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What is the purpose of the United Nations Depository Libraries Programme and the participating libraries?
Last Updated: Jul 30, 2021 |
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- Depository libraries
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What information and support is available to depository libraries for their UN collection management?
Last Updated: Jul 30, 2021 |
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- Depository libraries
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Views: 1
Where can I find information about the founding members of the UN?
Last Updated: Jul 30, 2021 |
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- Member States
- UN history
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Views: 326
Where can I find the documents related to the proposed programme budget for 2022?
Last Updated: Jul 27, 2021 |
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Views: 1427
What are the conditions for requesting UN depository status and what obligations do depository libraries have?
Last Updated: Jul 27, 2021 |
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- Depository libraries
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Views: 2
Where can I find statements made by Bangladesh during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?
Last Updated: Jul 14, 2021 |
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Views: 2392
What is the Human Rights Committee?
Last Updated: Jul 06, 2021 |
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- Human rights
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Views: 49
How can I login to the Dag Hammarskjöld Library website?
Last Updated: Jul 06, 2021 |
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- Using the Library
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Views: 994
Where can I find the reform proposals of Secretary-General António Guterres?
Last Updated: Jul 01, 2021 |
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- Secretary-General
- Reform
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Views: 20457
Who is the President of the General Assembly and how is this person elected?
Last Updated: Jun 17, 2021 |
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- General Assembly
- Rules of procedure
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Views: 5038

What are the opening dates of forthcoming regular sessions of the UN General Assembly and of the General Debate?
Last Updated: Mar 02, 2021 |
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- General Assembly
- General Debate
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Views: 114632
How are the non-permanent members of the Security Council selected?
Last Updated: Jul 26, 2019 |
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Views: 84015
Are UN resolutions binding?
Last Updated: May 12, 2021 |
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Views: 70839
What is the longest speech given at the United Nations?
Last Updated: Mar 19, 2021 |
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Views: 61903
How many African countries are members of the United Nations?
Last Updated: Mar 17, 2021 |
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Views: 59066
Who are the current members of the United Nations?
Last Updated: Mar 18, 2021 |
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- General Assembly
- Member States
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Views: 43512
How is the contribution of a country to the UN budget determined?
Last Updated: Mar 02, 2021 |
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Views: 38897
What is the difference between a resolution and a decision?
Last Updated: May 20, 2021 |
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Views: 30556
What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
Last Updated: Nov 01, 2019 |
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- General Assembly
- Security Council
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Views: 28956
How are member states seated in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Dec 31, 2020 |
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- General Assembly
- Member States
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Views: 21639
Where can I find information about which countries have co-sponsored Security Council or General Assembly resolutions?
Last Updated: Apr 05, 2021 |
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Views: 16309
Who is the first speaker in the annual general debate of the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Feb 27, 2019 |
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- General Assembly
- General Debate
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Views: 13873
How do organizations and non-member states get observer status in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: May 20, 2021 |
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Views: 13811
How can I find out how a country has voted in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Apr 06, 2021 |
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- Voting records
- General Assembly
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Views: 13503
What is the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund?
Last Updated: Jun 25, 2019 |
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Views: 12042

On what basis was Security Council permanent membership granted?
Last Updated: Jul 26, 2019 |
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Views: 85505
How are the non-permanent members of the Security Council selected?
Last Updated: Jul 26, 2019 |
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Views: 84015
Are UN resolutions binding?
Last Updated: May 12, 2021 |
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Views: 70839
What is the International Criminal Court (ICC) and what is its relationship with the UN?
Last Updated: Mar 17, 2021 |
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Views: 30458
What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
Last Updated: Nov 01, 2019 |
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- General Assembly
- Security Council
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Views: 28956
Can the UN Charter be amended, and how many times has this occurred?
Last Updated: May 20, 2021 |
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Views: 17929
Where can I find information about which countries have co-sponsored Security Council or General Assembly resolutions?
Last Updated: Apr 05, 2021 |
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Views: 16309
How are judges of the International Court of Justice elected?
Last Updated: Apr 16, 2019 |
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Views: 9025
What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
Last Updated: Mar 29, 2021 |
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Views: 8803
What does the term "Official Records" mean?
Last Updated: May 10, 2018 |
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Views: 8075
Where can I find a chart of the UN System?
Last Updated: Aug 26, 2019 |
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Views: 6626
Where can I find a list of vetoes?
Last Updated: Apr 26, 2018 |
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Views: 6046
Where can I find Security Council voting information?
Last Updated: Mar 26, 2021 |
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Views: 5711
What is the Caesar report and where can I find it?
Last Updated: May 08, 2018 |
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- Security Council
- Human rights
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Views: 5359
Where can I find the names of the countries that have never been elected non-permanent members of the Security Council?
Last Updated: Jul 17, 2019 |
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- Security Council
- Member States
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Views: 5199

