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Overseas Development Administration and successors: United Nations and Commonwealth...
Catalogue reference: OD 148
What's it about?
OD 148
This series contains files from the United Nations and Commonwealth Department and its UK offices at UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), Paris and FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) Rome.Files cover...
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 148
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Title (The name of the record)
- Overseas Development Administration and successors: United Nations and Commonwealth Department (UNCD): Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1988-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files from the United Nations and Commonwealth Department and its UK offices at UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), Paris and FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) Rome.
Files cover general questions regarding the UN development system, including aspects of ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) and the General Assembly, UN Development Programme, UN Industrial Development Organisation, UN Industrial Development Fund, UN Regional Economic Commissions, UK policy towards and relations with UNESCO, FAO and UNICEF, Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation, Commonwealth Youth Programme and Commonwealth Foundation.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Records arranged by former reference.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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OD 24, OD 33, OD 55 (IDI series 1984-1988), OD 56 (IDJ series 1986-1988), OD 57, OD 61 (UNA series 1981-1985), OD 64 and OD 108: OD 24 OD 33 OD 55 OD 56 OD 57 OD 61 OD 64 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)
- IDI, IDJ
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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)
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- Department for International Development, 1997-1997
- Overseas Development Administration, United Nations and Commonwealth Department, 1984-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 42 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 2020 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
From 2018 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- The series will accrue from 1989-1991 until 2004-2006 (the final DFID paper files period).
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- In 2006 an Electronic Documents and Records Management system (EDRMS) superseded the paper documents and records management system.
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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 and Commonwealth Department (UNCD) was formed in 1984 after the merger of its predecessors, United Nations Department A and United Nations Department B, to handle all development questions of United Kingdom relations with the United Nations and the Commonwealth.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16514766/
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