Correspondence Pakistan Red Cross Society & United Nations Appeal for Children

Sub title : Notices, and Official Documents on Humanitarian Work in Early Pakistan

Subject: Pakistan Red Cross Society | United Nations Appeal for Children | Humanitarian Work | International Aid

Date of publication: 1948

Language: English

Page: 206 p.

Source: National Archives of Pakistan

Serial no: 28329

Keyword: Pakistan Red Cross Society -- United Nations Appeal for Children (UNAC) | Aake Ording -- Azad Kashmir refugees -- UNICEF -- International Red Cross | humanitarian aid 1948 -- early Pakistan administration

Abstract: A collection of official correspondence, meeting agendas, and acknowledgments related to humanitarian efforts in early Pakistan. Features documents involving Fatima Jinnah as Chairman of the Pakistan National Committee for UNAC and President of the Pakistan Red Cross Society. Includes international letters from the Standing Commission of the International Red Cross, UNAC Director Aake Ording, and UNICEF, alongside local donor acknowledgments, meeting notices, and administrative correspondence

Description: File documenting the humanitarian and diplomatic engagements of Fatima Jinnah and early Pakistani institutions. Highlights the country's integration into international aid networks post-independence, including Red Cross restructuring, UNAC fundraising and controversies, refugee relief for Kashmir, and correspondence with global figures like Maurice Pate (UNICEF) and Red Cross leadership. Provides insight into the administrative and humanitarian challenges of nascent Pakistan. SCANNED BY: NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF PAKISTAN.

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