UN Documentation Research Guide : Presents an overview of selected UN documents, publications, databases and websites the basics of UN documentation, and how to search for specific documents or topics. UN Documentation Centre : Provides access to documents by session or year, including lists or resolutions and decisions.
An effort is underway to digitize UN Official documents published before 1993, and digitized versions of older documents are added daily to the ODS. UN Documentation Research Guide : Presents an overview of selected UN documents, publications, databases and websites the basics of UN documentation, and how to search for specific documents or topics.
The UN's objectives, as defined by its charter, include maintaining international peace and security, protecting human rights, delivering humanitarian aid, promoting sustainable development, and upholding international law. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; as of 2023, it has 193 – almost all of the world's sovereign states.
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