United Nations

U.N., UN, UNO

Intergovernmental organisation tasked to promote international co-operation and to create and maintain international order.

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Photographic prints relating to law

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-093

Description: Photographs related to law, crime, and policing, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Includes images related to New Zealand's contribution towards the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), between 1964 and 1967. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

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Richards' correspondence with HART from New York (a)

Date: 1977

From: Richards, Trevor, 1946- : Papers

Reference: 99-278-27/03

Description: Mostly comprises original and copies of letters from Richards' while with the United Nations in New York to HART Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Miscellaneous files

Date: 1976

From: Richards, Trevor, 1946- : Papers

Reference: 99-278-19/10

Description: Miscellaneous correspondence with foreign governments and file relating to the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid special meeting in Havana, Cuba (1976) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Hubbard, James 1950- :Bosnia. Bihac. Nato. UN. 29 November 1994.

Date: 1994

From: Hubbard, James, 1949- :Cartoon entries for the Qantas Media Awards, 1994. 25 February 1994 to 23 December 1994.

Reference: H-233-047

Description: Shows two men (NATO and UN) leaning against each other asleep. One of them (NATO) is holding a burning cigar. On a table in front of them are two glasses holding false teeth in water. In the distance clouds of smoke form the words `Bosnia' and `Bihac'. Refers to the poor attempts by UN and NATO to resolve the situation in the former Yugoslavia. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

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Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Slow food. U.N. fails to get supplies moving in Bosnia...

Date: 1993

From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Cartoons entered in the 1993 Qantas Media Awards

Reference: A-299-109

Description: The first scene shows a man asleep in a U.N. truck. The second scene shows John Hewson shielding himself from flying fruit. Refers to United Nations food supplies failing to get to Bosnia and John Hewson's unpopularity in Australia. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies.

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Dower, Mark 1949- :[Ten original cartoons published in the Marlborough express and the ...

Date: 1995

By: Dower, Mark, 1949-

Reference: A-305-002/011

Description: Ten cartoons relating to French nuclear testing in the Pacific, United Nations troops in Bosnia, Mt Ruapehu explosion's link to French testing, drug testing of staff in dangerous jobs, arrest of Greenpeace activists near Mururoa, the heavy burden of being a cartoonist. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Newspaper and date of publication]. Quantity: 10 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink on paper, 210 x 300 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

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Papers re entry to Fiji (d)

Date: [1966-1967]

From: Strewe, Friedrich Georg Theodor (Odo), 1910-1986 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5921-095

Description: Comprises notes, correspondence with the United Nations, Bob Tizard, NZ Council for Civil Liberties, Kearsley & Kearsley (solicitors, Fiji), re Strewe's status as a prohibited immigrant to Fiji Arrangement: Part (d) of file relating to Strewe's attempts to work in Fiji Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Richards' correspondence with HART from New York (b)

Date: 1977

From: Richards, Trevor, 1946- : Papers

Reference: 99-278-27/04

Description: Mostly comprises original and copies of letters from Richards' while with the United Nations in New York for three months, to HART; he writes of personal matters, his work with the UN and his concerns with the situation in New Zealand Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[23 cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times between 15 Jan...

Date: 2003

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-701-001/023

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics include ACT list member of Parliament Donna Awatere-Huata's alleged misuse of funds for a stomach stapling operation and her refusal to resign from her party, Maori activist Titewhai Harawira and Waitangi Day, an artist painting a portrait of the 'painted' apple noth, govenrment negotiations with Tranz Rail and derailment, heat affecting railway lines, bush fires in Australia and United States threats to attack Iraq, United Nations attempts to slow down American policy on Iraq, American threats of sanctions against North Korea and their nuclear programme, President Bush's State of the Union address, the Black Caps fear of terrorism when on tour, the overburdening of the health system with administrators, President Bush's record of capital punishment and Saddam Hussein's of genocide, Israel's refusal to comply with United Nations resolutions to withdraw from occuppied territory, the arrival of pit ball dogs on Noah's Ark being the signal for all the other animals to burst out of it and away, racial bickering in New Zealand and the remoteness of the establishment of Maori TV channel. Quantity: 23 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies

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Correspondence (N-S)

Date: [1992-1993]

From: Waring, Marilyn Joy, 1952- : Collection

Reference: 2000-317-04

Description: Also includes postcard from [?] Jues Smyth Other Titles - Canopy (n11, winter 1993) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Clark, Lawrence [Klarc] 1949- :United Nations. NATO. Bosnian Muslims 20 April 1994

Date: 1994

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949- :Editorial cartoons. 1 March - 30 April 1994

