Miscellaneous correspondence regarding Dr. Nansen's accounts in connection with his missions to the Near East.
File contains:
- Correspondence regarding the request of the Norwegian Government that the question of international assistance to refugees be included in the agenda of the 16th ordinary Session of the Assembly of the League of Nations
- A memorandum regarding the death of Fridtjof Nansen and the decision of the League of Nations to entrust the humanitarian work undertaken by him as High Commissioner for Refugees to the Nansen International Office, which was set up as an autonomous organisation under the authority of the League of Nations
- League of Nations document A.13.1935.XII "International assistance to refugees - Note by the Secretary-General".
Regarding a wider spreading of information on the work of the Inter-Governmental Advisory Commission for Refugees, as well as the liquidation of the Nansen Office.
Contains correspondence regarding the conditions on which a member of the delegation in Buenos Aires was engaged, in 1930.
File contains correspondence about appointing a temporary successor to Dr. Nansen until the next Assembly.
Only a note and a letter of administrative nature. George Werner was the President of the Administrative Council [Governing Body] of the International Nansen Office. Includes several references to the Office's Bulgarian delegate, Mr. Serafimoff, and to contributions of the Bulgarian government.
Correspondence with delegates on the arrangement to insure them against risks of losing funds. Delegates were requested to provide their birth date, nationality and their curriculum vitae. Locations of those providing CV include : Belgrade [Yugoslavia], Sofia [Bulgaria], Paris [France], Stamboul [Turkey], Beirut [Syria], Harbin [China], Warsaw [Poland], Prague [Czechoslovakia], Buenos Aires [South America]. Those insured: Beirut, Prague, Sofia, Belgrade, Buenos Aires. An insurance contract was concluded with "Phoenix Assurance Company" based in London, and is in the file.
Documents:
R.A.11-1931 "Conseil D'administration: Tableau I - Statistiques générales du transfert et du placement des réfugiés russes, arméniens, assyriens, assyro-chaldéens et turcs,[General statistics of the transfer and settlement of Russian, Armenian, Assyrian, Assyro-Chaldean and Turkish refuges] Tableau II - Statistiques du transfert et du placement des réfugiés russes, [Statistics of the Transfer and Settlement of Russian Refugees] Tableau III - Statistiques du transfert et du placement des réfugiés arméniens et assyro-chaldéens" [Statistics of the transfer and placement of Armenian and Assyro-Chaldean Refugees]; R.A.17-1931 "Rapport sur l'activité des délégations du Haut-Commissariat de la Société des Nations pour les Réfugiés du 1er juillet au 31 décembre 1930" [Report on the activities of the delegations from 1 July - 31 Dec. 1930].
This file contains documents related to employment of refugees, financial assistance to refugees and guarantees of repayment of advances done in favour of refugees. The file content is the assistance delivered by the Nansen Refugees Office in Syria for alleviating the refugees plight.
This file content is mainly a set of replies to the questionnaire sent to belgian government .