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The 1951 Refugee Convention
The 1951 Refugee Convention defined international obligations to refugees, but also exposed global tensions in a context of decolonisation and ongoing conflict.
Series
Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Treaty Papers
Catalogue reference: SP 103
What's it about?
SP 103
Copies of treaties, articles of treaties, secret articles, draft treaties and other formal documents and papers connected with the various negotiations conducted by English or British ministers and envoys abroad. Some remarks on treaties, related...
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SP 103
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Title (The name of the record)
- Secretaries of State: State Papers Foreign, Treaty Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1577-1780
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Description (What the record is about)
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Copies of treaties, articles of treaties, secret articles, draft treaties and other formal documents and papers connected with the various negotiations conducted by English or British ministers and envoys abroad. Some remarks on treaties, related draft proclamations, letters and memorials are included. The papers of a particular state may include papers relating to that state's colonies. The treaties include some marriage treaties. All the papers are in manuscript.
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Arrangement
Most of the records are arranged either in alphabetical order of the states involved, or by individual treaties, the preliminary negotiations for the treaties, or assemblies for resolving disputes.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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118 bundle(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Selected documents dated before August 1589 are described in the Calendar of State Papers Foreign Series of the Reign of Elizabeth I ed A J Butler S C Lomas and R B Wernham (London 1901-1950). For references to the more important papers for the period August 1589 to December 1595 see the List and Analysis of State Papers Foreign Series Elizabeth I I-VI ed by Richard Bruce Wernham (London 1964-1993). Please speak to staff at the Map and Large Document Room enquiry desk for the precise location.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13642/
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