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UN Documents (Full Text) on the Internet: Direct access to full text of key United Nations documents

Internet Resources of UN Documents (Full Text): Collections of hyperlinks to Web pages providing full text access to UN documents

Bibliographic Reference Databases: United Nations databases of bibliographic references to UN documents

World-Wide Web Virtual Libraries: on UN relevant subject areas

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.

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 Treaty 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.

United Nations Organisations:

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:

  • Bibliographic Databases
  • Demographic Data
  • News Summaries & Press Releases
  • Publications
  • Software
  • Working Papers, and
  • World Demographic Trends

 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

World Bank Home Page :

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

  • UN Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS)
  • UNDOC: Current Index
  • Indexes to Proceedings of major UN Organs


Relevant World-Wide Web Virtual Libraries

Agriculture
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Forestry

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Fish
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Animal health, well-being and rights
WWW-Virtual Library IRRIGATION and related topics
Livestock Section of WWW Virtual Library
 
 
Central Asia
ICARP - Afghanistan WWW VL
ICARP -Kazakstan WWW VL
ICARP - Kyrgyzstan WWW VL
ICARP - Tajikistan WWW VL
ICARP - Turkmenistan WWW VL
ICARP - Uzbekistan WWW VL
 
Computer and Internet
 
Human-Computer Interaction Virtual Library
The WDVL: The Virtual Library of WWW Development
 
Culture
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Culture
 
Economic and Social Development
 
Social Sciences WWW Virtual Library
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Politics and Economics
WWW Virtual Library in Economics
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Research Resources in International Development
The WWW Virtual Library: International Development Co-operation
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
Virtual Library on International Affairs
 
Education
 
Educational technologies @ TECFA
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Education
 
Energy
 
GEM: Global Energy Marketplace
 
Environment
 
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Environment
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biodiversity, Ecology, and the Environment (Biosciences)
 
Hazards and Risks

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Hazards and Risk

Health
 
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: AIDS
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Epidemiology
Virtual Children's Hospital Home Page
 
Human Rights
 
HUMAN RIGHTS

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.

Law
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law: Law Schools and Libraries
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Law
Library Science
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Libraries and Librarianship
Pakistan
Pakistan WWW Virtual Library
Population
W3C/ANU - Demography & Population Studies WWW VL
W3C/ANU - Demography & Population Studies WWW VL
Statistics

The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Statistics

Water
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Oceanography
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Wastewater Engineering
Women
ACRL Women's Studies Section Collection Development Committee Web Site

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