Model United Nations Research

Table of Contents

• Background Information on the United Nations
• Information about Countries
• Information on Specific Issues
• Resolutions and Other Documents
• Voting Records
• Web sites

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Background Information on the United Nations

• Basic Facts about the United Nations
  ST/DPI(05)/ B27
  Latest Govpubs Reference, earlier Govpubs UN stacks



• A Chronology and Fact Book of the United Nations: 1941-1991
  JX1977.A1 C48
  GovPubs Reference



• Everyone's United Nations: A Handbook on the Work of the United Nations
  ST/DPI(05)/ E8
  GovPubs UN stacks



• Encyclopedia of the United Nations and international agreements
  JX1977 .O8213 2002
  GovPubs Reference



• United Nations Handbook
  941-F26 7
  Latest GovPubs Reference, earlier GovPubs Norbase

Information about Countries

• Area Handbook Series/Country Studies (Library of Congress)
  D 101.22:550-#.
  GovPubs Norbase



• Background Notes (US Dept. of State)



• Department of State Country Pages
  Africa
  East Asia and the Pacific
  Europe and Eurasia
  Near East
  South and Central Asia
  Western Hemisphere



• Europa World Year Book
  JN1 .E85
  Reference stacks & GovPubs Reference



• Foreign Information by Country
  Links to a variety of sources of information on countries.



• Permanent Missions to the United Nations
  These missions are a good source of information on country policy and beliefs in relation to the UN.



• Statesman's Yearbook
  JA51 .S7
  Latest Reference stacks & GovPubs Reference, earlier PASCAL



• World Factbook
  PREX 3.15:
  Latest in GovPubs reference, earlier in GovPubs US stacks.

Information on Specific Issues

• Annual Review of United Nations Affairs
  JX1977.A1 A5
  Latest Reference stacks, earlier GovPubs Reference



• A Global Agenda: Issues Before the General Assembly of the United Nations
  JX1977.A1 U5244
  GovPubs Reference



• Global Issues on the UN Agenda



• Foreign Government Subject Guides
  These guides look at international issues and link to various sources of information, including some from the UN.



• International Documents Review - the Weekly Newsletter on the United Nations
  1990-1999
  JX1977.A1 I58
  GovPubs Reference



• The United Nations Yearbook
  1947-present
  ST/DPI(05)/ Y3
  GovPubs Reference



• UNdiplomatic Times - the Independent Newspaper on the United Nations System
  JX1977.A1 I582
  GovPubs Reference

Resolutions and Other Documents

• AccessUN CU Index to UN documents. Also included is the full-text of several thousand UN documents.



• United Nations Official Document System (ODS) Official repository for documents published by the United Nations.



• Resolutions and Decisions Adopted by the General Assembly During the ... Session
  GA/- #
  GovPubs Index



• UN Documentation Center Provides resolutions and documents from the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Secretary General, the International Court of Justice, and the Trusteeship Council.

Voting Records

• UNBISnet - UN Bibliographic Information System Search voting records for the General Assembly from 1983- and Security Council from 1946-.



• The United Nations Yearbook. Selected voting records.
  ST/DPI(05)/ Y3
  GovPubs Reference



• Voting Practices in the United Nations
  S 1.1/8:
  Latest Internet access, earlier GovPubs US stacks

Web sites

Model UN Research Sites:

• United Nations
• United Nations Research Guide (Northwestern University)
• Model UN Research (Stanford University)
• United Nations Scholars' Workstation (Yale University)

Model UN Sites

• Model UN Program (U.S. Department of State)
• Model United Nations Headquarters
• National High School Model United Nations
• National Model United Nations
• United Nations International Model United Nations