Type of  material
Sources of  material
Non-print formats
Subjects covered

Types of material include:

• Statistical Data Sources of UN.
• Documents of the United Nations
• Documents of the Government of Pakistan.
• Documents, Reports, Publications of UN Agencies in Pakistan
• Monographs describing the specific topics for background information.
• Magazines, Newspapers and Periodicals
• Conference Proceedings
• Press Clippings

Sources of material include

• United Nations Headquarter and UN Agencies
• Selected NGO’s
• Ministries and departments of Govt. of Pakistan
• Regional organizations, such as SAARC, ADB, APO
• Selected International NGO’s
• Research institutions of Pakistan and the region
• Subjects Covered

CD-ROMs and online resources include:

• United Nations Documents
• Statistical databases
• Bibliographic databases
• Full text document repositories and databases

Subjects covered

• Agriculture
• Children and Youth
• Communication
• Culture
• Economic Development
• Education
• Environment
• Food
• Governance
• Health
• HIV/AIDS
• Humanitarian Issues
• Industry and Trade
• Labor Issues
• Nutrition
• Poverty
• Population
• Science and Technology
• Sustainable Development
• Social Issues
• United Nations
• Women and Gender

The General Collection

Comprises more than 10,000 volumes. Another 5,000 will be added shortly after processing. Weekly inflow comprises 30 to 40 item received from UN Agencies' offices in Pakistan or through our Library's Publications Exchange Program with NGO's, Govt. Agencies or other publishing bodies.

The Reference Section:

A small collection of reference sources like dictionaries, encyclopaedia, atlases, etc. Main strength of this section is the foriegn language dictionaries.

The Statistics Section:

A rich resource of statistics information. The collection is kept up-to-date with latest statictical publications covering the global, regional and Pakistani data in the form of statistical yearbooks, census reports and population data issued by United Nations as well the Govt. of Pakistan Publications.

The UN Pakistan Reports Section:

Contains publications of all UN Agencies working in Pakistan, organized by subject. This section has been started to create an institutional memory and also to bring all the work done by all UN Agencies in one subject area, in order to avoid duplication of effort and also to learn from each other's experience. A computerized bibliography of this section is included in the computer catalog.

The Government Documents Section:

A small collection of publications of the Govt. of Pakistan containing useful information for the work of United Nations in Pakistan.

The Magazines and Journals:

A small collection of weekly magazines and journals. The current issues of these titles remain on display in the library, while the old ones are available upon request.