Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1956 (c)-1990 (c) (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The International Tin Council was established in 1956, following on from the work of the International Tin Study Group, which was established in 1947 to survey the world supply and demand of tin. The ITC aims were to promote the achievement of a long-term balance between world production and consumption of tin, and to prevent excessive fluctuation in price. This was achieved by the creation and operation of a buffer stock system involving mandatory contributions by producer and consumer countries, the fixing of floor and ceiling prices, and the regulation of exports. The activities of the Council were governed by a series of six 5-year Agreements, commencing in 1956. The sixth agreement was extended for a further two years in 1987. The Council was dissolved in 1990.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred from ITC/London to UNCTAD/Geneva in February 1990, then to UNOG Archives 2003.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Public
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
British Library of Political and Economic Science holds 7 boxes of ITC archives which consist of reports, statistics and publications relating to ITC operations in the United States, the Belgian Congo and Bolivia.
Notes area
Note
Protection period to: 1990-12-31
Alternative identifier(s)
Scope ID
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Protection period duration: 0
Archivist's note
Protection period note:
Archivist's note
Permission: No permission necessary.
Archivist's note
Physical usability: Without limits
Archivist's note
Term of protection: Accessible (0)