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Series
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration: United Kingdom and British...
Catalogue reference: CAB 142
What's it about?
CAB 142
This series consists of the records of the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth Delegation of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRAA). The series contains the minutes of meeting and papers of the Delegations,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 142
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Title (The name of the record)
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration: United Kingdom and British Commonwealth Delegations: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1943-1946
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the records of the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth Delegation of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRAA). The series contains the minutes of meeting and papers of the Delegations, together with papers of the UNRAA Council and minutes and memoranda of its various committees and sub-committees. The reception papers and council documents are papers from sessions of the Council, given numbers in chronological order of receipt.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Chronological within original subject classification
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further records of British delegations to the United Nations see Foreign Office,
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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)
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, United Kingdom and British Commonwealth Delegations, 1954-1954
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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64 file(s)
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1982 Cabinet 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
- Refugees
- Aid and development
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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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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 Relief and Rehabilitation Administration was set up on 9 November 1943 to organise measures of relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction during and immediately after the Second World War. Originally forty four nations were members. UNRAA distributed relief supplies, and provided relief services to assist economic and agricultural rehabilitation. It also provided camps, personnel and food for displaced persons.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3949/
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration: United Kingdom and British Commonwealth Delegations: Minutes and Papers
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