How do I file a human rights violation complaint with the United Nations?
Last Updated: Nov 01, 2019 |
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- Human rights
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Views: 114042
What is the UN definition of “Stateless Person”?
Last Updated: Apr 26, 2018 |
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Views: 9063
What is the UN doing to combat racism and racial discrimination?
Last Updated: Aug 14, 2020 |
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- Human rights
- International law
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Views: 8681
What is the purpose of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies general comments?
Last Updated: Jan 06, 2020 |
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- Human rights
- Treaties
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Views: 7648
What is the Genocide Convention?
Last Updated: Apr 15, 2021 |
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Views: 5361
What is the Caesar report and where can I find it?
Last Updated: May 08, 2018 |
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- Security Council
- Human rights
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Views: 5359
Where can I find information about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)?
Last Updated: Dec 10, 2020 |
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Views: 4905
Where can I find UN information on the “Cylinder of Cyrus” a.k.a. "Edict of Cyrus"?
Last Updated: Jun 07, 2021 |
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- Human rights
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Views: 3810
Where can I find a list of human rights treaties?
Last Updated: Nov 06, 2019 |
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- Human rights
- Treaties
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Views: 3513
What is the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and how was it established?
Last Updated: May 21, 2019 |
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Views: 3050
Where do I find information on the drafting process of the Convention on the Rights of the Child?
Last Updated: May 09, 2018 |
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Views: 2000
Where can I find the procedural history of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women?
Last Updated: Jan 06, 2020 |
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Views: 1788
Which countries have been members of the Human Rights Council?
Last Updated: Oct 09, 2019 |
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- Member States
- Human rights
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Views: 1701
Where can I find the travaux preparatoires of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment?
Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019 |
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Views: 1508
Where can I get information on indigenous/traditional knowledge?
Last Updated: Sep 21, 2020 |
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Views: 1435

How can I access the Library's online subscriptions from outside UN Headquarters?
Last Updated: May 21, 2021 |
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Views: 6639
How do I start research on United Nations topics?
Last Updated: Mar 18, 2021 |
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Views: 4786
How can I get copyright permissions for UN material?
Last Updated: May 20, 2021 |
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Views: 4229
Can researchers and general public contact the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
Last Updated: Mar 24, 2021 |
Subjects
- Using the Library
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Views: 3455
What is the United Nations System Electronic Information Acquisitions Consortium (UNSEIAC)?
Last Updated: May 09, 2018 |
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- Using the Library
- Electronic resources
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Views: 3133
What UN documents are available online?
Last Updated: Mar 17, 2021 |
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Views: 3077
Who may use the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
Last Updated: Mar 24, 2021 |
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- Using the Library
- UN documents
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Views: 2815
Where is the Dag Hammarskjöld Library located?
Last Updated: May 09, 2018 |
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- Using the Library
- Headquarters
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Views: 2239
I'm a researcher. My research subject is about the UN. Can I use the Library?
Last Updated: Mar 18, 2021 |
Subjects
- Using the Library
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Views: 1607
Can I access Library resources when I am telecommuting?
Last Updated: Mar 22, 2021 |
Subjects
- Using the Library
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Views: 1463
How can I login to the Dag Hammarskjöld Library website?
Last Updated: Jul 06, 2021 |
Subjects
- Using the Library
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Views: 994
May I borrow books from the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
Last Updated: Jan 07, 2020 |
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- Using the Library
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Views: 903
What is the difference between the UN Library and the UN Archives in New York?
Last Updated: Mar 24, 2021 |
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Views: 692
What is the UNBIS Thesaurus?
Last Updated: Dec 03, 2019 |
Subjects
- Using the Library
- Research tools
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Views: 574
Does the Dag Hammarskjöld Library accept publications as gifts?
Last Updated: Feb 03, 2020 |
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- Using the Library
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Views: 556

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