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Series III: Annual General Meetings, 1967-1997
Series VIII: Closed Cases, 1974-1983
Series XII: Separated and Restricted Materials

Amnesty International of the USA Inc : National Office records, 1966-2003, bulk 1974-1993

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Series V: Country Coordination Groups (Co-Groups), 1978-1995

Country Coordination Groups (co-groups) are volunteer groups that have expertise on a particular country or region. This program is also known as the Country Specialist Program. These groups help to manage the country-related work of AIUSA and act as liaisons on casework issues among local groups, sections and the International Secretariat.

Subseries V.1: General, 1978-1988

These files are the records of Pat Bronstein Kos and Sheila Dauer. The records include general information on the purpose and functionality of country coordination groups, as well as correspondence and materials related to activities, budgets, country work, formation, monthly mailings, planning and priorities, policy discussions, structure, and training.


Box V.1 264 Folder 1 Co-Group Members List, 1989 July and circa 1990, 1989 July, 1990

[restricted until 2066]

Box V.1 264 Folder 2 Compendium for Coordination Groups/Coordinators (ORG 43/03/86), 1986

Co-Groups--By Region, 1978-1980

(Unless Otherwise Noted)

Box V.1 264 Folder 3 Central America Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 4 China Co-Group, 1989

[restricted until 2064]

Box V.1 264 Folder 5 Eastern Europe Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 6 Ethiopia Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 7 Indonesia Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 8 Middle East Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 9 Philippines Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 10 Rhodesia Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

(Zimbabwe)

Box V.1 264 Folder 11 South Africa Co-Group / Namibia Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 12 South America Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 13 South Korean Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 14 Taiwan Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 15 Uganda Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 16 Uruguay Co-Group

[restricted until 2055]

USSR Co-Group

(Soviet Coordination Group)

Box V.1 264 Folder 17 General

[restricted until 2055]

Box V.1 264 Folder 18 Madness: A Documentary

(Play by Beth Goldring)

Box V.1 264 Folder 19 Newsletters, 1980-1985

[restricted until 2061]

Co-Groups--General

Box V.1 264 Folder 20 Budgets for Co-Groups, FY, 1981

Box V.1 264 Folder 21 Casework Standards, 1987

Box V.1 264 Folder 22 Correspondence, 1979-1980

Country Planning and Priorities

Box V.1 264 Folder 23 1984

Box V.1 264 Folder 24 1985

Box V.1 264 Folder 25 1988

(Includes Annual Review of Country Work papers)


Box V.1 265 Folder 1, 1a, 2 General, 1978-1980, (3 Folders)

Box V.1 265 Folder 3 Impartiality Issue, 1983

(Includes Co-Group discussion on, and Task Force on Impartiality Report, 1982 June)

Box V.1 265 Folder 4 International Secretariat (IS)--Documents Re: Co-Groups, 1979

Box V.1 265 Folder 5 Materials to be Given to Prospects, circa, 1978

(Includes general information on Co-Groups, and meeting materials of Co-Group Meeting of 1978 September 13)

Meeting

Box V.1 265 Folder 6 1979 February 7

Box V.1 265 Folder 7 1980 February 29-March 2

Monthly Mailings to Co-Groups

Box V.1 265 Folder 8-9 1982, (2 Folders)

Box V.1 265 Folder 10 1983

(#3, 7, 9-12)

Box V.1 265 Folder 11 1984

(#1-6, 8-11)

Box V.1 265 Folder 12 1985

(#1-5, 7-12)

Box V.1 265 Folder 13-14 1986, (2 Folders)


Box V.1-2 266 Folder 1 Policy Issues/Disc., 1986

(Various issues including impartiality and country planning and priorities)

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 2 Prospective, 1978-1979

(Includes information on prospective co-group formation and coordinators)

Reports

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 3 Quarterly, 1978

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 4 Semi-Annual, 1979 June

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 5 What Coordination Groups Do, 1982 March

Subseries V.2: Sheila Dauer Files, 1988-1995

Dauer's files include training materials for country coordination groups and files related to their activities, campaigns, country work, policy issues, and other general subjects.

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 6 AI Week 1995 The Front Line-Human Rights Defenders at Risk, 1995, 1995, 1995

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 7 Advertising--Ad Policy Guidelines and Procedures, 1988 May 24

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 8 Africa--Co-Group Meeting and Action, 1989 December 2

[restricted until 2064]

(Includes case histories)

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 9 Campaign Training Module, 1990 August

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 10 Campaigns, 1992-1995

(Corporate approaches, includes letters)

Co-Group Member Training

(Packets)

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 11 1989-1991

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 12 1993 February 20-21

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 13 1994 February 19-20

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 14 Crisis Response/Rapid Action Station, 1993-1995

[restricted until 2070]

(Files contains information on a number countries, correspondence, etc.)

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 15 Do Not Fear the Storm circa, 1984-1985

(Prisoner stories, letter to AI, includes photos)

Box V.1-2 266 Folder 16-17 Eliminations and Terror--International Conference on Political Killings and Disappearances (Amsterdam), 1992 September 4-6, 1992 September

(Includes lists of participants, agenda, briefs of papers, and the papers themselves)


Box V.2 267 Folder 1 Finance Guidelines for Local Groups and Clusters, 1994-1996

Box V.2 267 Folder 2 General, 1986

(Includes materials related to country work planning and reviews, including Annual Review of Country Work (ARCW), planning, IEC Report, etc.)

Box V.2 267 Folder 3 Impunity Teach-Ins, 1994-1995

Box V.2 267 Folder 4 International Secretariat (IS)--Implementation of the Decisions of the 1987 International Council Meeting (ICM) and IS Priorities for 1988/1989, 1988, 1987, 1988/1989, 1988

Box V.2 267 Folder 5 National Campaign Department--Budgets, FY 1989-1990, 1992, 1993, 1989-1990, 1992, 1993

Box V.2 267 Folder 6 National Student Program--Action Booklet, 1994-1995

Box V.2 267 Folder 7 Scholastic Inc. New York City--Human Rights Education Campaign,, 1993

(Packet)

Box V.2 267 Folder 8 Speaker's List (AI), 1995

Box V.2 267 Folder 9-12 Summit of the Americas (Miami), 1994 December 9-11, (4 Folders)

(AIUSA activities during)

Box V.2 267 Folder 13-16 United Nations (UN) World Conference on Human Rights (Vienna),, 1993 June 14-25

Box V.2 267 Folder 17 Urgent Actions, 1988 May