United Nations Documents in Microform

Introduction

The Law Library maintains a collection of United Nations publications as this organization has the responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, the promotion of human rights and the development of international law. United Nations publications include official records of the deliberative organs, resolutions, and summary records of committee meetings.

The Law Library also receives copies of reports of United Nations sponsored activities.

Organization of the Microform Collection

U.N. publications received in paper format are cataloged for the Law Library collection and included in BISON, the online catalog. Materials in the microform collections are shelved by United Nations classification numbers. The number assigned to a document includes the organ responsible for issuing the document, the type of document and a unique identifier.

Example: A/C.4/55/SR.2
A=General Assembly
C.4=4th Committee (Special Political and Decolonization Committee)
55= 55th Session
SR=Summary Record (type of publication)
2 = Sequential number

Several collections of U.N. documents are available in microform format in the Koren AV Center on the 5th floor . These sets include:

Readex Microprint: 1946-1981: (Includes official records and mimeographs excluding the Secretariat)
Readex Microfiche: 1982- : (Includes all publications issued by the United Nations, including monographs and serials not copyrighted)
United Nations Documents: 1946-1967: (Selected documents from the United Nations issued during the time period 1946-1967)

How to Locate Documents of Interest

The following sources index United Nations documents:

General Indexes

United Nations Documents ... : Checklist of the Readex Microprint Edition

UNDEX: United Nations Document Index

Series B: Country
1972-1978
Ref Z 6481 .U179

Series C: List of Documents Issued
Jan. 1979
Ref Z 6481 .U185

UNDEX Series "C" : cumulative edition, 1974-1978

UNDOC, Current Index: United Nations Documents Index

United Nations Documents Checklist

United Nations Documents Index

Index to Proceedings

Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council

Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly

Index to Proceedings of the Security Council

Index to Proceedings of the Trusteeship Council