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UNHCR Records of the Central Registry
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The Central Registry was responsible for the opening and routing of correspondence and for the filing of working papers and official records from 1951 to 1994. These records document the full range of UNHCR activities for nearly a half a century and as such provide an indispensable introduction to the work of the organization.
Archival finding aids can be accessed for the following records groups:
- UNHCR Fonds 11 ISAD 1951-1994
- UNHCR Fonds 11 Series 1 ISAD Classified Subject Files 1951-1970
Classification by Subjects:
- General
- Refugee Situations
- General
- Relations with IRO
- Relations with United Nations bodies
- Conferences - UNHCR
Subgroup: General Series: Conferences - UNHCR Registry Code: 1/4/2 (Registry, 1951-1970) Dates: 02-1958/04-1971, predominant 02-1958/08-1963 Extent: 7 cm of textual records Scope: Series documents administrative arrangements for various UNHCR meetings of branch office representatives. Series includes some background papers distributed to conference attendees. Files are arranged chronologically by meeting. Date Notes: Most of the series is missing. The Registry classification scheme lists many more files than those held by the Archives. Languages: English; some French Finding Aids: A file list is available. Details of files for this Series Registry Code Title Dates 1/4/2/11 Meeting of Branch Office Representatives at Headquarters, June 1958 02-1958/08-1958 1/4/12 Meeting of HCR Representatives - Geneva, May 1968 05-1967/04-1971 1/4/2/13 UNHCR Conferences - Meeting of UNHCR Representatives, 1959-1960 02-1959/08-1960 1/4/2/17 Meeting in Geneva of 6 Branch Office Representatives, May 1963 04-1963/08-1963 - Relations with Intergovernmental Organizations
- Relations with Specialised Agencies
- Missions
- Missions - High Commissioner
- Relations with governments
- Refugee Situations
- Administration and Finance
- Intergovernmental Organisations
- Voluntary Agencies
- Protection
- General
- General - (country)
- General - Communist countries - (country)
- Travel documents
- Admission (including refoulement)
- Residence
- Expulsion
- Marriage
- Certificates and documents
- Children
- Children - Hungarian children
- Courts
- Nationality
- Naturalization
- Social security
- Public assistance
- War damages
- Indemnification
- Restitution
- Restitution - Heirless assets
- Right to work
- Statelessness
- Mixed Service Organisation
- Equalisation of burdens
- Extradition
- Transfer of assets
- Personal status
- Right of asylum
- Supplementary Indemnification Fund - General
- Supplementary Indemnification Fund - Branch offices
- General
- Reports
- Agreements
- Individual Cases
- Migration and Resettlement
- Assistance Programmes
- Special Groups of Refugees
- International Status of Refugees
- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees - Implementation
- Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
- Conference on the Elimination or Reduction of Future Statelessness
- Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees - Implementation
- Human rights
- Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons
- Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees - Implementation
- Refugee Survey Group
- Refugee Service Committees
- Statistics
- Repatriation
- General - (country of residence)
- Yugoslav refugees - (country of residence)
- Greek refugees - (country of residence)
- Polish refugees
- Bulgarian refugees
- Romanian refugees
- Hungarian refugees
- German refugees
- Russian refugees
- Turkish refugees
- Italians
- African refugees
- General - (country of origin)
- Specific groups of refugees
- General - (country of residence)
- Eligibility
- Far East Operations
- Permanent Solutions
- Reports on projects - (by country)
- General finance - Government contributions
- General finance - Fund raising
- General finance - Focal Point Contributions - From governments
- General finance - Assistance to East Pakistanis in India - NGO contributions
- General finance - Focal Point contributions - Airlifting contributions
- General finance - Assistance to East Pakistanis in India - Miscellaneous contributions
- General finance - Focal Point contributions - Shipping contributions
- General finance - Focal Point contributions - Charts
- General finance - Focal Point contributions - Reporting on activities
- General finance - Contributions from governments to East Pakistan
- Clearance of camps - (by country)
- Reports on projects - (by country)