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Where can I find information about a UN Member State's position on an event or topic?
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Where can I find speeches made during UN meetings?
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How is the Secretary-General of the United Nations appointed?
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Who may use the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
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Where can I find documents related to the proposed programme budget for 2026 and 2027?
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How are members of the Security Council elected? How are non-permanent members of the Security Council selected? Why are there permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council?
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Where can I find the reform proposals of Secretary-General António Guterres?
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Does the Dag Hammarskjöld Library accept publications as gifts?
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How can I access the Economist or the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) online?
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How can I access the Library's online subscriptions?
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Who are the current members of the UN?
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What are the opening dates of forthcoming regular sessions of the UN General Assembly and of the General Debate?
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What is the longest speech given at the United Nations?
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Are UN resolutions binding?
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How many African countries are members of the United Nations?
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What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
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- Security Council
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What is the difference between a resolution and a decision?
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How are UN Member States seated in the General Assembly?
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What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
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How do organizations and non-member states get observer status in the General Assembly?
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Where can I find the co-sponsors of draft resolutions or decisions?
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Who is the first speaker in the annual general debate of the General Assembly?
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Who are the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly?
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How are judges of the International Court of Justice elected?
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Can the public attend and observe the UN General Assembly general debates?
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Are UN resolutions binding?
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What is the Uniting for peace resolution?
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What is the International Criminal Court (ICC) and what is its relationship with the UN?
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What does it mean when a decision is taken “by consensus”?
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Where can I find the co-sponsors of draft resolutions or decisions?
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Where can I find the names of the countries that have never been elected non-permanent members of the Security Council?
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How are judges of the International Court of Justice elected?
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Where can I find a list of vetoes? How does the Security Council vote on draft resolutions?
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Where can I find a chart of the UN System?
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How are countries elected to membership in UN bodies?
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How are members of the Security Council elected? How are non-permanent members of the Security Council selected? Why are there permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council?
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What is the Index to Proceedings?
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Where can I find the letters of 24 December 1991 regarding the continuation of the membership of the USSR by the Russian Federation?
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Where can I find speeches made during UN meetings?
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How can I research the topic of UN Security Council reform?
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How do I file a human rights violation complaint with the United Nations?
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What is the UN doing to combat racism and racial discrimination?
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Where can I find UN information on the “Cylinder of Cyrus” a.k.a. "Edict of Cyrus"?
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Where can I find this quote by Eleanor Roosevelt at the UN?
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What countries have been members of the Human Rights Council?
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- Human rights
- Member States
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Where can I find a procedural history of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women?
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Where can I find UN documents related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) issues at the United Nations?
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How can I find how a country has voted in the Human Rights Council?
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- Human rights
- Voting records
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What is the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and how was it established?
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Where can I find information about the Human Rights Council?
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How can I access the Library's online subscriptions?
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How do I start research on UN topics?
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Who may use the Dag Hammarskjöld Library?
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What is the United Nations System Electronic Information Acquisitions Consortium (UNSEIAC)?
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- Electronic resources
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Does the Library scan or digitize UN documents?
Last Updated: Mar 20, 2025 |
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How can I access the Economist or the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) online?
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