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How are UN Member States seated in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Sep 05, 2025 |
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- Member States
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When have young people addressed the UN?
Last Updated: Sep 04, 2025 |
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Where can I find information on artworks displayed at the United Nations Headquarters in New York?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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- Headquarters
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Views: 8275
Where can I find a chart of the UN System?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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What is the United Nations System Electronic Information Acquisitions Consortium (UNSEIAC)?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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- Electronic resources
- Using the Library
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Views: 5855
Where can I find statistical information on staff working in UN Specialized Agencies and Programmes?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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What is the origin of the blue helmets worn by UN peacekeepers?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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- Peacekeeping
- UN history
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What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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What countries have been members of the Human Rights Council?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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- Human rights
- Member States
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Views: 5272
Where can I find League of Nations documents and publications?
Last Updated: Aug 27, 2025 |
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- League of Nations
- Treaties
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Views: 13216

Who are the current members of the UN?
Last Updated: Dec 12, 2024 |
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- General Assembly
- Member States
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What are the opening dates of forthcoming regular sessions of the UN General Assembly and of the General Debate?
Last Updated: Aug 22, 2025 |
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- General Assembly
- General Debate
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What is the longest speech given at the United Nations?
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Are UN resolutions binding?
Last Updated: Aug 27, 2025 |
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How many African countries are members of the United Nations?
Last Updated: Feb 18, 2025 |
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Views: 86860
What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
Last Updated: Aug 27, 2025 |
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- General Assembly
- Security Council
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Views: 81796
What is the difference between a resolution and a decision?
Last Updated: Nov 14, 2024 |
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Views: 49001
How are UN Member States seated in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Sep 05, 2025 |
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- General Assembly
- Member States
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Views: 39235
What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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How do organizations and non-member states get observer status in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Jul 25, 2025 |
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Where can I find the co-sponsors of draft resolutions or decisions?
Last Updated: May 21, 2025 |
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Views: 23753
Who is the first speaker in the annual general debate of the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Dec 05, 2023 |
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- General Assembly
- General Debate
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Who are the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly?
Last Updated: May 06, 2025 |
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Can the public attend and observe the UN General Assembly general debates?
Last Updated: Aug 22, 2025 |
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- General Assembly
- General Debate
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Views: 17385
How are judges of the International Court of Justice elected?
Last Updated: Feb 05, 2025 |
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Views: 17357

Are UN resolutions binding?
Last Updated: Aug 27, 2025 |
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Views: 110718
What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
Last Updated: Aug 27, 2025 |
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- General Assembly
- Security Council
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Views: 81796
What is the International Criminal Court (ICC) and what is its relationship with the UN?
Last Updated: Feb 18, 2025 |
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Views: 79677
What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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Views: 39072
Where can I find the co-sponsors of draft resolutions or decisions?
Last Updated: May 21, 2025 |
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Views: 23753
Where can I find the names of the countries that have never been elected non-permanent members of the Security Council?
Last Updated: Oct 25, 2024 |
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- Member States
- Security Council
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Views: 21430
How are judges of the International Court of Justice elected?
Last Updated: Feb 05, 2025 |
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Views: 17357
Where can I find a list of vetoes? How does the Security Council vote on draft resolutions?
Last Updated: Apr 22, 2025 |
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Views: 9594
Where can I find a chart of the UN System?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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How are countries elected to membership in UN bodies?
Last Updated: May 30, 2025 |
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What is the Index to Proceedings?
Last Updated: Jul 18, 2025 |
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How are members of the Security Council elected? How are non-permanent members of the Security Council selected? Why are there permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council?
Last Updated: Jul 22, 2025 |
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Where can I find the letters of 24 December 1991 regarding the continuation of the membership of the USSR by the Russian Federation?
Last Updated: May 08, 2025 |
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Where can I find speeches made during General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic and Social Council meetings?
Last Updated: Feb 12, 2025 |
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Views: 416
How can I research UN peacekeeping?
Last Updated: Nov 08, 2024 |
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Views: 354

How do I file a human rights violation complaint with the United Nations?
Last Updated: Oct 30, 2024 |
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- Human rights
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What is the UN doing to combat racism and racial discrimination?
Last Updated: Mar 17, 2025 |
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- Human rights
- International law
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Views: 19825
Where can I find UN information on the “Cylinder of Cyrus” a.k.a. "Edict of Cyrus"?
Last Updated: Oct 21, 2024 |
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- Human rights
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Where can I find this quote by Eleanor Roosevelt at the UN?
Last Updated: Apr 22, 2025 |
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Views: 5293
What countries have been members of the Human Rights Council?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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- Human rights
- Member States
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Views: 5272
Where can I find a procedural history of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women?
Last Updated: Dec 04, 2024 |
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Where can I find UN documents related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) issues at the United Nations?
Last Updated: Jun 12, 2025 |
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How can I find how a country has voted in the Human Rights Council?
Last Updated: Nov 08, 2024 |
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- Human rights
- Voting records
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Views: 2302
What is the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and how was it established?
Last Updated: Nov 07, 2024 |
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Where can I find information about the Human Rights Council?
Last Updated: Jan 22, 2025 |
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- General Assembly
- Human rights
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Views: 1107

How can I access the Library's online subscriptions?
Last Updated: Jan 22, 2025 |
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How can I access the New York Times online?
Last Updated: Mar 06, 2025 |
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- Electronic resources
- Using the Library
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Views: 16855
How do I start research on UN topics?
Last Updated: Dec 06, 2024 |
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Views: 8290
What is the United Nations System Electronic Information Acquisitions Consortium (UNSEIAC)?
Last Updated: Sep 03, 2025 |
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- Electronic resources
- Using the Library
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Views: 5855
Who may use the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
Last Updated: Jul 24, 2025 |
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Views: 5779
How can I access the Economist or the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) online?
Last Updated: Dec 04, 2024 |
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- Electronic resources
- Using the Library
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Views: 2637
Does the Library scan or digitize UN documents?
Last Updated: Mar 20, 2025 |
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Views: 1767
What is a Factiva Reader ID?
Last Updated: Nov 05, 2024 |
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- Electronic resources
- Using the Library
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Views: 1493
Have a symbol?
Last Updated: Feb 05, 2025 |
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