Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1946- (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
Context area
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Circular letters (CL) signed by the Director-General are addressed to the Governments of Member States or National Commissions for UNESCO in the course of official business. For example, they are used to inform the Governments, to solicit information from them and ask for their position on certain questions, to send invitations to conferences, to invite applications for higher posts in the Secretariat.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Continuous accruals
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Chronologically
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Paper documents, since 2000 all published in electronic form as well
Finding aids
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List of Circular Letters, 1947-1990
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Since 2000 all Circular Letters available online
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
From 1947-1956, there was another category of Circular Letters, called Miscellaneous Letters (ML). In all 1149 such letters were circulated (ML/1-1149).