Reference: H-114-035

Description: Shows a group of Bosnian Muslims, ankle-deep in pouring rain, huddled under two tattered umbrellas (United Nations; NATO). Refers to the failure of the UN and NATO to resolve the situation in the former Yogoslavia Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

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Richards' correspondence with HART from New York (c)

Date: 1977

From: Richards, Trevor, 1946- : Papers

Reference: 99-278-27/05

Description: Mostly comprises original and copies of letters from Richards' while with the United Nations in New York to HART; also includes some correspondence with other people, a confidential paper by Richards, `The Sports boycott of South Africa, some notes on the current situation', `New Zealand and the Gleneagles Agreement, some tactical considerations' and `The Strengthening of the Gleneagles Agreement' by HART Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Hubbard, James 1950- :Evidence of Iraqi troop and armour movements near Kuwait border.....

Date: 1994

From: Hubbard, James, 1949- :Cartoon entries for the Qantas Media Awards, 1994. 25 February 1994 to 23 December 1994.

Reference: H-233-030

Description: Shows a U.N. aircraft flying over a desert. Tyre marks in the sand below outline a hand with two fingers extended into a `peace sign'. Refers to Iraqi troops approaching Kuwait. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

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Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Pro Serb ; Pro Croat ; Pro Muslim ; Pro-Crastinate 19 ...

Date: 1994

From: Tremain, Garrick fl 1970s-1990s :Editorial cartoons. 23 March - 14 June 1994

Reference: H-106-020

Description: Shows 4 soldiers standing in the midst of cross-fire. Three have their allegiance written on the front of their jackets: pro-Serb, pro-Croat, pro-Muslim. The fourth soldier, wearing a UN helmet, has pro-crastinate written on his jacket. Refers to the UN's failure to act effectively in the war in Bosnia Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

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Clarkson, Paul 1957- :UN Iraq Kuwait 13 January 1993

Date: 1993

By: Dominion (Newspaper); Clarkson, Paul Frederick, 1956-

Reference: H-031

Description: 1 bromide by Paul Clarkson, 13 Jan 1993. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide photograph

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Bastian Brothers Company (Rochester, N.Y.) :United Nations Conference on International ...

Date: 1945

By: Bastian Brothers Company (Rochester, N.Y.)

Reference: Curios-021-017

Description: Circular enamel and metal badge shows the globe and wreath of the United Nations logo. Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Metal and enamel badge, diameter 27 mm Provenance: Donated by Mrs Judy Myers, Wellington, in 2009. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1746.

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International papers on women's rights and pay equity

Date: 9 Ayg 1966-1979

From: King, Rita, fl 1960-1988 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8541-15

Description: Contains copies of papers published by international groups and countries on women's rights and pay equity. Also includes published papers from the Regional Trade Union Seminar held in Paris, November 1968. Quantity: 1 box(es).

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United Nations service medals presented to New Zealand police officers, Cyprus

Date: 20 October 1966

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Legal-Police, Cyprus-01

Description: Commander of the United Nations Force in Cyprus, General Martola presents UN service medals to New Zealand policemen serving with the United Nations in Cyprus. The presentation took place in the mountain village of Kakopetria. Photographed by an unkown photographer October 1966. Published in the Evening Post 28 October 1966. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.7 x 15.1 cm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at Legal-Police, Cyprus (Cabinet no 10, drawer 4)..

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Greenall, Frank :Inoperation Desert Storm... Freedom. food, oil. 22 August 1992

Date: 1992

From: Greenall, Frank, 1948- :The Dominion Sunday Times ; Cartoons 12 July 1992 - 22 August 1992

Reference: H-005-007

Description: Shows three figures, identified as Bosnia, Somalia and UN Aid, crawling across the desert. Refers to UN involvement in the Gulf War, 1991, and in the fighting in Bosnia and Somalia. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: Bromide photograph

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Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[25 cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times between 1 and ...

Date: 2003

By: Tremain, Garrick, 1941-; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: H-715-001/025

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics include Taxation and feudal loyalties The Alinghi team from Switzerland winning the yachting America's Cup The effect of the loss of the America's Cup on Auckland city The New Zealand and the Australian prime ministers choosing different paths over the war on Iraq Funding of yachting's Team New Zealand by the government as opposed to coaching of children American president Bush driving a wedge through the United Nations by going to war on Saddam Hussein of Iraq A "greens-free" state luncheon for Australian Prime Minister John Howard The depletion of the Maui gas feild Enthanasia Fruit picking and dole bludgers Iraqi war and oil interests Anti-smoking legislation America's failure to capture Osama bin Laden The Iraqi war as television entertainment Post-war humanitarian aid for Iraq Drought conditions for farmers Saddam Hussein's disguises Quantity: 25 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 horizontal photocopies