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Where can I find information about sanctions mandated by the Security Council?
Last Updated: Oct 20, 2023 |
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- Sanctions
- Security Council
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Where can I find statements made by Iraq during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 20, 2023 |
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Views: 2611
Where can I find statements made by Egypt during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 20, 2023 |
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Views: 3761
Where can I find statements made by Iceland during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 20, 2023 |
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Views: 750
How are the meetings of the Security Council organized?
Last Updated: Oct 20, 2023 |
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- Security Council
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Views: 3162
How are Member States seated in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 19, 2023 |
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- General Assembly
- Member States
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Views: 31062
Who are the current members of the United Nations?
Last Updated: Oct 18, 2023 |
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- General Assembly
- Member States
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Views: 88167
Where can I get the UN Calendar of Conferences and Meetings?
Last Updated: Oct 17, 2023 |
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- Conferences
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Views: 8446
Where can I find inter-regional and intra-state peace agreements of various countries?
Last Updated: Oct 16, 2023 |
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Views: 282
Where can I find United Nations press releases?
Last Updated: Oct 13, 2023 |
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Views: 1722

What are the opening dates of forthcoming regular sessions of the UN General Assembly and of the General Debate?
Last Updated: Mar 29, 2023 |
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- General Assembly
- General Debate
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Views: 132785
How are the non-permanent members of the Security Council selected?
Last Updated: Jul 26, 2019 |
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Views: 101316
Are UN resolutions binding?
Last Updated: Mar 08, 2023 |
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Views: 91488
What is the longest speech given at the United Nations?
Last Updated: Sep 13, 2022 |
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Views: 90339
Who are the current members of the United Nations?
Last Updated: Oct 18, 2023 |
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- General Assembly
- Member States
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Views: 88167
How many African countries are members of the United Nations?
Last Updated: Jun 28, 2022 |
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Views: 74759
What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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- General Assembly
- Security Council
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Views: 52877
How can I find out how a country has voted in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Nov 14, 2022 |
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- General Assembly
- Voting records
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Views: 43625
How is the contribution of a country to the UN budget determined?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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Views: 42094
What is the difference between a resolution and a decision?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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Views: 41597
How are Member States seated in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 19, 2023 |
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- General Assembly
- Member States
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Views: 31062
What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
Last Updated: Mar 08, 2023 |
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Views: 26127
How do organizations and non-member states get observer status in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Mar 18, 2022 |
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Views: 21655
Where can I find information about which countries have co-sponsored Security Council or General Assembly resolutions?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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Views: 20489
Who is the first speaker in the annual general debate of the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Apr 04, 2022 |
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- General Assembly
- General Debate
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Views: 16692

On what basis was Security Council permanent membership granted?
Last Updated: Jul 26, 2019 |
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Views: 163383
How are the non-permanent members of the Security Council selected?
Last Updated: Jul 26, 2019 |
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Views: 101316
Are UN resolutions binding?
Last Updated: Mar 08, 2023 |
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Views: 91488
What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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- General Assembly
- Security Council
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Views: 52877
What is the International Criminal Court (ICC) and what is its relationship with the UN?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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Views: 46404
Can the UN Charter be amended, and how many times has this occurred?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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Views: 32562
What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
Last Updated: Mar 08, 2023 |
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Views: 26127
Where can I find information about which countries have co-sponsored Security Council or General Assembly resolutions?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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Views: 20489
Where can I find the names of the countries that have never been elected non-permanent members of the Security Council?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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- Member States
- Security Council
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Views: 12738
How are judges of the International Court of Justice elected?
Last Updated: Sep 22, 2023 |
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Views: 11919
What does the term "Official Records" mean?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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Views: 9636
Where can I find a chart of the UN System?
Last Updated: Aug 03, 2023 |
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Views: 8366
Where can I find a list of vetoes? How does the Security Council vote on draft resolutions?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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Views: 7273
What is the Caesar report and where can I find it?
Last Updated: Jan 12, 2022 |
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- Human rights
- Security Council
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Views: 6978
Where can I find speeches made during the General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council meetings?
Last Updated: Feb 03, 2023 |
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Views: 5868

