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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
Foreign Office and predecessors: Political and Other Departments: Supplements to...
Catalogue reference: FO 97
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FO 97
This series contains correspondence, enclosures, papers relating to various cases and claims, memoranda, etc., supplementary to the general series of correspondence for individual countries. Included are details of court proceedings, treaties,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 97
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign Office and predecessors: Political and Other Departments: Supplements to General Correspondence before 1906
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Date (When the record was created)
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1718-1905
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence, enclosures, papers relating to various cases and claims, memoranda, etc., supplementary to the general series of correspondence for individual countries. Included are details of court proceedings, treaties, letters and telegrams.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
This series is arranged in alphabetical order under names of countries and contains a miscellaneous collection of papers.
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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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621 volume(s)
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7412/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: FO
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Foreign Office and predecessors: Political and Other Departments: Supplements to General Correspondence before 1906
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