The Department for Archives and Records Management held a board meeting

On 30 September 2016 the Department for Archives and Records Management of the Justice Ministry of the Republic of Belarus held a board meeting to discuss the practices of the National Historical Archives of Belarus in the publishing field; preparation by the state archival institutions for 2016/2017 autumn-winter season; and work of the Department and the state archives in executing administrative procedures in the first half of 2016.

The board noted that the National Historical Archives of Belarus participates in various publishing projects since 1959. For this period the Archives has issued into print or participated in the preparation of 38 books. From 2001 the Archives published 13 issues of the “Arkhivarius” (Archivist) Compendium of Scholarly Reports and Articles.

On the second issue it was noted that preventive maintenance and repair have been completed to prepare the state archival institutions for 2016/2017 autumn-winter season. All the branch-owned objects – 33 buildings of the state archival institutions – have received passports certifying preparation for heat energy consumption in autumn-winter season.

Discussing the third issue it was noted that in the first half of 2016 the Department put down 416 Apostille stamps on the documents issued by the state archives in the Republic of Belarus. The state archives handled 5,354 applications for social and legal inquiries. 5,115 applications came from Belarusian citizens, 239 from foreign nationals.