Series - Miscellaneous Correspondence of the Office of the Special Representative to the U.N. Organizations in Geneva

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Reference code

WB IBRD/IDA DEC-03-19

Title

Miscellaneous Correspondence of the Office of the Special Representative to the U.N. Organizations in Geneva

Date(s)

  • 1946 - 1993 (predominant 1985 - 1993) (Creation)

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Extent and medium

0.42 linear feet of textual records

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Scope and content

The series consists of documents that were most likely retained for reference purposes by the Directors of the Geneva office (also referred to as Special Representatives to the U.N. Organizations in Geneva) and their staffs. Included in the series are: copies of the agreement regarding privileges and immunities concluded between the U.N. and the Swiss Federal Council on 19 April 1946; a copy of the 22 June 1978 letter from the Director, International Relations Department of the Bank to the Deputy Director-General of the U.N. announcing the opening of the Bank's Geneva office with Mahmud Burney as permanent representative; biographical information about Bank Presidents; copies of staff and other announcements of the appointments of Wolfgang Siebert (effective 20 January 1986) and Jean Baneth (effective 4 August 1989) as Directors; copies of the announcement of Baneth's departure and the appointment of his successor Piritta Sorsa (effective 14 December 1992); memos and other correspondence concerning the Post Adjustment (cost-of-living) System for Field Assignments (1988 - 1992); memoranda concerning work plans (1990 - 1991) and staffing requirements (1985, 1987, 1989) for the office; an unsigned 7-page monograph titled Notes on the Bank Office in Geneva dated 20 November 1985 most likely written by L. Peter Chatenay who headed the office from 1982 to 1985; and a draft of a letter to the U.N. office in Geneva announcing the permanent closing of the Bank's Geneva office as of 1 July 1993. Copies of a small amount of correspondence prepared by Siebert and Baneth regarding the Geneva office and correspondence from other permanent missions at Geneva are also part of the series.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

Records are arranged chronologically.

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Conditions governing access

Records are subject to the World Bank Policy on Access to Information.

Conditions governing reproduction

Records are subject to the Copyright Policy of the World Bank Group.

Language of material

  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

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Related units of description

  • Records of the Office of the Chief Economist -- Records of the Office of the Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist and Later Senior Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist (DECVP) -- Audit Reports Maintained in the Policy and Review Department (WB IBRD/IDA DEC-03-32); Records of the Office of the Chief Economist -- Records of the Office of the Vice President, DevelopmentEconomics and Chief Economist and Later Senior Vice President, Development Economics and Chief Economist (DECVP) -- Front Office Records Relating to the 1992 and 1998 Bank Reorganization (WB IBRD/IDA DEC-03-14).

  • See oral history of Jean Baneth.

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Internal World Bank Group Archives rules based on ISAD(G).

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Dates of creation revision deletion

30 September 2011

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