United Nations

The United Nations website.

The main UN library offers many excellent research guides that will help you find UN documents on your topic.

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Many United Nations publications and periodicals published prior to 1989 are not listed in VIRGO. The best way to find these older UN materials owned by the Library but not listed in VIRGO is through a computer generated keyword-in-title index (KWIC) and other such indexes located in the Government Information Resources Reading Room. If your research involves extensive use of older UN documents you may want to Contact Us for an appointment for personalized instruction in locating these materials.

Full text of UN documents since 1992

Voting Records and Index to Speeches in the United Nations.

UN-I-QUE (UN Info Quest), a ready-reference file created by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library to respond to frequently asked questions, is designed to provide quick access to document symbols/sales numbers for UN materials (1946 onwards). It does not give full bibliographic details nor does it replace existing bibliographic databases (UNBISnet) produced by the Library. UN-I-QUE focuses upon documents and publications of a recurrent nature: annual/sessional reports of committees/commissions; annual publications; reports periodically/irregularly issued; reports of major conferences; statements in the General Debate; etc. Information within each record is presented in reverse chronological order to facilitate identification of the most recent data.

"This database provides information on the status of over 500 major multilateral instruments deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations (including the texts of reservations, declarations and objections) and covers a range of subject matter such as Human Rights, Disarmament, Commodities, Refugees, the Environment and the Law of the Sea."

The UN Yearbook gives extensive background on what the UN did in a particular year. It gives documentary citations to other UN documents for further reading. It includes background material and the actions of the specialized agencies, such as the International Labour Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and UNESCO. Also in print.

The UN's quarterly periodical which reports on activities of the body. Think of it as the Time or Newsweek of the UN. Also in print.

This title covers the events involving the UN for a five to ten year period. It is a good source for an overview of the actions of the UN during a given period of time. Published from 1948-1995. Print only.