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- Index to UN Systems Programs - Thematic issues considered by UN agencies and related bodies devoted to social or economic development, with hyperlinks to relevant websites. Also try Global Issues on the UN Agenda.
- UN News Centre
- Official WEB Site Locator for the United Nations - Alphabetical list. The index to the U.N. Website provides an alphabetic site index to UN websites.
- A nice browseable list of many UN and UN related websites is available from the State Department.
- UN Conferences - link to past conferences (1994 - 2008)
- UN Treaty Collections
- United Nations Acronyms and Short Forms explained.
- The Yearbook of the United Nations (JZ4947 .Y43 yr) provides coverage of UN issues by year. The Drew Library archives the Yearbook back to 1945 in the United Nations section located in the Rose building. The most current print edition of the Yearbook is shelved by the Reference Desk.
- United Nations Multimedia - News articles, radio, television and more.
- Encyclopedia of the United Nations - Ref KZ4968 .M66
- Great Debates at the United Nations: An Encyclopedia of Fifty Key Issues, 1945-2000. - Ref KZ4968 .G67 2001
United Nations Today (yr) - Ref JZ 4970.U658 - United Nations Handbook (yr) - Ref JX 1977.2.N5U55
- Encyclopedia of Human Rights - Ref JC 571.E673 2009
- Annual Review of United Nations Affairs - 341.23 A615a dates from 1959. These multi volume annual sets include an overview of UN activities for the year, GA resolutions and issues related to the Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice, peacekeeping issues and the annual report from the Secretariat annual reports.
For specific issues:
- Search the Drew Catalog, accessed from the Library Homepage.
- Since specific UN bodies/committees/conferences focus on particular topics, it is important to identify those entities which are most relevant to you topic. The Organization of the UN gives an overview of the organization of the United Nations and provides access to numerous bodies and organizations.
- The following subscription databases are relevant for United Nations research: Columbia International Affairs Online (CAIO); LexisNexis;World News; Worldwide Political Science, ScienceDirect, Academic Search Premier, Sociological Abstracts, EconLit (databases available to Drew community from the Electronic Resources by Title page).
- See also International Law.
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