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Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Royal Institute of International Affairs: Commonwealth Conference, Nigeria, 1962


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0101 ICS 62

Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Title: Royal Institute of International Affairs: Commonwealth Conference, Nigeria, 1962

Date(s): 1962

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Royal Institute of International Affairs

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Royal Institute of International Affairs, also known as Chatham House, is one of the world's leading institutes for the analysis of international issues. Founded in 1920, the Institute works to stimulate debate and research on political, business, security and other key issues in the international arena. It does this through its research, meetings, conferences and publications as well as through its library and information centre and expert interviews for the media.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) (RIIA) Commonwealth Conference in Lagos, Nigeria, 1962, comprising correspondence between Professor Charles Edmund Carrington, RIIA and Prof Kenneth Robinson, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, draft papers on African politics, aid and trade, draft reports on the cold war in Africa, pan-africanism, Britain's application to join the European Common Market, and the future of Commonwealth co-operation in Africa

ACCESS AND 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 the Freedom of Information Act.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or to quote from, original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager.

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Catalogued to item level (see link to repository catalogue).

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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The source of acquisition by ICS is not known.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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, 2001. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Common markets | Economic integration | Economic cooperation | Economic policy
Commonwealth countries | Political systems
Decolonization | Colonial countries | Political systems
Dependence | International economic relations | Economic relations | Interdependence
Economic aid | Development aid
Foreign investment | International monetary systems | Monetary policy | Financial policy | Finance
Foreign policy | Foreign relations | International relations
Free trade | Trade policy | Trade
Neocolonialism | Colonialism | Imperialism | Political doctrines
Newly independent states | Political systems
Regional cooperation | International cooperation | International politics
Self determination | Collective human rights
Self government | Political systems

Personal names
Carrington | Charles Edmund | 1897-1990 | historian and biographer
Robinson | Kenneth Ernest | b 1914 | lecturer and writer on commonwealth affairs

Corporate names
EEC | European Economic Community x European Economic Community
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Royal Institute of International Affairs x Chatham House

Places
Nigeria | West Africa | Africa