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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

The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, cables, lists of military observers, personnel lists, reports, summaries of events, photographs, clippings, press releases, statistics, and charts of the United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL) Military Personnel Section, Military Evaluation and Information Unit, Air Operations Section, and Logistics Section.

Also included are registry files containing correspondence, reports, press releases, clippings, and miscellaneous other documents concerning personnel, finances, and other administrative matters of UNOGIL, including reports of Observation Groups and Military Observers, and official correspondence with the Lebanese government.

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-0666 Subject Files - Military
S-0665 Subject Files - Logistics
S-0664 Subject Files - Air Operations
S-0650 Subject Files

"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)"

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

"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."

Records include registry files, 1950-1960, containing correspondence, memos, reports, and many other types of documents concerning all aspects of the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency; also project files, 1952-1960, containing correspondence, project agreements, lists of required supplies generated by UNKRA's establishment of projects in the areas of food and agriculture, rural resettlement, transportation, communications, education, health, sanitation and welfare, natural resources, housing, technical assistance, and other projects. Also included are files concerning personnel, finances, and other matters having to do with the administration of UNKRA, 1951-1960, and containing correspondence, legal documents, minutes, accounts, and photographs. Historical files, 1951-1960, were assembled in order to write a history of UNKRA, and contain examples of the types of documents mentioned, as well as drafts of a history of UNKRA. It contains PAG-4/3.0, subseries (3.0) Registry Files; (2) Project Files; (3.1) General Administration Non-Registry Files; (3.2) General Administration Photos; (4) Personnel Office Non-Registry Files; (4.1) Finance Office Non-Registry Files; (4.2) Finance Office Ledgers; (5) Historical Files.

Fonds consist of the following Series:
S-0526 Photographs and Records

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.

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

Included are correspondence, cables, reports, weekly operations summaries, and miscellaneous other documents concerning political and military matters, complaints and investigations, and the administration of the United Nations Yemen Observation Mission (UNYOM). Similar documents from the United Nations Liaison Offices in Cairo, El Kuba/Gizan, Gizan, Harad, Hodeida, Jeddah, Hajran, and Sada are included.

Correspondents include United Nation Headquarters in New York; the Saudi and Yemeni governments; United Arab Republic commanders General Kadi and General Mortagy; and various other United Nations missions including the United Nations Emergency Force, United Nations Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine (UNTSO), United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC), and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-0657 Subject Files
S-0656 Cables and Correspondence

Records consist primarily of correspondence and cables, 1965-1966, between Chief Officer Bruce F. Macdonald, United Nations Headquarters in New York, the United Nations Liaison Office in New Delhi, the Indian and Pakistani delegations, the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP), the Indian and Pakistani armies, and others concerning military and political matters in the area.

Of note are Macdonald's letters reporting on the situation to Ralph J. Bunche, Under-Secretary for Special Political Affairs at United Nations Headquarters. Also included are reports, 1965-1966, including daily incident and weekly situation reports, summaries and statistics of complaints and investigations, and the Secretary-General's reports on the cease-fire and troop withdrawals.

Correspondence, memoranda, accounts, reports, contracts, and agreements concerning personnel matters, accommodations, procurement of equipment and supplies, and other matters relating to the logistics of running UNIPOM are included.

Fonds consists of the following Series:
S-0696 Subject Files
S-0695 Cables and Correspondence