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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
Cabinet Office: International Conferences: Minutes and Papers
Catalogue reference: CAB 29
What's it about?
CAB 29
This series contains minutes and papers of proceedings at various international conferences and other meetings with representatives of foreign governments. The conferences include the Peace Conference 1919-1920 and related inter-allied bodies;...
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CAB 29
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Title (The name of the record)
- Cabinet Office: International Conferences: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1916-1939
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains minutes and papers of proceedings at various international conferences and other meetings with representatives of foreign governments. The conferences include the Peace Conference 1919-1920 and related inter-allied bodies; London Reparations Conference, 1924; Hague Conference 1929-1930, London Naval Conferences 1930 and 1934-1935, League of Nations Monetary and Economic Conference, London, 1933, Lausanne Conference, 1932 and the Anglo-French Staff Conversations, 1939.
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Arrangement
Chronological within original subject classification
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Cabinet Office, 1916-1916
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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167 file(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1964 Cabinet Office
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3836/
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