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Series relates to the administration of social policies such as human rights issues - including apartheid in South Africa, disaster assistance activities, and reconstruction emergency assistance. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, commercial publications, press releases, newspaper clippings, United Nations official documents and clear cables. Correspondents include Secretary-General U Thant, Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs Ralph Bunche, Deputy Chef de Cabinet and later Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs Jose Rolz-Bennett, and Director of the Division of Human Rights Marc Schreiber. Arranged in numbered subject categories.

Series relates to public interest in issues such as peacekeeping operations - in the Middle East, in Namibia, and in Vietnam, educational services, photograph and film projects, Secretary-General's speaking engagements and appearances, the United Nations Bookshop and publications Records consist of correspondence - including with the public, newsletters, newspaper clippings, invitations, schedules, and United Nations official documents relating to the administration of the public relations function. Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, and Deputy Chef de Cabinet and later Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs Jose Rolz-Bennett, . Arranged in numbered subject categories.

Series relates to the unification and rehabilitation of Korea, to peacekeeping operations and disarmament generally, to outer space activities, to international incidents, and to disputes.

Records consist of administrative and working files which include correspondence, memoranda, annual reports, incoming and outgoing clear cables, press releases, and United Nations official documents relating to political and security matters.

Correspondents include Secretary-U Thant, Under-Secretary-for Special Political Affairs Ralph Bunche, Assistant Secretary-for Inter-Agency Affairs I. Kittani, Under Secretary for Political and Security Council Affairs A. E. Nesterenko, Deputy Chef de Cabinet and later Under-Secretary for Special Political Affairs Jose Rolz Bennett, and Legal Counsel C. A. Stavropoulos. Arranged in numbered subject categories.

Series documents a variety of personnel matters such as recruitment, staffing, appointments, promotion, standards of conduct; acceptance of honours, decorations, favours and gifts, staff welfare and benefits, education benefits - United Nations International School, UNIS, staff relations, and appeals. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, United Nations official documents, commercial publications, newspaper clippings, and press releases. Correspondents include Secretaries-U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Deputy Chef de Cabinet and later Under-Secretary-for Special Political Affairs Jose Rolz-Bennett, Assistant Secretary-and Director of Services D. B. Vaughan, and Under-Secretary-for Department of Economic and Social Affairs Philippe de Seynes. Arranged in numbered subject categories.

Series documents matters of international criminal law and jurisdiction, privileges, immunities and legal status involving host country relations, incidents regarding governments, personnel, copyright protection, and taxation. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, United Nations official documents, and newspaper clippings. Correspondents include Secretaries-General Dag Hammarskjold and U Thant, Director of United Nations Office in Geneva P. P. Spinelli, Legal Counsel C. A. Stavropoulous, and Assistant Secretary-General for Inter-Agency Affairs I. Kittani, . Arranged in numbered subject categories.

Series documents contributions and extra-budgetary income, fundraising, and financial control and budgeting. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, budget estimates, narrative and statistical reports, brochures, and news clippings. Correspondents include Secretary-General U Thant; Deputy Chef de Cabinet and later Under-Secretary for Special Political Affairs Jose Rolz-Bennett, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Philippe de Seynes, and Assistant Secretary-General for Inter-Agency Affairs I. Kittani. Arranged in numbered subject categories.

Series documents general administrative activities of General Services, Geneva office operations, records management, Telecommunications, Buildings and Facilities management, Travel and Transportation, restaurant facilities, real estate transactions, and security matters. Records consist of correspondence, reports, memoranda, United Nations official documents, and clear cables. Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, and Under-Secretary and Director of General Services D. B. Vaughan. Arranged in numbered subject categories.

Code and clear cables

Series dates primarily from 1961-1973 - there are a few items dated 1980. Documented are office operations including personnel administration, contract and purchasing, facilities management, travel arrangements and visits, humanitarian activity, political events, and the activities of peacekeeping and observer missions. Records are incoming and outgoing code and clear cables, as well as numbered and unnumbered cables. Correspondence is between top echelon United Nations officials in New York and missions located in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Dominican Republic, including Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Deputy Chef de Cabinet and later Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs Jose Rolz-Bennett, Under Secretary General for Special Political Affairs Ralph Bunche, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Philippe de Seynes, Controller Bruce Turner, Senior Officer for the Office of Special Political Affairs Brian Urquhart, Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs J. Peres de Cuellar, Deputy Executive Officer for Department of Public Information R. Eriksen, and Chief of Section of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General D. Blickenstaff. Arranged alphabetically by location and therein chronologically.

Series consists of memoranda, United Nations documents, and telegrams relating to the administration of code operations and daily code logs - 1970-1974. Clear and code cables of the Office of the Chef de Cabinet are located in records series S-0228. Subjects include instructions for distributing incoming and outgoing code and clear cables, and code clearances. Correspondents include Brian Urquhart, Director/Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs; Jose Rolz-Bennett, Deputy Chef de Cabinet and later Under- Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs; Ralph Bunche, Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs; and Andrew Cordier, Executive Assistant to the Secretary-General. Arranged alphabetically by subject and therein chronologically.

Series documents departmental reorganizations, security arrangements, travel of United Nations officials, functions of the Secretary-General and Chef de Cabinet, conferences and meetings, cooperation and liaison, and protocol. Files are all numbered in the 400 series. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, clear cables, United Nations official documents, reports, newspaper clippings, brochures, itineraries, and speeches. Correspondents include Secretaries-General U Thant and Kurt Waldheim, Deputy Chef de Cabinet then Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs Jose Rolz-Bennett, and Under-Secretary-General for Department of Economic and Social Affairs Philippe de Seynes. Arranged alphabetically in numbered subject categories.