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UN Documents (Full Text) on the Internet: Direct access to full text of key United Nations documents
UN Information (Full Text) on the Internet:
UN Headquarter Publications
United Nations - Pakistan Home Page: Contains full text reports and public documents of UN and its Agencies' offices in Pakistan
UN Documents: A selection of official UN documents.
United Nations - Economic and Social Affairs Documents: The home page of United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC), has a Document Delivery Web Page, to provide access to Full Text documents of the following bodies of UN:
Principal Organs of United Nations / Policy Development and Coordination Agencies of UN / Sustainable Development Commissions , Committees and Conferences / Social Development / Advancement of Women / Protection of Global Climate / Combating Desertification and Africa and least developed countries.
UN Press releases: Full Text of all UN Press Releases from September 1993 until March 1996. On UNDP gopher have been virtually posted on this UNDP Gopher
Searchable Index of Press Releases: By UN Department. of Public Information
UN Conferences and Observances: Databases by UN Department of Public Information.
- Description and Calendar of UN conferences and observances arranged by subject
- INDEX to major UN conferences from 1992 to present
- International Conferences and Meetings: of UN High Commission for Human Rights
- Guide to major United Nations Conferences
- UN Decades and Resolutions Citations
UNAIDS Fact Sheets: Global as well as country Information and figures about HIV/AIDS epidemic
RefWorld
Here
you will find hundreds of documents from the REFWORLD databases,
developed by the UNHCR Centre for Documentation and Research
(CDR). REFWORLD contains authoritative information on refugees,
including current country reports, legal and policy-related
documents and literature references.
ReliefWeb
Serving
the information needs of the Humanitarian Relief Community.
ReliefWeb is a project of the United Nations Department of
Humanitarian Affairs (DHA). The purpose of this effort is to
strengthen the response capacity of the humanitarian relief
community through the timely dissemination of reliable
information on prevention, preparedness and disaster response.
United Nations De-mining Database
UN Agencies' Publications
UNDCP Electronic Publications: Online access to full-text of UNDCP publications in PDF format readable with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Executive Board of UNDP and UNFPA: First Regular Session 1998. The access is password controlled. Please contact the UN Librarian for copy or list of documents.
UNICEF Gopher: This site contains full text of UNICEF Public Information Documents.
Internet Resources for UN Information ( Full Text) :
Official WEB Site Locator for the UNITED NATIONS System of Organizations
This web page is a consolidated effort to provide access to official UN Web Sites by various methods. There is an alphabetical index of all United Nations Organizations (UNOs), a classified index; a listing of which UNOs have online information for frequently requested items, e.g. conference schedules, a library and documentation services, press releases, etc.; and a subject index. Also offers access to UN- related sites, including other international organizations.
Use this source for access to individual Agencies' Home Pages to see their full text documents, statistics, news, press releases, information services and much more.
This is a nearly comprehensive list of the United Nations and its related agencies/organistions arranged alphabetically, giving address, phone, fax numbers and a web site address where information related to that organisation exists. All references relate to the home page of the stated agency or organisation, and to the news section.
United Nations Home Page: (UN, New York)
Official home page of the UN. View here information and full-text of important UN documents, including Security Council Resolutions and the UN Charter. For the latest developments, start with the Press Releases, Daily Highlights or Press Briefings. Also view back issues of the Conferences, such as the Fourth World Conference on Women. All resources available also via Gopher. For more efficient retrieval, Search the full-text of UN Documents via the UN International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP), given below.
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network: (UNCJIN,)
Pretty thorough collection of international Documents, Statistics, and other resources, with lots of Country information. Includes links to Laws & Treaties.
United Nations Development Programme Gopher and WWW Server, (UNDP, New York)
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) originally served as the main gopher site for the UN's Department of Public Information (see above) and continues to provide access to many of its resource files. The UNDP WWW Server links to the new UN Headquarters site above, but also offers access to UNDP resources.
United Nations Human Rights Website
United Nations Information Services (Virtual Library):
One of the best resources for UN and related information, via the UN's International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP). In addition to official links, this site provides subject-oriented resources, such as Human Rights, International Affairs, and the Model UN Program. Notably, the UNDCP allows Full-text Searching of all UN documents. For yet another front-end to UN home pages, try the World Health Organization.
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN) :
Official forum sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to share resources and information from the many Regional and National networks. Valuable Resources and links include:
United Nations Scholars' Workstation (Yale University) :
Collection of Library Resources and Finding Aids; Numeric Data Sets; sites providing international Maps; links to Basic Internet Resources for UN Studies; and more. Includes material specific to Yale's own UN Studies program.
United Nations Statistics -- see UN Section of Statistical Databases
Browse the World Bank's Catalog of Publications, including access to selected documents and Journals from their Full Text Library or read about Projects and Research. News hounds will want to read on Current Events, including official Press Releases and weekly World Bank News. Alternatively, try the World Bank's Public Information Centre Gopher.
Bibliographic Reference Databases :
UN-I-QUE : United Nations Info Quest
UN-I-QUE (UN Info Quest) is a ready reference file created by the United Nations/Specialized Agencies Reference Desk of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. It is a database designed to provide quick access to document symbols/sales numbers for UN materials (1946 onwards). It does not give full bibliographic details. UN-I-QUE focuses upon documents and publications of a recurrent nature: annual/sessional reports of committees/commissions; monographic series; journals; annual publications; reports periodically/irregularly issued; reports of major conferences; statements in the General Debate; etc. Information within each record is presented in reverse chronological order to facilitate identification of the most recent data.
ILODOC: More than 50,000 records created by staff of the ILO Library and specialized Documentation Centres in other ILO departments, describing books, reports, journal articles, ILO publications and selected publications of other international organizations.
Industrial Development Abstracts (IDA) Databases: The IDA contains over 21,000 fully indexed abstracts of UNIDO documentation and includes descriptions of major studies and reports, reports resulting from UNIDO's technical assistance activities, reports and proceedings of expert working groups, workshops and seminars, and publications in series. The time frame is from 1965 to today. New entries are added each month.
A typical entry contains the title of the document, the master file number for use in ordering the full text, the author(s) and/or corporate author(s), date, bibliographic information, language, and an English-language abstract of approximately 60 words describing the work.
POPIN : UNFPA Bibliographic Database
UNEP Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
UNESBIB (UNESCO bibliographic database): A searchable catalog database of over 87,000 references to documents and publications issued by UNESCO, its Regional Offices and Affiliated Institutes since 1946, and acquisitions by the UNESCO Library from outside publishers for the different sectors.
Peace-keeping Operations: a bibliography, United Nations. A list of English language monographs and journal articles published between 1945 and 1996.
United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Library Databases
Relevant World-Wide Web Virtual Libraries
Human Rights Library (University of Minnesota Law School)
Created in cooperation with West Publishing, this archive serves as a core repository for human rights Browse their Subject Collection or Search the repository for documents and other materials, such as Decisions and Views of the Human Rights Committee (Note: in PDF format, which requires the free Adobe Acrobat reader). Includes many Links to additional Human Rights and related resources.
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