Showing 67 results

Catalogue
AG-007 · Fonds · 1954 - 2003

Fonds consists of the records of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia created in the course of its operations. Arrangement is in the following record series:

Records of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Records of the Office of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General
Records of the Office of the Special Prosecutor
Records of the Office of the Political Adviser
Records of the Office of the Rehabilitation and Economic Affairs Office
Records of the Office of the Spokesman
Records of the Security Planning Unit
Records of the Local Committee on Contracts - Meetings
Records of the Information/Education Division - Director's records
Records of the Information/Education Division - Analysis Unit's records
Records of the Information/Education Division - Production Unit's records
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Headquarters Boards of Inquiry cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Civilian Police Component Boards of Inquiry cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Theft cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Civilian Investigation Boards cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Closed cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Military Component Boards of Inquiry cases
Records of the Boards of Inquiry Unit - Miscellaneous records
Records of Mr. Rafeeuddin Ahmed relating to Kampuchea/Cambodia
Records of the Office of the Director of Administration and Officer-in-Charge, UNTAC
Records of Civil Administration Headquarters
Records of Civil Administration Provincial Headquarters
Records of the Electoral Component
Records of the Civilian Police
Records of the Military Component
Records of the Human Rights Component

UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia
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

77 boxes

International Penal and Penitentiary Commission
AG-006 · Fonds · 1945 - 1983

Fonds consists of records of Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim, 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.

UN. SECRETARY-GENERAL (1972-1981 : WALDHEIM)
Administrative and management matters 1970-1981 S-0897
Peacekeeping - Africa 1963-1981 S-0902
Peacekeeping - code cables 1972-1981 S-0898
Peacekeeping - Cyprus 1971-1981 S-0903
Peacekeeping - India/Pakistan/Bangladesh 1971-1977 S-0900
Peacekeeping - Middle East 1945-1981 S-0899
Peacekeeping - Vietnam and Indo-China 1954-1981 S-0901
Political matters - country files 1963-1981 S-0904
Political matters - disarmament 1972-1981 S-0905
Political matters - miscellaneous records 1972-1981 S-0906
Press matters and public relations 1971-1981 S-0973
Secretary-General's correspondence with heads-of-state, governments, and representatives/observers to the United Nations 1965-1981 S-0907
Secretary-General's correspondence with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations 1971-1981 S-0972
Secretary-General's correspondence with outside organizations and individuals 1971-1982 S-0974
Secretary-General's correspondence with United Nations associations 1971-1981 S-0988
Secretary-General's meetings 1973-1975 S-0984
Secretary-General's messages and statements 1971-1981 S-0985
Secretary-General's personal files 1971-1983 S-0986
Secretary-General's trips 1972-1981 S-0987
United Nations celebrations, concerts, and other events 1972-1981 S-0989
United Nations commissions, committees, and conferences 1971-1981 S-0913
United Nations emergency and relief operations 1972-1981 S-0990
United Nations General Assembly 1972-1981 S-0908
United Nations Secretariat departments 1968-1981 S-0983
United Nations Security Council and other organs 1971-1981 S-0909
United Nations special programmes 1971-1981 S-0971
United Nations specialized agencies and other bodies 1972-1981 S-0910
United Nations subsidiary bodies 1971-1981 S-0911

Secretary-General - Kurt Waldheim
AG-001 · Fonds · 1946 - 1964

Fonds consists of a very small portion of the records of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold those which were left at the Secretariat after selected records were transferred to Andrew Cordier and/or Sweden. Arranged in the following record series.

