Diplomatic and Historical Archives
The Service of Diplomatic and Historical Archives (YDIA) of the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is responsible, according to article 142 of the Statute of the Ministry (Law 4781/2021), for organizing, preserving, safe-keeping, utilizing and promoting the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for issuing studies, for the declassification of diplomatic archives and the encouragement of research. YDIA is responsible for all records containing information (archives) that the Central Service of the Ministry (Directorates, Services, Offices) and the Greek authorities abroad (Embassies, Consulates, Permanent Delegations, Liaison Offices) receive, create or send, in all formats (ex. documents, audiovisual items, electronic records etc.). YDIA is also responsible for the Audiovisual Archives, the Library and the museum collection of the Ministry. The Service is under the jurisdiction of the ST-A' Directorate-General for Personnel and Administrative Organization.
Apart from the safe-keeping, preservation, classification, and utilization of the written, audio-visual and electronic archives of the MFA, the Service of Diplomatic & Historical Archives is responsible for the publication of specialized books and studies, the declassification of the diplomatic archives and the encouragement of research through the provision to researchers of the available archival material. Finally, YDIA supports with the necessary documentation official research projects dealing with current foreign policy issues.