How do I file a human rights violation complaint with the United Nations?
Last Updated: Jan 11, 2023 |
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- Human rights
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Views: 153708
What is the UN doing to combat racism and racial discrimination?
Last Updated: Oct 05, 2023 |
Subjects
- Human rights
- International law
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Views: 18879
What are General Comments of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies?
Last Updated: Sep 06, 2023 |
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- Human rights
- Treaties
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Views: 15227
What is the UN definition of “Stateless Person”?
Last Updated: Dec 20, 2021 |
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Views: 11332
What is the Genocide Convention?
Last Updated: Jul 06, 2022 |
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Views: 7503
Where can I find information about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)?
Last Updated: Mar 30, 2022 |
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Views: 7218
What is the Caesar report and where can I find it?
Last Updated: Jan 12, 2022 |
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- Human rights
- Security Council
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Views: 6978
Where can I find UN information on the “Cylinder of Cyrus” a.k.a. "Edict of Cyrus"?
Last Updated: Jun 13, 2022 |
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- Human rights
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Views: 6817
Where can I find a list of human rights treaties?
Last Updated: Jun 02, 2022 |
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- Human rights
- Treaties
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Views: 4028
What is the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and how was it established?
Last Updated: Jun 02, 2022 |
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Views: 3891
Which countries have been members of the Human Rights Council?
Last Updated: Oct 09, 2019 |
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- Human rights
- Member States
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Views: 2991
Where do I find information on the drafting process of the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
Last Updated: Jul 20, 2022 |
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Views: 2691
Where can I find the procedural history of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women?
Last Updated: Jun 02, 2022 |
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Views: 2538
What is the UN doing for migrants, asylum seekers and refugees?
Last Updated: Jun 20, 2023 |
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Views: 2422
What is the treaty that allows children to complain directly to the UN about the violation of their rights?
Last Updated: Mar 23, 2022 |
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Views: 2045

How can I access the Library's online subscriptions?
Last Updated: Mar 13, 2023 |
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Views: 12972
How do I start research on United Nations topics?
Last Updated: Mar 08, 2023 |
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Views: 6450
How can I get copyright permissions for UN material?
Last Updated: Jun 01, 2022 |
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Views: 5773
What is the United Nations System Electronic Information Acquisitions Consortium (UNSEIAC)?
Last Updated: Jan 12, 2022 |
Subjects
- Electronic resources
- Using the Library
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Views: 4623
Can researchers and the general public contact the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
Last Updated: Jun 07, 2023 |
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- Using the Library
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Views: 4508
Who may use the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
Last Updated: Jun 30, 2023 |
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Views: 4191
What UN documents are available online?
Last Updated: Aug 03, 2022 |
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Views: 4065
Where is the Dag Hammarskjöld Library located?
Last Updated: Mar 17, 2022 |
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- Headquarters
- Using the Library
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Views: 2664
How can I log in to the Dag Hammarskjöld Library website?
Last Updated: Feb 28, 2023 |
Subjects
- Using the Library
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Views: 2160
May I borrow books from the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
Last Updated: Jul 21, 2022 |
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- Using the Library
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Views: 1326
What is the difference between the UN Library and the UN Archives in New York?
Last Updated: Jun 09, 2022 |
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Views: 1248
What is the UNBIS Thesaurus?
Last Updated: Apr 29, 2022 |
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- Research tools
- Using the Library
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Views: 1141
I work for a UN programme, fund or specialized agency in New York. Can I use Library resources?
Last Updated: Jul 28, 2022 |
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Views: 745
How can I create alerts in the UN Digital Library?
Last Updated: Apr 26, 2023 |
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Views: 455
What is the UN Digital Library?
Last Updated: Oct 11, 2023 |
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