UN. SECRETARY-GENERAL (1953-1961 HAMMARSKJOLD)
S-0847: Minutes of the Secretary-General's private meetings with the Under-Secretaries-General 1946-1958
S-0844: Miscellaneous administrative records 1948-1964
S-0846: Miscellaneous operational records 1953-1961
S-0928: Press releases 1953-1961

Related records: For Congo Mission records (ONUC) which were created by Hammarskjold and subsequent Secretary-General U Thant see S-0845 and S-0849 (part of the Secretary-General U Thant fonds AG-005). Most of Secretary-General Hammarksjold's records are held by the Department of Manuscripts at the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm (approx. 61 linear ft.) and by Columbia University Library in New York (approx. 38 linear ft.). At the National Library of Sweden, the following Secretary-General's records are held within the Dag Hammarskjold collection: Correspondence and memorabilia 1953-1961; Country files 1953-1961; Photographs 1953-1961; Records related to the Middle East conflict 1956-1961; Records related to the Congo crisis 1960-1961; Trip files 1953-1961. At the Columbia University Library Rare Book and Manuscript Division the following Secretary-General Hammarskjold records are held within the Andrew Cordier Papers: Trips and trip files 1953-1961; Miscellaneous 1953-1961; Subject files 1946-1961; Peacekeeping and crisis files 1953-1961.

Secretary-General - Dag Hammarskjold
AG-022 · Fonds · 1935 - 1958

Records consist of cables, correspondence, reports, agreements, photographs, and miscellaneous other documents primarily from the files of Ralph J. Bunche (Acting Mediator) and of the Headquarters-Advance Command Post in Haifa.

These concern armistice negotiations, complaints and investigations, and other matters relating to the Mediator's work in Palestine.

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-0636 Subject Files - Senior United Nations Military Observers - by area
S-0635 Subject Files - Chief Administrative Officers
S-0634 Subject Files - Legal Adviser to the Chief of Staff - H. Courtney Kingstone
S-0633 Subject Files - Political Adviser to the Chief of Staff
S-0632 Cables - Deputy Chief of Staff
S-0631 Subject Files - Special Truce Investigation Team (SIT)
S-0630 Subject Files - Central Truce Supervision Board (CTSB)
S-0629 Subject Files - Office of the Chief of Staff
S-0627 Subject Files - Disaster Relief Project - Beirut and Amman
S-0626 Subject Files - Disaster Relief Project - Beirut and Amman
S-0625 Cable Files - Disaster Relief Project - Beirut
S-0622 Subject Files - Representative of the Mediator at Cairo - Pablo de Azcarate
S-0621 Correspondence - Representative of the Mediator at Cairo - Pablo de Azcarate
S-0620 Correspondence - Representative of the Mediator in Syria and Lebanon at Beirut - J. Cebe-Habersky
S-0619 Subject Files - Representatives - Tel Aviv
S-0618 Armistice Negotiations - Dr. Ralph Bunche
S-0617 Paris Conference - Dr. Ralph Bunche
S-0616 Subject Files - Dr. Ralph Bunche
S-0615 Cables - Dr. Ralph Bunche
S-0455 Subject Files - Personal Deputy of the Acting Mediator and Principal Secretary - Henry Vigier

UN Mediator for Palestine
AG-059 · Fonds · 1957 - 1965

Included are files of the Temporary Administrator, Djalal Abdoh; of the Deputy Administrator; of the Legal Advisor and the Principal Legal Advisor; and of UNTEA departments including Cultural Affairs, Social Affairs and Justice, Economic Affairs, Finance, Health, Traffic Power and Communications, Internal Affairs, and Public Affairs, 1962-1963.

These contain primarily correspondence and include cables, speeches, minutes, agendas, reports, staff lists, press releases, press clippings, directives, information circulars, decrees, agreements, contracts, claims, and other legal documents, all dealing with the UNTEA's task of administering West Irian.

A smaller amount of registry files, also 1962-1963, contain primarily correspondence, and cables, memoranda, telegrams, reports, press releases, transcripts of press conferences, radio and television transcripts, and accounts concerning UNTEA's structure and responsibilities, finances, legal matters, and public information.

