening orders, interoffice memoranda, accident/incident reports, security statement forms, security investigation reports, damage/discrepancy reports, medical reports, medical report interpretations, death certificates, autopsy reports, letters of condolence, incident sketches and photographs, UNTAC repatriation forms, clearance certificates, copies of related Local Property Survey Boards cases [in progress], caution statement forms, and interview transcripts. In many instances, component Boards of Inquiry records (which document the initial handling of a particular incident) are included in case files. Specific subjects covered include: traffic accidents, falls, shootings, land mine injuries, deaths from natural causes, burglaries, theft and fraud. The series is arranged by UNTAC Headquarters BOI report/case numbers, which supercede any previously-assigned contingent Boards of Inquiry case numbers. The end of the series consists of additional case documents and files that were housed separately in the mission due to confidentiality concerns and/or other reasons.

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Records chiefly in English and Khmer with some French, German, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian and Chinese.

The Production Unit of UNTAC's Information/Education Division was one of the Division's four principal units, the other three being Analysis/Assessment, Dissemination, and Control (originally a part of Analysis/Assessment). The Production Unit was composed of three principal sections: Radio, TV/Video, and Print/Graphics. The Radio Section operated Radio UNTAC, which, at its peak, broadcast fifteen hours a day. Both the Radio and TV/Video Sections produced programmes dealing with issues such as political parties, political violence, voter registration, the Special Representative's activities, and the like. Prints/Graphics published and/or printed materials ranging from comic books to government documents to posters.

The series consists principally of the records of the TV/Video Section. Records include television and video programme scripts, completed viewer feedback forms, and miscellaneous working papers grouped by subject matter (UNTAC documentary, SNC meetings, video production, women in Cambodia, and UNHCR). Series is arranged in no apparent order.

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The Analysis/Assessment Unit of UNTAC's Information/Education Division was one of the Division's four principal units, the other three being Production, Dissemination, and Control (originally a part of Analysis/Assessment). The Analysis/Assessment Unit, composed mainly of Khmer-speaking staff members, travelled throughout Cambodia to gauge Cambodians' responses to UNTAC-produced materials and to assess general perceptions of UNTAC. Staff members also monitored the television programming, radio programming, and print materials of the Cambodian factions by completing media monitoring reports, which served as the chief sources of information for the Unit's English-language digests and analyses of Cambodian media.

Series chiefly contains media monitors' reports and digests/analyses of Cambodian media outlets, the former group of records primarily in Khmer, the latter exclusively in English. Series also includes daily press briefings from the UNTAC spokesman, miscellaneous records related to various Cambodian political factions, and records pertaining to other UNTAC components/units. Files at the beginning of the series are arranged by subject classification number. Digests/analyses, which are found toward the end of the series, are grouped by political faction or specific media outlet and arranged chronologically therein.

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The director of the Information/Education Division 1.) served as the Special Representative's senior advisor on information matters and 2.) oversaw the work of the Divisions' four principal units: Analysis/Assessment, Production, Dissemination, and Control (originally a part of Analysis/Assessment). The Analysis/Assessment Unit gauged Cambodians' perceptions of UNTAC and analysed the media of the Cambodian factions. The Production Unit operated Radio UNTAC, produced television programmes and dramas, and printed informational materials and graphics. The Dissemination Unit distributed print, video, and audio materials to their target audiences throughout Cambodia. Lastly, the Control Unit, in collaboration with UNTAC's Civil Administration Component, worked to ensure that Cambodian media encouraged a neutral political atmosphere.

Series consists of correspondence, reports, press briefings, and publications related to the functions of the Information/Education Division's director. Topics covered include the Supreme National Council, the Division's Analysis and Radio (Production) units, and Cambodia's political and social climate. Series is arranged by subject classification number.

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The UNTAC Local Committee on Contracts (LCC), in coordination with the United Nations Headquarters Committee on Contracts, orchestrated the mission's contractual affairs.

Series contains UNTAC Local Committee on Contracts presentations, meeting minutes, meeting log book, registry book, and records related to LCC organisation. Series is arranged in the order stated, with the second group being further arranged by LCC meeting number, i.e. chiefly chronologically.

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Series contains confidential business information.

Security Planning Unit

The Security Planning Unit was an office under UNTAC's Integrated Support Services, Division of Administration. Its primary function was to implement security and evacuation plans for UNTAC at the mission and provincial levels.

Series consists of records in the following order: security and/or evacuation plans for various regions and agencies; correspondence with UN agencies, NGOs, and UN Headquarters; records related to security incidents; records related to security coordination with the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF); end of mission reports; records related to UNTAC withdrawal; UNTAC Property Survey Board cases; additional security & evacuation plans; annotated Phnom Penh maps; records related to the deployment of international polling station officers (IPSOs); and a sketch of Angkor Chum UNTAC compound.

Includes 2 maps, 1 drawing, and 1.79 MB of textual records and other material.

Contains cryptofaxes.

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Office of the Spokesman

Series consists of records - chiefly daily press briefings and general correspondence - related to the primary functions of the Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General. Records are arranged by subject classification number and chronologically therein.

Title based on series contents.