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
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Inspectorate: Registered Files (XN Series)
Catalogue reference: FCO 84
What's it about?
FCO 84
This series contains records relating to policy on Diplomatic Service inspections and records of significant inspections of particular posts or departments.
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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FCO 84
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Inspectorate: Registered Files (XN Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1970-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to policy on Diplomatic Service inspections and records of significant inspections of particular posts or departments.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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A few policy files of the Commonwealth Relations Office Inspectorate are in DO 218
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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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XN File Series
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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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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Inspectorate, 1968-1985
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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52 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 2001 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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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
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series ran from 1968 to 1985
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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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Records selected by the FCO under PRO supervision under section 2.2.1.3 of the PRO acquisition policy, dealing with the inspection of home and overseas diplomatic service operations.
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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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Between 1968 and 1985 the Diplomatic Service Inspectorate undertook management review and inspection of home departments and overseas posts to assess the effectiveness of the operations carried out and to make staffing level recommendations. The home and overseas functions of the inspectorate were split in 1985, when separate Overseas Inspectorate and Management Review Staff Departments were formed.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15632/
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Inspectorate: Registered Files (XN Series)
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