Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1996 - 2003 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
Size/Number of Items/Parts: 1 linear ft. of textual records, No. of Boxes: 2
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Series is comprised of UNIKOM representatives' (primarily Chief Administrative Officer and Force Commander) correspondence with United Nations Headquarters (UNHQ), Kuwaiti authorities, and others. Subjects covered include: transfer of UNIKOM assets to other UN missions; repatriation of Bangladeshi contingent-owned equipment (COE); medical evacuation of UNIKOM personnel from Baghdad to Kuwait following 2003 attack on UNAMI; sale or return of equipment and vehicles to Kuwait; UNIKOM performance reports, mandate review reports, short weekly activity reports, redeployment worksheets, liquidation plan and progress reports; safety and security; CAO monthly reports on mission support; erroneous reporting in regional newspapers; NBC protection equipment; visits to UNIKOM by UN officials and Bangladeshi delegation; claims; incidents and accidents; water & electricity supply; contracts; and alleged discrimination against Sudanese & Jordanian UNIKOM staff members. Record types include standard letters, notes verbales, inter-office memoranda, e-mail correspondence, and related attachments. Series is arranged by non-UNIKOM correspondent (UNHQ, various, and Kuwaiti authorities, in this order) and sub-arranged either by record type (e.g. reports, notes verbales) or chronologically.
Title based on series contents.