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FO 371/185181

UN activities in Persian Gulf, 1966

This file relates to UN activities in the Gulf, and in particular those of the UN Technical Assistance Board (UNTAB), which is later subsumed into the UN Development Programme (UNDP), and possible assistance to the Gulf States including: Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial States.
FO 371/148949

UN discussion on political situation in Oman, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Arab League Council's instructions to Arab delegations at the UN to include the Oman issue in the next UN General Assembly session (1) UK Mission to the United Nations' advice to the Foreign Office on action to be taken to prevent the Oman question being brought up at the UN (2, 4) Question of Britain encouraging the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur to join specialised agencies and other UN bodies, such as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultura
FO 371/174721

Water resources, 1964

This file contains correspondence relating to: Commissioning of Sir William Halcrow & Partners to provide a survey of water resources within the Trucial States Development Scheme (5) Investigation by consulting geologist K Spink of reported submarine springs of fresh water near Ras Al Gharab Island to the east of Abu Dhabi (9) Plans for a preliminary water resources survey by Halcrow this winter and the question of how big a survey Sheikh Shakhbut Bin Sultan Al Nahyan will agree to (11) Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum's agreement to cooperate with th