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United Nations Documents

United Nations

The University of Cincinnati, Langsam Library, obtains selective publications from the United Nations. The UC Marx Law Library has a standing order for the UN Official Records on microfiche, including the mimeographed and limited series, beginning with 1981. The Law Library also has the Official Records of the Human Rights Committee from 1946-1975, 1981-to date. The microfiche is kept in the microforms collection at the Marx Law Library.

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ONLINE Indexes

AccessUN
Index provides access to current and retrospective United Nations documents and publications.
Coverage: 1945 - present
United Nations Digital Library
The United Nations Digital Library (UNDL) Website offers public free access to current and historical UN documents, maps, speeches, voting data, as well as non-sales publications. Available in English, French, Arabic, Russian and Chinese.

UNBISnet (Dag Hammarskjold Library)
Catalog of United Nations documents and publications from 1979 onward, with older documents added on a regular basis. Also includes voting records and an index to speeches.
Official Documents System (UN)
The full text of official records, speeches, and background documents from 1993 forward are available.
UNdata
The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point. Users can now search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN system.
United Nations System
Alphabetical index to the websites of the United Nations System of Organizations.

United Nations Treaty Collection = Collection des traités des Nations unies
Includes online versions of the print publications: Multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, which incorporates the detailed status of over 485 multilateral treaties, and: (United Nations) Treaty series, which contains the texts of over 30,000 bilateral and multilateral treaties in their authentic language(s), along with a translation into English and French, as appropriate, for those treaties registered with the Secretariat

Guides

United Nations Research Guides & Resources (UN)
Very complete guide to United Nations information. Includes an overview of the types of documents and publications issued by the UN.
The complete reference guide to United Nations sales publications, 1946-1978 (print holdings)
Basic facts about the United Nations (print holdings)
Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements (print holdings)
United Nations handbook (print holdings)
United Nations Systems: a reference handbook
Provides an overview of the UN systems, including its subsidiary organizations, specialized agencies, and related organizations.
Yearbook of the United Nations (print holdings)

Web Sites

United Nations (UN)
Provides information on the UN including history, charter, and member countries. Also includes press releases, daily highlights, and a sales catalog. Search across all United Nations servers at: www.un.org/search.
Avalon Project at Yale Law School (Yale Univ.)
Includes the text of various UN publications.
United Nations Research Guide (Mississippi State Univ.)
Award winning web site of United Nations information.