File contains the Canadian Institute of International Affairs monthly reports on Canadian external relations, the Canadian Institute of International Affairs news and views on world affairs notes, the Canadian Institute of International Affairs programme notes, the Canadian Institute of International Affairs annual report for 1968-1969, and other materials related to the subject. Includes John F. Sokol's paper "factors that have conditioned Mexican political patterns", a Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea newsletter attached to a note from Prof. Dr. Barbara Kwiatkowska addressed to Ronald St. John Macdonald and a United Nations general assembly resolution of January 2000.

Fonds comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his personal, academic, and professional activities as a jurist, judge, and professor. Records include those related to Macdonald's involvement with Osgoode Hall, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, Peking University, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Records types include correspondence; meeting minutes and agendas; research materials; photographs; newsletters; newspaper clippings; manuscripts; and off-prints.

Series comprises Ronald St. John Macdonald's records regarding his professional activities, including his involvement with different organizations, such as the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, the Hague, World Academy of Arts and Science, Canadian Council of International Law, United Nations, Institute of International Law, African Society of International Law, British Institute of International Law, Canadian Institute of International Law, International Law Association, and others. Series contains meeting agendas, meeting minutes, newsletters, reports, and other records.