Record revealed
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
British Council: Registered Files, Regional Series
Catalogue reference: BW 209
What's it about?
BW 209
Headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities by region.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BW 209
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Title (The name of the record)
- British Council: Registered Files, Regional Series
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Date (When the record was created)
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1960-2002
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Description (What the record is about)
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Headquarters files relating to British Council policy and activities by region.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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AFR, AMC, AME, ASA, CSA, EAF, EAP, ECE, ECO, EUR, EWA, SAS, SPA, WAF prefix
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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Dutch, French and Spanish
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- British Council, 1936-1936
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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64 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2017 British Council
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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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- Topics
- International
- Asia
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1964 to 2000
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Selected under The National Archives Records Collection Policy, meeting criteria 3.1.1: significant records concerning international relations.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The British Council created regional departments in order to manage its network of overseas offices. Initially there were three Overseas Divisions, or departments; the geographical boundaries of these changed frequently, and over time have included the East Asia and Pacific division (EAP), the Americas, Pacific and Asia division (APA), and the Middle East department (MDE). Major policy decisions were made at the country level, whilst the regional divisions provided support and administered the budgets. In 2005 the British Council introduced a more formal regional structure, in which the Regional Directors had a key role in coordinating policy and activities across all countries within their region.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14905418/
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British Council: Registered Files, Regional Series
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