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This page presents information about the United Nations and its bodies. It includes links to directories, web sites, and guides
to the U.N. and it's resources.
United Nations Organization and Web Sites
United Nations Home page
Overview of the United Nations activities and publications as well as links to other international organizations.
There are six principal organs of the United Nations:
However, the United Nations family is much larger, encompassing 15 agencies and several programmes and bodies.
United Nations System of Organizations
The United Nations family of organizations is made up of the United Nations Secretariat, the United Nations programmes and
funds -- such as the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) -- and the specialized agencies.
- Official web site Locator for the UN System of Organizations
- Includes and alphabetical and thematic index to the UN Organizations.
- Links to the UN News Centre
- Links to the permanent missions including the Permanent Missions--New York
League of Nations
League of Nations Photo Archive
The League of Nations was a forerunner of the United Nations. The League of Nations Photo Archive web site includes images
of individuals, Assemblies, Councils, commissions, committees, etc.
Catalogs, Guides, and Search Engines
Infonation
This is a great site for statistical information. Compare up to five countries or find loads of data (such as economy, environment,
health, etc.) about one country.
UNBISnet Search
Catalogue of UN publications and documentation indexed by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library and the Library of the
UN Office at Geneva. Also included are non-UN publications held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjold Library. UNBISnet
coverage is primarily from 1979 forward, however, indexing for resolutions of the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council,
Security Council and Trusteeship Council are included back to 1945.
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide
This guide was created and is maintained by the staff at the Dag Hammarskjold Library.
United Nations Research Guide
Created and maintained by Mississippi State University Libraries. It includes links to current organizations and historical
background about the UN.
United Nations System Pathfinder
The purpose of this Pathfinder is to identify major publications of the organizations comprising the United Nations system.
Materials were selected with a view to currency, relevance and usefulness. It includes global studies and reports, handbooks
and guides, bibliographies and indices, international statistical publications, compilations of treaties, resolutions and
documents as well as annual reports of UN bodies and specialized agencies.
Finding Full Text United Nations Documents
United Nations Documentation Centre
Full text UN documents including General Assembly Resolutions and documents, Secretary General Reports, Security Council Resolutions,
ECOSOC Resolutions, and more mounted on a Gopher by the United Nations Development Programme-- Sustainable Human Development.
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General Assembly
- Resolutions: 1st Session- (1946- )
- Session Documents: 55th Session- (2000- )
- Vebatim Records: 55th Session- (2000- )
- Landmark Documents: Selected (1946- )
- Press Releases: (1995- )
Security Council
- Resolutions: (1946- )
- Presidential Statements: (1994- )
- Secretary General Reports to the Security Council: (1994- )
- And more...
Popular United Nations Reports and Web Sites
Human Development Reports
Search by country. Print or download reports which include demographic and political information about that country.
Food and Agriculture Organization
The FAO was founded in 1945. Since its inception, FAO has worked to alleviate poverty and hunger by promoting agricultural
development, improved nutrition and the pursuit of food security. FAO Statistics generate data for nutrition, food production,
forestry,...
International Atomic Energy Agency
The IAEA serves as the world's foremost intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the peaceful
use of nuclear technology.
International Labor Organization
Established in 1919, and since 1946 a member of the United Nations Organization, the International Labour Organization has
focused on workplace issues, actively seeking to create decent work for all - work which is freely chosen and performed in
an environment of equity, security and human dignity.
UNICEF United Nations Childrens Fund
Created by the United Nations General Assembly in 1946 to help children after World War II in Europe, UNICEF was first known
as the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the United Nations
system, its task being to help children living in poverty in developing countries. Its name was shortened to the United Nations
Children's Fund, but it retained the acronym "UNICEF," by which it is known to this day.
United Nations Population Fund Web Site
Statistics on current populations and projected populations, as well as information about the population work done by the
United Nations.
World Health Organization
Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York,
19-22 June, 1946; signed on 22 July 1946 by the representatives of 61 States (Official Records of the World Health Organization,
no. 2, p. 100) and entered into force on 7 April 1948.
United Nations Publications in Jerome Library
There are a few key books in the Jerome Library Reference Collection that provide an overview of the United Nations and general
summary of major activities.
- Everyone's United Nations
- The various editions concisely summarize major events in the Organization's history.
- JX1977.A37E9
- Yearbook of the United Nations
- Issued annually, Jerome Library holds volumes from 1946 to date.
- REF JX1977.A37Y4 yr.
- United Nations Documents: Checklist of the Microfiche Edition
- Five volumes shelved in Reference provide a listing of the UN Documents issued from 1946-1975.
- REF JX 1977 .R425 yr.-yr.
- Documents & official records in microprint
- Issued by Readex in microprint format.
- Shelved at the Northwest Regional Book Depository. Request from the Jerome Library Circulation Desk.
- 341.13U58d
- Coverage from 1959-1974.
- United Nations Documents and Publications; Abridged Collection
- Issued by Readex in microfiche format.
- Filed in the Documents Microforms Area next to the Documents Office.
- JXX 1977.A245
- Coverage from 1991-1992.
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