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Series
Overseas Development Administration: United Nations Department B: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: OD 57
What's it about?
OD 57
The records in this series of United Nations Department B's registered files deal with general development questions regarding United Kingdom relations with the United Nations, particularly the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 57
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Title (The name of the record)
- Overseas Development Administration: United Nations Department B: Registered Files (INT Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1982-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records in this series of United Nations Department B's registered files deal with general development questions regarding United Kingdom relations with the United Nations, particularly the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Council, and the various international development banks and funds.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged by original file series reference within three-year file cycle
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also OD 108
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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)
- INT file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Overseas Development Administration, United Nations Department B, 1979-1984
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 84 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Department for International Development
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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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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1977-1984
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- OD 57/1-25 were selected for permanent preservation following an accelerated review process under the Open Government Initiative in the Overseas Development Administration which identified certain subjects whose records could be released early, including these files on the replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development and development funding through the African Development Bank and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). Other files in the series will be subjected to selection review when they are due regular second review from c. 2003.
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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 United Nations Department B was established after the predecessor United Nations Department was split in two in 1974. It continued dealing with general development banking, food and social questions at the United Nations until 1984, when it was merged with United Nations Department A to form the United Nations and Commonwealth Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14910/
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