Commonwealth Secretariat: Senior Officials Meeting
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0101 ICS 89 |
Held at | : Institute of Commonwealth Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/resources/library › |
Full title | : Commonwealth Secretariat: Senior Officials Meeting |
Date(s) | : 1971-1974 |
Level of description | : Collection (Fonds) |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : Commonwealth Secretariat |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Commonwealth Secretariat was established in June 1965 by a decision of the 1964 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Prior to this date intra-Commonwealth affairs had been administered by British Civil Servants. The Secretariat was designed to assist internal co-operation between member states and was never intended to have executive powers.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Minutes and papers on Commonwealth Secretariat Senior Officials Meeting, Marlborough House, London, 20-23 May 1974; including background papers on comparative techniques for government for Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) meeting in Ottawa, Aug 1973; papers on current and projected work of the Commonwealth Secretariat; paper by Neil Bax and Margaret Priestley 'Forward Planning and Financial Control on the Commonwealth', with associated material; papers on appointment of a consultant to undertake study of financial control and development expenditure; draft minutes of first session of Senior Officials Meeting, 20 May 1974, with manuscript notes on the meeting by J M Lee.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Chronological.
Conditions governing access:
Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or Freedom of Information legislation.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No copying at permitted at present.
Finding aids:
Catalogued to item level (see link to repository catalogue).
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by Prof J M Lee, 1974.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd Edition, 2000. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Oct 2001
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