The
UN Common Library provides Online access to a number of electronic
information resources of the UN and its Funds, Programmes and
Agencies. These include:
Access
to these resources is either IP-based which is
open to the UN House users through our building wide LAN,
or is Password restricted.
Some
resources among the listed ones are freely accessible through Internet
too.
All
of these resources can be freely consulted withinin the UN
Common Library with the help of the Library staff.
Please
visit the UN Common Library to consult these resources through our
Free
Internet Access Terminals.
Otherwise,
please feel free to use Ask a Reference Question, our email-based
electronic reference service.
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FAOSTAT
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(click here for a detailed
Review)
Online
Agricultural Statistics Database
currently containing over 1 million time-series records
covering over 210 countries and territories and 3,000 items
in the areas of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry
and Nutrition.
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WAICENT
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(FAO) |
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(click
here for a detailed Review)
The
World Agricultural
Information Centre - is the strategic programme
on information management and dissemination of FAO. It provides
access to FAO's information resources and makes the knowledge
of the Organizaton on all fields of food security and agricultural
development widely available to users around the world,
through the Internet.
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POPLINE
CD-ROM |
(UNFPA) |
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(click
here for a detailed Review)
Bibliographic
Database
on Population, reproductive health,
women issues and sexually transmitted deseas. (Offers
Free electronic delivery of selected documents to developing
country users)
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ODS
Online
Database
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(UN). |
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(click
here for a detailed Review)
The United
Nations Optical Disk
System is the Official
Electronic Repository of documents published by the United
Nations. The full text of documents dating back to 1992
is accessible in Portable Document Format (PDF) in all official
languages of the United Nations. Documents are stored in
two databases, UN Documentation, which
includes documents back to 1992 and UN Resolutions,
which includes resolutions of the General Assembly, Security
Council, Economic and Social Council and Trusteeship Council
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UN
Treaty Collection
Databse
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(UN) |
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(click here for
a detailed Review)
UN Treaty
Collection Database - An online full-text collection of
UN's treaty-related data. All
Bilateral and multilateral treaties registered with and
published by the United Nations Secretariat in accordance
with Article 102 up to a certain date - Detailed treaty
references and full texts in all authentic language(s).
Status of Multilateral Treaties. Texts of Recently
Deposited Multilateral Treaties. Photographs of Treaty Signature
Ceremonies.
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NGLS
HandBook Online
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(UN) |
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(click
here for a detailed Review)
Internet
Website Resource consolidated
overview of the principal economic and social development
institutions of the UN system
The past few years have witnessed a sweeping
change in the attitudes, approaches and policies of the
United Nations system with regard to relations with
NGOs and their participation in the work of the
UN. NGOs are being taken across the entire UN system and
in virtually all areas of its activity: policy research
and analysis; policy dialogue and normative work; monitoring
and advocacy; operational development activities; humanitarian
work, particularly responding to emergencies and to the
needs of refugees; promoting human rights, democratization,
disarmament and peace; and information dissemination and
raising public awareness of the issues and challenges on
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The
Social Summit Digital Library |
(UN) |
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click here for a
detailed Review)
Full
text of the documents of
Copenhagen Declaration and other documents of the Social
summit and Follow-up sessions.
The Programme of Action adopted at the World
Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen and the national
reports on its implementation have been compiled on a CD-ROM
entitled "Social Summit Digital Library". Copies
of this CD ROM were presented to the media on the occasion
of the UN Special Session for Social Development held in
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MBS
Online |
(UN
Statistics Division)
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(click here for a detailed
Review)
International
Economic Statistics
of the United Nations on Global Economic Trends.
Monthly
Bulletin of Statistics
presents current monthly economic statistics for most of
the countries and areas of the world. In addition, each
month a different selection of special tables is presented
showing annual and/or quarterly data on a variety of subjects
illustrating important economic long-term trends and developments.
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The
World's Women 2000 |
(UN
Statistics Division)
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(click here for a detailed Review)
Website
of
Statistical source-book and comprehensive analysis
of how Women fare in different parts of
the world.
The World's Women 2000 is a Statistical source-book and
comprehensive analysis of how women fare in different parts
of the world. The World's Women 2000: trends and statistics
is the third issue in the series of reports (the other two
issued in 1991 and 1995) that looks at the status of
women through the lens of statistical data and analysis.
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ProQuest
Direct |
(UNDP) |
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(click here for a detailed Review)
Bibliographic
references with selected Full Text of
articles in six major databases on Multiple
Disciplines.
UMI's ProQuest Direct is a web-based interface
providing indexing, abstracting, and selected full-text access
to records in the six major databases. For UN Program Officers,
it provides a good source of background information about
the social issuues and current events.
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Human Development
Report |
(UNDP) |
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(click here for a detailed Review)
Human
Development Reports 1990
through 1999 - CD-ROM. Ten years reports
on CD-ROM on UN House LAN
The CD-ROM compiles complete texts from Human
Development Reports 1990 through 1999, along with full data
set from HDR 1999. The statistical database contained data
for for 174 countries and more than 300 indicators, and allows
the users to export data into a wide variety of formats, Or
to paste tables and charts onto other files. The texts of
HDRs 1990-1999 can be searched with the CD's targeted list
of of about 2000 keywords, as well as by country, report,
and additional keywords.
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The
maESTro Web
Site |
(UNIDO) |
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(click
here for a detailed Review)
A
comprehensive global directory on Environmentally Sound
Technologies (ESTs) air and water pollution, environmental
management, human settlements, recycling toxic substances,
solid waste, wastewater, water augmentation and more
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REFWORLD
Website
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(UNHCR) |
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(click
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A
Collection of full-text Online
Databases, Information
sources including UNHCR Official Documents, United Nations
Official Documents, Country Information, Country Maps,
Legal Information, Bibliographic Information and Reference
Material. international and national law and practice;
current country conditions, policy guidelines and
manuals; as well as an extensive collection of bibliographic
references and research contacts.
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The Online
Information Resources 