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AG-004 · Fonds · 1919 - 2000

The sub-fonds are arranged by predecessor departments/offices.

  • Department of Economic Affairs (1946-1954)
  • Department of Social Affairs (1946-1954)
  • Technical Assistance Administration (1950-1958)
  • Department of Economic and Social Affairs (1955-1977)
  • United Nations Office of Interagency Affairs and Coordination (1969-1977)
  • Department of Technical Cooperation for Development (1978-1991)
  • Department of International Economic and Social Affairs (1978-1991)
  • Development and International Cooperation (1978-1991)
  • Department of Economic and Social Development (1992-1992)
  • Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development (1992-1996)
  • Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis (1993-1996)
  • Department for Development Support and Management Services (1993-1996)
  • Department of Economic and Social Affairs (1997-present)
UN. Department of Economic Affairs
AG-016 · Fonds · 1945 - 2001

Fonds consist of the following sub-fonds:

AG-016-001: Conference and General Services (1946-1953)
AG-016-002: Department of Conference Services (1954-1957)
AG-016-003: Office of Conference Services (1958-1972)
AG-016-004: Department of Conference Services (1973-1991):
AG-016-005 Department of General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services (1997-2001)

Department of General Assembly and Conference Management
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-050 · Fonds · 1946 - 2007

The arrangement and description of AG-050 is based on the “Peacekeeping Headquarters Retention Schedule,” v. 2, August 2011, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and Department of Field Support (DFS). The names of the series comprising AG-050 were drawn from the function series listed in the retention schedule. During archival processing, the files were assigned to series based on their function. Files originating from the offices of the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping and the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping were kept together and assigned to S-1834.

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-1890 Mine Action
S-1889 Information Management and Public Information
S-1888 Security
S-1887 Humanitarian affairs
S-1886 Human rights
S-1885 Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration
S-1884 Law enforcement
S-1840 Legal - Legal agreements development and review
S-1834 Under-Secretary-General (USG) - Subject files
S-1833 Political Affairs - Coordination, partnership - Discussion and negotiation
S-1832 Management and Integration - Policy, procedure, best practice
S-1831 Military - Planning, strategy - Analysis of current mission capacity
S-1830 Military and Political - Planning, strategy - Mission establishment
S-1829 Management and Integration - Reporting to United Nations Headquarters
S-1828 Military - Policy, procedure, best practice
S-1827 Military

Department of Peacekeeping Operations - Office of the Under-Secretary-General
AG-063 · Fonds · 1945 - 1979

Records consist of: reports, correspondence, instructions and policies, subject files of the different divisions, and photographs.

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-1883 Leo Rosenthal - photographs
S-0976 Dag Hammarskjold Library - UNBIS Bibliographic Manuals
S-0597 Commemorative Celebrations
S-0540 Department of Public Information

Department of Public Information
AG-031 · Fonds · 1936 - 1988

Records consist primarily of administrative, personnel, and country files, which show a country's participation in and contribution to a mission, ca. 1948-1983, for each United Nations field operation or mission. Included are photostatic copies of 29 separate I-HJK demarcation line maps for the Palestine area and military approval signatures; general administrative files, 1949-1955; administrative files concerning the United Nations Service Medals (Korean Medals), 1950-1956; United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC)/United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) country and administrative files (list A), 1959-1962; ONUC administrative files including a manual of procedures for the Leopoldville Finance Office and Field Offices as of 1 January and ONUC casualty file, 1963- 1964, comprising cable and memo notifications to Headquarters and Delegations; ONUC administrative country and finance files, 1963-1964; UNEF administrative country files (List B), 1963-1964; UNEF strength reports (List B), 1963-1965; UNEF supply and logistic country files, 1965; and ONUC administrative country files for 1965.

Fonds consists of the following Sub-fonds:
AG-031-003 United Nations Field Operations Division
AG-031-002 United Nations Field Operations Service
AG-031-001 United Nations Field Service

Field Operations Service and Successory Bodies
AG-065 · Fonds · 1990 - 1996

The arrangement and description of AG-065 is based on the DPKO and DFS Policy Directive, “Peacekeeping Headquarters Retention Schedule,” v. 1, January 2009. The names of the series comprising AG-065 were drawn from the function series listed in the retention schedule. During archival processing, the files were assigned to series based on their function. A retention schedule for the Department of Political Affairs was not available at the time of archival processing (June 2012).

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-1852 Military
S-1851 Management and Integration - Reporting to United Nations Headquarters
S-1835 Political Affairs - Coordination, partnership - Discussion and negotiation

International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY)
AG-033 · Fonds · 1946 - 1959

"This series consists of official textual records of the International Paris Peace Conference held at the Palais du Luxembourg, Paris which opened 29 July 1946. The conference addressed state relations following World War II between "Allied and Associated Powers" on the one side and allies of Germany during WWII on the other side: specifically Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Italy and Romania. Fonds does not contain a complete set of records of the Paris Peace Conference. Series includes records such as: draft peace treaties proposing territorial, political, military, reparation, economic and human rights clauses for Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Italy and Romania; amendments to, and observations on, draft peace treaties by various states and delegations; rules of procedure for the Conference; verbatim records of plenary sessions; reports of commissions and sub-commissions of the Conference; correspondence and other documents submitted to plenary sessions and commissions; memoranda; notes of service of the General Secretariat; programmes of Conference meetings; resolutions; annexes and corrigenda; records of decisions; summary records of decisions; and meeting agendas of commissions and sub-commissions of the Conference. "List of Paris Peace Conference Documents," which do not reflect the exact contents of this series, [S-0533-0001-0001] and "List of Document Symbols" [S-0533-0004-0009] are supplied. Archival folders are arranged by subject in no particular order; within this subject arrangement, folders may be arranged alphabetically by name of non-Allied country where applicable. Records are arranged by numeric order supplied by the documents themselves where applicable (i.e. "Meeting 1" etc.). Records of the following Commissions of the Conference are supplied: Commission on Procedure, Economic Commission for the Balkans and Finland, Economic Commission for Italy, General Commission, Legal and Drafting Commission, Military Commission and Political and Territorial Commissions for each of Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Italy and Romania. Records of the following Sub-Commissions of the Conference are supplied: Drafting Sub-Commission (Legal and Drafting Commission), Sub-Commission on Reparations (Economic Commission for Italy), and Sub-Commission on the Statute of the Free Territory of Trieste (Political and Territorial Commission for Italy). Fonds consist of the following Series: S-0533 International Paris Peace Conference (1946)"

International Paris Peace Conference
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-009 · Fonds · 1942 - 1949

Fonds consists of the records of the Preparatory Commission created in the course of its activities, which included organizing and documenting the first sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Fonds is arranged in the following record series.

PREPARATORY COMMISSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (1945-1946 : San Francisco and London)
Cables 1945-1946 S-0929
Minutes 1945-1946 S-0931
Official documents 1945-1946 S-0930
Non-Registry files 1945-1946 S-0924
Registry files 1945-1946 S-0539
Permanent Headquarters Committee Records 1945-1946 S-0532

Conditions of access: No access restrictions apply.

Related records:

Records of the Temporary London Office see AG-002.
Records of the the preparatory commission in Brian Urquhart Fonds, S-1053

Preparatory Commission of the United Nations