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United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Records

 Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Great Britain-United Nations Association...

Scope and Contents

This collection includes primarily printed materials such as annual reports and pamphlets documenting its work and its "Peacefinder" series. There is also material on the Council for Education in World Citizenship and the United Nations Student Association.

Dates

  • 1945-

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Limitations on Accessing the Collection

None.

Copyright and Rights Information

None

Historical

The United Nations Association was formed in 1945 out of the League of Nations Union, to "help bring about a just, ordered and lasting peace, and better conditions of life for all mankind." Its office was in London. Early leaders included Viscount Cecil, C.R. Attlee, Lady Violet Bonham Carter, Winston Churchill, and Dr. Gilbert Murray. In 1946 the name of the organization was expanded to include "of Great Britain and Northern Ireland." The UNA describes itself as a "critical fan club of the United Nations," working to ensure that the United Nations is effective, efficient and creative in all the areas on which it focuses its attention. Today the UNA is a voluntary, membership-based non-governmental organization; there are over 180 local UNA branches in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The UNA is linked at the international level with over 80 UNAs through the World Federation of United Nations Associations.

Extent

0.42 Linear Feet (5 linear in.)

Overview

The UNA of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was formed in 1945 out of the League of Nations Union, to "help bring about a just, ordered and lasting peace, and better conditions of life for all mankind." It works to ensure that the United Nations is effective, efficient, and creative in all the areas on which it focuses its attention.

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Custodial History

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for these papers/records.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Mostly through mailings from the UDC and from other archival collections

Related Materials

  1. League of Nations Union Collected Records (CDG-B Great Britain)
  2. Women for World Disarmament Collected Records (CDG-B Great Britain)

Legal Status

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Processing Information

Processed by SCPC staff; checklist created by Anne M. Yoder, Archivist, January 1999

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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