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-0703 Temporary Administrator
S-0702 Legal Advisor, Principal Legal Advisor, and Director of Social Affairs and Justice
S-0701 Deputy Administrator
S-0700 Department of Social Affairs and Justice
S-0699 Department of Cultural Affairs
S-0682 Subject Files - Administration, Finance, Organization, Public Information

United Nations Temporary Executive Authority in West New Guinea
AG-060 · Fonds · 1928 - 1959

Records consist primarily of correspondence, cables, memoranda, maps, personnel lists, working papers, reports, and press releases. These concern the Advance Party to Jerusalem, 1948- 1949, refugees, truces, the Negev Situation, and other matters having to do with UNPAC's work in the Middle East, as well as the administration of UNPAC.

Correspondents include the Jewish Agency, Leo Malania, Hadassah Hospital, the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, the Mandatory Power (British), Pable de Azcarate, and Ralph J. Bunche, the Principal Secretary of UNPAC.
Many of these records come from the offices of Bunche and de Azcarate.

Fonds consist of the following Series:
S-0624 Subject Files - Principal Secretary Dr. Ralph Bunche
S-0623 Correspondence - Principal Secretary Dr. Ralph Bunche
S-0614 Subject Files (UNPAC)
S-0453 Correspondence

UN Palestine Commission
AG-048 · Fonds · 1934 - 1957

contain correspondence with the United Nations, the Representative Assembly of Eritrea, the government of Ethiopia, the British Administering Authority, and others, and also cables, minutes, reports, speeches of E. Anze Matienzo, the Commissioner, to the General Assembly, memoranda, working papers, press releases, personnel files, maps, and clippings from the files of the Commissioner, the Principal Secretary, the Deputy Principal Secretary, and the Administrative Office concerning the drafting of a constitution for Eritrea, and other political, legal, economic, and social matters.

Of note are minutes, statements, and working papers of the Eritrean Assembly; drafts, 1951-1952, of the Eritrean Constitution; and a picture album presented to the Commission showing a "manifestation for independence" by local inhabitants. One box contains correspondence and case files, 1952-1954, of the United Nations Tribunal in Eritrea.

Fonds consist of the following Series:
S-0722 Subject Files - Tribunal
S-0721 Subject Files - Commissioner
S-0719 Correspondence Files - Principal Secretary - Dr. Lucas
S-0718 Subject Files - Commissioner
S-0717 Subject Files
S-0716 Subject Files - Principal Secretary
S-0715 Subject Files - Deputy Principal Secretary
S-0714 Administrative Files

United Nations Commission for Eritrea
AG-044 · Fonds · 1988 - 1997

The functional description of records in AG-044 is based on the "Taxonomy for Recordkeeping in Field Missions of UN Peacekeeping Operations," June 2006.

Fonds consists of the following Sub-fonds:
AG-044-003 Common Activities
AG-044-002 Field Mission Support
AG-044-001 Field Operations

United Nations Peace Forces
AG-047 · Fonds · 1919 - 1954

Records, 1946-1947, include correspondence; cables; working papers; reports; minutes, lists of delegates, governmental liaison representatives, and accredited correspondents to the Commission; correspondence logbooks; and publications and maps that were used for background data. These concern the organization of the Commission, including personnel matters, political matters, and investigations. Included is the investigation of the United Nations Committee of Experts into the case of Messrs. Zervas, Petsas, and Voltadoros, and an investigation trip to visit General Markos, Commander and Chief of the Ardartes and the Shole of Greece.

Correspondents include the United Nations Headquarters, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and governments and government representatives of Albania, Brazil, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, France, Greece, Poland, Syria, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia. Also included are some cables, correspondence, General Assembly and Security Council documents, press releases, and printed material, 1941-1947, the earliest of which was used as background material, of Stanley Ryan, Press Officer of the Commission.

Fonds consist of the following Series:
S-0698 Subject Files - United Nations Military Observers in Greece (UNMOG)
S-0697 Administrative Files - United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans (UNSCOB)
S-0663 Working Files
S-0649 Subject Files
S-0648 Correspondence Files
S-0462 Records of the Investigation

United Nations Commission for the Investigation of Greek Frontier Incidents