United Nations: Websites

Alphabetical and topical lists of United Nations databases and reference works. This guide is very comprehensive but other helpful guides and resources are highlighted below.

Guide for researchers interested in UN documentation. It gives overview of selected UN documents, publications, databases and websites issued by the United Nations and explains how to work with them.

Online search and full text of parliamentary documentation and the official records from 1993. Resolutions are available from 1946 onwards.

The United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS) includes:
Bibliographic records of documents indexed by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva.
Voting records for all resolutions which were adopted.
Index to citations to speeches made in the General Assembly beginning with its 38th session (1983-), the Security Council beginning with its 38th year (1983-), the Economic and Social Council beginning in 1983 and the Trusteeship Council beginning with its 15th special session (1982).

Database that includes the UN treaty collection.

UN press releases collection for the Secretary-General, the General Assembly, the Security Council, and the Economic and Social Council.

Collection of research guides produced by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library.

New Zealand produces an annual UN handbook at the start of each General Assembly, designed for UN delegates from all nations, media and the public.

The page links to free UN statistics.

Collection of statistical databases with all UN statistics. It gives access to specialized databases for trade, demographics, census, and social indicators. The page gives also access to the collective database UNData.

This website pulls out information from various UN statistical databases. You can pull out information from databases individually, or search by country.