Catalogue description Overseas Development Administration: United Nations Department A: Registered Files (UNA Series)

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Details of OD 61
Reference: OD 61
Title: Overseas Development Administration: United Nations Department A: Registered Files (UNA Series)
Description:

The records in this series of United Nations Department A deal with general questions regarding the United Nations development system, including UK membership of UNESCO.
Date: 1981-1985
Arrangement:

Arranged by original file series reference within three-year file cycle.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: UNA file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Overseas Development Administration, United Nations Department A, 1976-1984
Physical description: 39 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1999 Department for International Development
Custodial history: UNA series files were transferred to the Department for International Development upon its creation in May 1997.
Selection and destruction information: OD 61/1-9 were selected for permanent preservation following an accelerated review process under the Open Government Initiative in the Overseas Development Administration which identified certain subjects whose records could be released early, including these files on United Kingdom membership of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Other files in the series will be subjected to selection review when they are due regular second review from c. 2003.
Administrative / biographical background:

The United Nations Department A was established after the predecessor United Nations Department was split in two in 1974. It continued dealing with general questions relating to the United Nations development system and the Commonwealth Development programme until 1984, when it was merged with United Nations Department B to form the United Nations and Commonwealth Department.

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