Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1974 - 1989 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
No. of Boxes: 4
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
UN. Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs (1970-1978: Guyer; 1974-1985: Urquhart; 1979-1981: Perez de Cuellar; 1981-1988: Cordovez; 1986-1992: Goulding)
Series consists of correspondence, memoranda, code and clear cables (incoming and outgoing), reports and maps related to the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) supervision of the cease-fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir and Jammu. Includes monthly operational reports, local news summaries, UNMOGIP newsletters, a manual for military observers, and personnel files of Chief Military Observers. Subjects include cease-fire violations, incidents, and political demonstrations; the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front press relations; military observers; and administrative matters, including personnel and finance. Correspondents include Chief Military Observers Brig. Gen. Stig Waldenstrom, Brig. Gen. Thor A. Johnsen and Brig. Gen. Alf Hammer; and Assistant Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs George L. Sherry.
Accession numbers: 93/127, boxes 1-2
Actual series size: 4 boxes
Chore
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Alphabetical by subject
