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Where can I find information on the 1971 resolution regarding the representation of China at the UN?
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Where can I find information about the State of Palestine and the UN?
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Where can I find information about Somalia and the UN?
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Where can I find the reform proposals of Secretary-General António Guterres?
Last Updated: Apr 22, 2025 |
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How do organizations and non-member states get observer status in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Apr 22, 2025 |
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Who are the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Apr 22, 2025 |
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What is daily subsistence allowance (DSA)?
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Where can I find information on artworks displayed at the United Nations Headquarters in New York?
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Where can I find information about the UN and rule of law?
Last Updated: Apr 22, 2025 |
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- International law
- Mandates
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Where can I find a list of vetoes? How does the Security Council vote on draft resolutions?
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Who are the current members of the UN?
Last Updated: Dec 12, 2024 |
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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: Feb 18, 2025 |
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- General Debate
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What is the longest speech given at the United Nations?
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Are UN resolutions binding?
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How many African countries are members of the United Nations?
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What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
Last Updated: Feb 20, 2025 |
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- General Assembly
- Security Council
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What is the difference between a resolution and a decision?
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How are UN Member States seated in the General Assembly?
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What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
Last Updated: Jan 27, 2025 |
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How do organizations and non-member states get observer status in the General Assembly?
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Where can I find the co-sponsors of draft resolutions or decisions?
Last Updated: Apr 22, 2025 |
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Who is the first speaker in the annual general debate of the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Dec 05, 2023 |
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Who are the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly?
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Can the public attend and observe the UN General Assembly general debates?
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- General Debate
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How are judges of the International Court of Justice elected?
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Are UN resolutions binding?
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What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
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- Security Council
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What is the International Criminal Court (ICC) and what is its relationship with the UN?
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What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
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Where can I find the co-sponsors of draft resolutions or decisions?
Last Updated: Apr 22, 2025 |
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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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How are judges of the International Court of Justice elected?
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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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Where can I find a chart of the UN System?
Last Updated: Apr 03, 2025 |
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How are countries elected to membership in UN bodies?
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What is the Index to Proceedings?
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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: Apr 25, 2024 |
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- Member States
- Security Council
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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: Mar 06, 2025 |
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- Member States
- Security Council
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How can I research UN peacekeeping?
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Where can I find speeches made during General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic and Social Council meetings?
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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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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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What countries have been members of the Human Rights Council?
Last Updated: Nov 11, 2024 |
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- Human rights
- Member States
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Where can I find this quote by Eleanor Roosevelt at the UN?
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Where can I find a procedural history of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women?
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Where can I find UN documents related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) issues at the United Nations?
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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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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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How can I access the Library's online subscriptions?
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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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How do I start research on UN topics?
Last Updated: Dec 06, 2024 |
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What is the United Nations System Electronic Information Acquisitions Consortium (UNSEIAC)?
Last Updated: Dec 05, 2023 |
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- Electronic resources
- Using the Library
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Who may use the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
Last Updated: Dec 04, 2024 |
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How can I access the Economist or the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) online?
Last Updated: Dec 04, 2024 |
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Does the Library scan or digitize UN documents?
Last Updated: Mar 20, 2025 |
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What is a Factiva Reader ID?
Last Updated: Nov 05, 2024 |
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- Electronic resources
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Have a symbol?
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