United Nations Digital Library

Alternate Titles: Formerly UNBISnet ; UN Digital Library

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Documents from 1993 have been made available online. The UN Library is retrospecitively digitization historical publications back to 1946. Here are some publications that have been digitizated and are available online.

• All UN documents from 1993
• All resolutions of the Principal Organs from 1946
• Security Council plenary documents from 1946
• General Assembly Official Records (GAOR) from 1946, including
  • Meeting records of Plenary and Main Committees
  • Supplements 
  • Annexes
• Economic and Social Council Official Records (ESCOR) from 1946, including
  • Plenary meeting records
  • Supplements
  • Annexes
• Trusteeship Council Official Records (TCOR) from 1946, including
  • Plenary meeting records
  • Supplements
  • Annexes

Special series that have been digitized include:

• Charter of the United Nations (39 languages)
• Report of World Social Situation (1952-1993)
• United Nations Blue Book Series (1994-1996)
• United Nations Conference on International Organization documents (San Francisco Conference, 22 volumes)
• UN Statistical Yearbooks  (1948-2017)
• Yearbook on Human Rights (1946-1988)

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History; Interdisciplinary Studies; Political Science

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