Série SO 222 - Freedom of Information and of the Press

Zone d'identification

Cote

SO 222

Titre

Freedom of Information and of the Press

Date(s)

  • 1956-1973 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Série

Étendue matérielle et support

6 sub-series and 87 files.

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

UN NY Registry

Dépôt

UNOG Registry, Records and Archives Unit

Histoire archivistique

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

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Portée et contenu

Matters relating to freedom of information have been discussed by the Commission on Human Rights, the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly. Roughly speaking, discussions in the UN organs on freedom of information fell into two broad categories: 1) Freedom of information as a human right, its substance and scope and its limitation; and 2) Development of media of information in under-developed countries.

During the period covered by these records, a draft Convention on Freedom of Information was under consideration by the General Assembly. This draft Convention was originally prepared by the United Nations Conference on Freedom of Information in 1948. There was considerable divergence of opinion among states with regard to the limitation of freedom of information by such considerations as national security and public order as well as issues of state or private monopoly.

In order to draft and adopt a Convention and Declaration on Freedom of Information the General Assembly decided to convene an international conference of plenipotentiaries to undertake this task in 1963. The series includes the records of the work of the conference on the draft Convention and Declaration.

As regards technical assistance in under-developed countries, a concrete program had not yet been formulated. UNESCO completed in 1961 a survey of media of information, including possible technical assistance. Several files of this series cover cooperation and coordination between the Division and UNESCO in the formulation of this approach.

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

Accroissements

Mode de classement

Numeric file code.

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Archive Employee

Restricted

Conditions de reproduction

Langue des documents

  • anglais
  • français
  • espagnol
  • zz

Écriture des documents

    Notes de langue et graphie

    Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

    Instruments de recherche

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    Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

    Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

    Microfilm reference number: ARR 1157/Reels 71 - 74, 118

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    Descriptions associées

    Zone des notes

    Note

    UN NY Archives has the records for the period 1946 - 1956, SOA 111 and SOA 112 [Branch Registries - 1948 - 1954 (Consolidated Files), Freedom of Information and of the Press.]
    Protection period to: 1993-12-31

    Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

    Scope ID

    9573

    Mots-clés

    Mots-clés - Sujets

    Mots-clés - Lieux

    Mots-clés - Noms

    Mots-clés - Genre

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    Identifiant du service d'archives

    Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

    Statut

    Ébauche

    Niveau de détail

    Dates de production, de révision, de suppression

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      Écriture(s)

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        Note de l'archiviste

        Protection period duration: 20

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        Protection period note:

        Note de l'archiviste

        Permission:

        Note de l'archiviste

        Physical usability: Without limits

        Note de l'archiviste

        Term of protection: UN Classified (20)

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