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
Commonwealth Relations Office: Information Services Department: Registered Files...
Catalogue reference: DO 192
What's it about?
DO 192
This series contains files of the Information Services Department of the Information Division, including annual reviews of UK government information services in Commonwealth states from 1963 and Commonwealth Office Library records.
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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DO 192
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office: Information Services Department: Registered Files (ISD) Series
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Date (When the record was created)
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1960-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Information Services Department of the Information Division, including annual reviews of UK government information services in Commonwealth states from 1963 and Commonwealth Office Library records.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Later joint Commonwealth Office/Foreign Office information departments files are in FCO 26
Later Commonwealth Library Department files are in FCO 12
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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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ISD 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)
- Commonwealth Relations Office, Information Services Department, 1960-1966
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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48 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6201/
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Commonwealth Relations Office: Information Services Department: Registered Files (ISD) Series
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