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

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Reference code(s): ICS 62

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

Date(s): 1962 - 1962

Level of description: Fond

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 1 file

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

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.

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Scope and content: Papers relating to the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) (RIIA) Commonwealth Conference in Lagos, Nigeria, 1962, comprising correspondence between Prof Charles E 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.

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System of arrangement: Chronological

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Finding aids: List available in the ICS Library.

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Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: February 2002

Interest: Black

Specific group:

Subjects

Pan-Africanism

Colonialism

Political systems

Self government

Collective human rights

Self determination

International politics

International cooperation

Regional cooperation

Newly independent states

Political doctrines

Imperialism

Neocolonialism

Trade

Trade policy

Free trade

International relations

Foreign relations

Foreign policy

Financial policy

Monetary policy

International monetary systems

Foreign investment

Development aid

Economic aid

Interdependence

International economic relations

Dependence

Colonial countries

Decolonization

Economic policy

Personal/Corporate names

EEC x European Economic Community

Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Royal Institute of International Affairs x Chatham House

Carrington, Charles Edmund

Robinson, Kenneth Ernest

Places

Nigeria, West Africa