Wednesday, 25 October 2017

United Nations day 24th October- celebrate these free resources.

UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter.
Read the full text of this historic document online.  


Great Free UN resources.
Here are some sites we would recommend.

United Nations Digital Library

Digital Library includes UN documents, voting data, speeches, maps, and open access publications. The platform provides access to UN-produced materials in digital format and bibliographic records for print UN documents starting in 1979.

Official Document System: The United Nations official document system provides full text search of documents issued since 1993; resolutions of all principal organs & Security Council plenary documents since 1946. Older documents are added regularly.

UN Member States on the Record: Provides direct access to official documents reflecting the views and actions of UN Member States including: membership to the UN; statements made before principal
UN Oral History Collection


for older materials. UNBISnet: includes:
  • Voting Records: Voting records for all resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Security Council from 1946 onwards.
  • Index to Speeches: Provides access to meeting records of the Principal organs by country or organization, speaker, document symbol, or topic. Comprehensive from the mid-1980s,
Data.
Yearbook of the United Nations: The Yearbook of the UN is the principal reference work of the UN and provides a detailed overview of the Organization's activities during the course of a year. All the Yearbooks, 1945 to the most recent

UN Data gathered in one place. all recent statistical datasets.


Finding aids
Official Library produces a great collection of
UN Documentation Research Guides:  which get you satarted in all aspects of research.



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