United Nations - Marriott Library Collection: Overview of the UN
Resources that give an overview of the work of the United Nations
- Yearbook of the United NationsThe Yearbook is the principal reference work on the United Nations and provides a detailed overview of the Organization's concerns and activities since 1946.
- A Global Agenda: Issues Before the United NationsAnnual title - click on Locations & Request to access the editions that we have.
- United Nations HandbookProduced by the New Zealand Ministry of External Relations and Trade. Click on Locations & Request to access the editions that we have.
- Annual Review of the United Nations AffairsDetailed review of the major activities of the UN during the year covered. Click on Locations & Request to access the editions that we have.
- Basic Facts about the United NationsA guide to the history, structure and main activities of the UN. Click on Locations & Request to access the editions that we have.
- United Nations ChronicleThis quarterly publication is helpful for finding information on current issues when meeting records and other documents are not yet available. It reviews the General Assembly's regular session, and provides voting records and debate statements for major topics. Also, one issue a year contains the summaries of speeches from the "General Debate" of the current session. This is a collection of overall policy made by the representatives of most member states at the opening of the UN each September. They are useful for gaining an understanding of a country's general stands on issues.
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