Identity area
Reference code
FR PUNES AG 08-LEG-B-93
Title
Official designation of Benin
Date(s)
- 1990-11-16 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
Context area
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Repository
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Memorandum from Assistant Director-General of the Bureau for External Relations to Assistant Directors-General, Directors of Bureaux, Offices and Divisions at Headquarters, Directors and Chiefs of Established offices away from headquarters. Memorandum reports the change in the official designation of Benin from the People's Republic of Benin to the Republic of Benin. Archives staff seem to have registered the memorandum in this series as a 'special document' based on the historical context.