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International Network of Editors of Diplomatic Documents

The international network of Editors of Diplomatic Documents was founded in 1988. Delegations from different parts of the world met for the first time in London in 1989. Since then, the reunions took place every second year in The Hague (1992), Ottawa (1994), Rome (1996), Bonn (1998), Washington (2001), Canberra (2003), Paris (2005), Dublin (2007), The Hague (2009), Jerusalem (2011), Geneva (2013) and Washington (2015). The next conference will be held in London from 25-28 April 2017.

On this page you will find information about the release of new volumes of editions of diplomatic documents.

New Volumes

Swiss Foreign Policy, 1973–1975

We have the pleasure to announce the publication of the latest volume of the «Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland» (dodis.ch) focusing on the international relations of Switzerland from 1973 until 1975.

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Polish Diplomatic Documents 1935

Polish Diplomatic Documents 1935 is the 24th Volume of the PDD series. There are 344 archival documents which show Polish foreign policy in 1935.

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Polish Diplomatic Documents 1919 January-May

The most recent volume (twenty-third) of the Polish Diplomatic Documents series contains 430 documents illustrating the activities of Polish politicians and diplomats between January and May 1919.

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1986: On the way to a new peaceful order in Europe

Akten zur Auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
[Documents on the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany]

Editing work by Matthias Peter and Daniela Taschler
Commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office
edited by the Institut für Zeitgeschichte

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Polskie Dokumenty Dyplomatyczne 1933

This 22nd volume in the series Polish Diplomatic Documents contains 384 archival documents on Polish foreign policy in 1933.

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Die Einheit – Das Auswärtige Amt, das DDR-Außenministerium und der Zwei-plus-Vier-Prozess

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of German reunification, this edition presents previously unpublished documents concerning the foreign policy of the two German states and the 2+4 negotiations.

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Documents on Irish Foreign Policy IX

Documents on Irish Foreign Policy IX (1948-51) covers the three years and four months of Ireland’s first coalition government. Comprising Fine Gael, the Labour Party, Clann na Poblachta, Clann na Talmhan and the National Labour Party, it was known as the ‘Inter-Party Government’. In office from February 1948 to June 1951, and led by John A. Costello of Fine Gael.

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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–9, Part 1, Documents on North Africa, 1973–1976.

The Department of State released Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume E–9, Part 1, Documents on North Africa, 1973–1976.

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The Brussels and North Atlantic Treaties, 1947-1949: Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series I, Volume X.

This volume documents the drafting, negotiation and signature of the treaty that has been the cornerstone of European defence for the past sixty-five years: the North Atlantic Treaty signed in April 1949.

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Documents on the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany 1983

397 documents published here for the first time show how the German Federal Government did its best to continue the East/West dialogue and the process of European unification against a background of increased block confrontation which for example even manifested itself in the shooting down of a South Korean passenger aircraft by the USSR.

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Swiss Foreign Policy, 1970–1972

We have the pleasure to announce the publication of the latest volume of the «Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland» (DDS/dodis.ch) focusing on the international relations of Switzerland from 1970 until 1972.

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35 Years since the Signing of the Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel: A New Publication by the Israel State Archives

To mark the 35th anniversary of the signing of the treaty, the Israel State Archives presents a special publication, which includes 67 documents, 18 of them in English, recording crucial stages in the diplomatic contacts leading up to the Camp David summit conference, the conference itself and the negotiations on the treaty before the actual signing in Washington.

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Australia and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 1945–1974

This volume in the Documents on Australian Foreign Policy series draws on unpublished records from the National Archives of Australia to document the negotiation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) from an Australian perspective.

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