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- 1947 - 1996 (Creation)
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17.86 linear feet of textual record; 7 photographs
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Scope and content
The files consist of correspondence, reports, legal memoranda, briefs, and printed items. The topics to which the records relate reflect issues of personal interest to Nurick or issues that he handled on behalf of his clients. Records relate to the World Bank as an institution, such as the Bank's Articles of Agreement, the Bretton Woods Agreement, sovereign immunity, the International Finance Corporation, immunities and powers of the Bank, and Bank membership issues involving China, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and Iran. Also included are records relating to bond issues and finance, taxation, co-financing, and securities and investment. Some records relate to litigation, such as a Federal Communications Commission case and a case involving university tuition payments. Files on specific World Bank lending projects include records related to the Volta River power projects in Ghana (including photographs), the Shashe projects in Botswana (Shashe Engineering Project and Shashe Construction and Supplementary Loan Project), the Falconbridge ferronickel project in the Dominican Republic, and the Boke UNDP Technical Assistance project in Guinea. Records also relate to personnel issues, such as staff rights and obligations, garnishment, and staff compensation.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Records are arranged alphabetically by topic.
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Conditions governing access
Records are subject to conditions in the donor's instrument of gift and to the World Bank Policy on Access to Information.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is donated to the World Bank and the records are subject to the Copyright Policy of the World Bank Group.
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Related units of description
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See Central Files - Membership files (WB IBRD/IDA ADMCF-05) for records related to World Bank Group member relations and membership issues.
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See Central Files - Borrowing and bond issues (WB IBRD IDA ADMCF-09) for records regarding the Bank Group's borrowing operations and issuing of bonds.
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See Central Files - Finance files (WB IBRD IDA ADMCF-10) for records related to the development of World Bank Group policy and financial management.
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See Records of the Industry and Mining Sector - Liaison, partnerships and program collaboration (WB IBRD/IDA IND-01) for records related to the United Nations Revolving Fund for Natural Resources Exploration.
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Internal World Bank Group Archives rules based on ISAD(G).
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Dates of creation revision deletion
9 October 2008, 1 February 2011