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Where can I find the reform proposals of Secretary-General António Guterres?
Last Updated: Mar 28, 2025 |
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- Reform
- Secretary-General
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When have young people addressed the UN?
Last Updated: Mar 26, 2025 |
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How is the Secretary-General of the United Nations appointed?
Last Updated: Mar 21, 2025 |
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- Appointments
- Secretary-General
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Views: 32287
Does the Library scan or digitize UN documents?
Last Updated: Mar 20, 2025 |
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Views: 1499
How many types of landmines are there?
Last Updated: Mar 17, 2025 |
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- Disarmament
- Mine action
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Views: 19684
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: 19686
How can I research the legislative history of a UN General Assembly resolution?
Last Updated: Mar 11, 2025 |
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Views: 143
Where can I find information about working, volunteering or interning for the United Nations?
Last Updated: Mar 11, 2025 |
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- Careers at the UN
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Views: 5171
Where can I find documents related to the proposed programme budget for 2025 and 2026?
Last Updated: Mar 11, 2025 |
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Views: 3422
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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Views: 1217

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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Views: 188862
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 Assembly
- General Debate
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Views: 144515
What is the longest speech given at the United Nations?
Last Updated: Jan 30, 2024 |
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Views: 110032
Are UN resolutions binding?
Last Updated: Jan 05, 2024 |
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Views: 109358
How many African countries are members of the United Nations?
Last Updated: Feb 18, 2025 |
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Views: 85531
What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
Last Updated: Feb 20, 2025 |
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- General Assembly
- Security Council
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Views: 78338
What is the difference between a resolution and a decision?
Last Updated: Nov 14, 2024 |
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Views: 48387
How are UN Member States seated in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Sep 30, 2024 |
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- General Assembly
- Member States
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Views: 38194
What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
Last Updated: Jan 27, 2025 |
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Views: 37590
How do organizations and non-member states get observer status in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Dec 10, 2024 |
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Where can I find the co-sponsors of draft resolutions or decisions?
Last Updated: Feb 12, 2025 |
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Views: 23358
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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Views: 18722
Who are the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 25, 2024 |
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Views: 17568
Can the public attend and observe the UN General Assembly general debates?
Last Updated: Dec 05, 2023 |
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- General Assembly
- General Debate
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Views: 17005
How are judges of the International Court of Justice elected?
Last Updated: Feb 05, 2025 |
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Views: 16691

Are UN resolutions binding?
Last Updated: Jan 05, 2024 |
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Views: 109358
What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
Last Updated: Feb 20, 2025 |
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- General Assembly
- Security Council
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Views: 78338
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: 75992
What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
Last Updated: Jan 27, 2025 |
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Views: 37590
Where can I find the co-sponsors of draft resolutions or decisions?
Last Updated: Feb 12, 2025 |
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Views: 23358
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: 20671
How are judges of the International Court of Justice elected?
Last Updated: Feb 05, 2025 |
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Views: 16691
Where can I find a list of vetoes? How does the Security Council vote on draft resolutions?
Last Updated: Dec 12, 2024 |
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Views: 9213
Where can I find a chart of the UN System?
Last Updated: Jan 31, 2024 |
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Views: 9101
How are countries elected to membership in UN bodies?
Last Updated: Jan 30, 2025 |
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Views: 5039
What is the Index to Proceedings?
Last Updated: Nov 07, 2024 |
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Views: 3175
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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Views: 1489
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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Views: 1217
How can I research UN peacekeeping?
Last Updated: Nov 08, 2024 |
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Views: 262
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: 220

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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Views: 168817
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: 19686
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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Views: 9876
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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Views: 4999
Where can I find this quote by Eleanor Roosevelt at the UN?
Last Updated: Feb 10, 2025 |
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Views: 4423
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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Views: 3388
Where can I find UN documents related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) issues at the United Nations?
Last Updated: May 16, 2024 |
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Views: 2142
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: 2095
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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Views: 1706
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: 977

How can I access the Library's online subscriptions?
Last Updated: Jan 22, 2025 |
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Views: 16369
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: 15919
How do I start research on UN topics?
Last Updated: Dec 06, 2024 |
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Views: 7970
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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Views: 5673
Who may use the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
Last Updated: Dec 04, 2024 |
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Views: 5515
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: 2288
Does the Library scan or digitize UN documents?
Last Updated: Mar 20, 2025 |
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Views: 1499
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: 1325
Have a symbol?
Last Updated: Feb 05, 2025 |
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Views: 207

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