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: Confidential Print
Catalogue reference: DO 201
What's it about?
DO 201
This series contains the Confidential Print of the Commonwealth Relations Office.
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 201
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Title (The name of the record)
- Commonwealth Relations Office: Confidential Print
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Date (When the record was created)
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1946-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains the Confidential Print of the Commonwealth Relations Office.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For Confidential Print of the Dominions Office, please see DO 114
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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53 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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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 2010 Foreign and Commonwealth 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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C6210/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: DO
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Commonwealth Relations Office: Confidential Print
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