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Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Narcotics Control and Acquired Immune Deficiency...
Catalogue reference: FCO 183
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FCO 183
This series contains records relating to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office policy on the use of illegal drugs and the global response to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Files on AIDS policy include; organisation of conferences and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FCO 183
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Narcotics Control and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Departments: Registered Files (NC Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1987-1990
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records relating to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office policy on the use of illegal drugs and the global response to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Files on AIDS policy include; organisation of conferences and international events, the participation of UK ministers in the forementioned events; welfare of British nationals affected by AIDS, immigration policy with regards to AIDS, and bilateral relations on AIDS
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged as either AIDS or Drugs material, and further by subject according to the FCO corporate file plan
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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This series complements records created by the FCO United Nations Department who pre 1987 were the department responsible for FCO policy on AIDS and illegal drug use. FCO 58
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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)
- NC prefix
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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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- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-1968
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Narcotics and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Unit, 1987-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 439 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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 2022 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development 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
- Migration
- Nationality
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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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 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Narcotics Control and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Unit was established in 1987 in response to the global AIDS crisis. The Unit changed its name in 1988 to the Narcotics Control and Acquired Immune Deficiency (AIDS) Department in 1988. FCO policy on both AIDS and use of illegal drugs had previously been administered by the United Nations Department.
Following the global response to the AIDS crisis the FCO created a separate department to manage policies on AIDS and the use of illegal drugs. In 1994 the responsibility for FCO policy on the global use of illegal drugs was transferred to the Drugs, International Crime and Terrorism Department. The responsibility for FCO policy on AIDS returned to the United Nations Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C17139010/
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