AFRAI International Organizations Files

37868

1963-1996

series

textual records

14 feet of textual records

English

African Development Bank, African Central Banks Association, Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale, Economic Commission for Africa, Economic Community of West African States, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, World Bank, Organisation for Economic Cooperation Development, UNCTAD, United Nations, Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest-Africaine

Series is open according to the Archives Access Policy. Files will be screened by reference staff for any time restrictions.

Series contains files accumulated through African Department and IMF relations with regional and international organizations, particularly financing agencies and UN agencies or regional banks. Most files reflect: an exchange of data or reports; coordination of activities or collaborative activities in African member countries; an observer status for an IMF representative on an external group; invitations to regional or international meetings; and, continuing relations with African organizations. Records include: correspondence - letters, cables, and faxes - exchanged between AFR officers or the Managing Director and the presidents or officers of external organizations; news wire telexes on events in member countries; letters or memoranda from AFR or the IMF sharing requested data or reports, such as Recent Economic Developments; memoranda, press releases and reports from external organizations copied or sent to AFR for commentary or for information sharing purposes (for example, UNDP reports or the Banque des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale sending a copy of its statutes); conference, seminar or meeting materials such as agendas, programmes, minutes, and copies of speeches given by presenters; speeches given by AFR staff who attended such conferences or meetings and subsequent back-to-office reports; correspondence regarding technical assistance for regional organizations and from the technical assistants working in such organizations; and Board Documents. Files are arranged in tranches alphabetically and then chronologically. Based on the number of files, the predominant organizations are: African Development Bank; Association of African Central Banks; IBRD, Economic Commission for Africa; and various other United Nations agencies. Tranche 2 (1991-1996, Boxes 23 to 28). Includes documentation of administrative council meetings and ministerial council meetings held at Union Monetaire Ouest-Africaine and successor institution Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest-Africaine as well as administrative council meetings held at Banque Centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest.