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Where can I find the documents related to the proposed programme budget for 2021?
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Where can I find statements made by Saint Kitts and Nevis during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?
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Where can I find statements made by Kyrgyzstan during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 22, 2020 |
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Where can I find information on the Independent Panel of Experts and investigations into the death of Dag Hammarskjöld?
Last Updated: Oct 22, 2020 |
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- Secretariat
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Where can I find statements made by Poland during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 22, 2020 |
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Where can I find statements made by New Zealand during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 22, 2020 |
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Where can I find statements made by Namibia during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 22, 2020 |
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Where can I find statements made by Montenegro during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 22, 2020 |
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Where can I find statements made by Mauritania during the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly?
Last Updated: Oct 22, 2020 |
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What are UN specialized agencies, and how many are there?
Last Updated: Oct 21, 2020 |
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- Definitions
- Specialized Agencies
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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, 2020 |
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- General Assembly
- General Debate
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How are the non-permanent members of the Security Council selected?
Last Updated: Jul 26, 2019 |
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Are UN resolutions binding?
Last Updated: Apr 26, 2018 |
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What is the longest speech given at the United Nations?
Last Updated: Oct 15, 2019 |
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How many African countries are members of the United Nations?
Last Updated: Oct 06, 2020 |
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How is the contribution of a country to the UN budget determined?
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What is the difference between a resolution and a decision?
Last Updated: Oct 11, 2019 |
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What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
Last Updated: Nov 01, 2019 |
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- General Assembly
- Security Council
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Who are the current members of the United Nations?
Last Updated: Apr 09, 2019 |
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- General Assembly
- Member States
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How are member states seated in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: Sep 19, 2019 |
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- General Assembly
- Member States
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Where can I find information about which countries have co-sponsored Security Council or General Assembly resolutions?
Last Updated: Nov 01, 2019 |
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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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How do organizations and non-member states get observer status in the General Assembly?
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What is the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund?
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How can I find out how a country has voted in the General Assembly?
Last Updated: May 07, 2019 |
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- Voting records
- General Assembly
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How are the non-permanent members of the Security Council selected?
Last Updated: Jul 26, 2019 |
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Are UN resolutions binding?
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On what basis was Security Council permanent membership granted?
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What is the International Criminal Court (ICC) and what is its relationship with the UN?
Last Updated: May 21, 2019 |
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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: 21900
Where can I find information about which countries have co-sponsored Security Council or General Assembly resolutions?
Last Updated: Nov 01, 2019 |
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Can the UN Charter be amended, and how many times has this occurred?
Last Updated: Aug 15, 2019 |
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What is the mandate of the Security Council?
Last Updated: Aug 27, 2020 |
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How are judges of the International Court of Justice elected?
Last Updated: Apr 16, 2019 |
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What does the term "Official Records" mean?
Last Updated: May 10, 2018 |
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Where can I find a chart of the UN System?
Last Updated: Aug 26, 2019 |
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Where can I find a list of vetoes?
Last Updated: Apr 26, 2018 |
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Where can I find Security Council voting information?
Last Updated: May 03, 2019 |
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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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What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
Last Updated: Sep 10, 2019 |
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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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What is the UN definition of “Stateless Person”?
Last Updated: Apr 26, 2018 |
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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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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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Where can I find information about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
Last Updated: Sep 19, 2019 |
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What is the Genocide Convention?
Last Updated: Mar 04, 2020 |
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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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Where was the Universal Declaration on Human Rights adopted?
Last Updated: May 09, 2018 |
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- Human rights
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Where can I find UN information on the “Cylinder of Cyrus” a.k.a. "Edict of Cyrus"?
Last Updated: Oct 18, 2019 |
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- Human rights
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What is the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and how was it established?
Last Updated: May 21, 2019 |
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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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Where can I get translations of the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" in other languages?
Last Updated: May 02, 2018 |
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- Human rights
- International law
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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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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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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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How do I start research on United Nations topics?
Last Updated: Nov 25, 2019 |
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How can I access the Library's online subscriptions from outside UN Headquarters?
Last Updated: Mar 12, 2020 |
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How can I get copyright permissions for UN material?
Last Updated: Oct 11, 2019 |
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Can researchers and general public contact the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
Last Updated: Apr 27, 2018 |
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- Using the Library
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What UN documents are available online?
Last Updated: Oct 19, 2020 |
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Who may use the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
Last Updated: Dec 10, 2019 |
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- Using the Library
- UN documents
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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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Where is the Dag Hammarskjöld Library located?
Last Updated: May 09, 2018 |
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- Using the Library
- Headquarters
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I'm a researcher. My research subject is about the UN. Can I use the Library?
Last Updated: Apr 23, 2019 |
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- Using the Library
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Can I access Library resources when I am telecommuting ?
Last Updated: Mar 23, 2020 |
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- Using the Library
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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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What is the difference between the UN Library and the UN Archives in New York?
Last Updated: Sep 16, 2019 |
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How can I login to the Dag Hammarskjold Library website?
Last Updated: Apr 03, 2020 |
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- Using the Library
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I work for a UN programme, fund or specialized agency in New York. Can I use Library resources?
Last Updated: May 09, 2018 |
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What is the UNBIS Thesaurus?
Last Updated: Dec 03, 2019 |
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- Using the Library
- Research tools
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