The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States. The mission and work of the United Nations are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.

The Official Document System (ODS) is an online database of UN documents that was first launched in 1993 and updated in 2016. ODS has full-text, born-digital UN documents published from 1993 onward, including documents of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiaries, as well as administrative issuances and other documents.

UNData is a web-based data service for the global user community. It brings international statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single-entry point. Users can search and download a variety of statistical resources compiled by the United Nations (UN) statistical system and other international agencies. The numerous databases or tables collectively known as "datamarts" contain over 60 million data points and cover a wide range of statistical themes including agriculture, crime, communication, development assistance, education, energy, environment, finance, gender, health, labour market, manufacturing, national accounts, population and migration, science and technology, tourism, transport and trade.

A complete listing of resources for research made available by the UN.

As the authoritative reference on the annual activities and concerns of the United Nations, the Yearbook of the United Nations regularly covers international economic and social questions in its Part Three. Take the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2020 survey of its publications and databases to let the United Nations know your views on these resources! The questionnaire concerns awareness and use of UN DESA publications; influence of UN DESA publications; translation, access and sharing of UN DESA publications; and demographics.

Housed at the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) serves as the representative office of the Secretary-General at Geneva. A focal point for multilateral diplomacy, UNOG services more than 8,000 meetings every year, making it one of the busiest conference centres in the world. With more than 1,600 staff, it is the biggest duty stations outside of United Nations headquarters in New York.

The Library maintains a rich collection of books and serials on the working areas of the United Nations and an exhaustive collection of UN documentation in all official languages since 1946.

Whether you are a student or a researcher, you will find on this page useful links of interest to you about the training and research services UNOG provides.

This guide is designed as a practical tool intended to facilitate research in the League of Nations Archives. It contains information about: the holdings and structure of the archive; catalogues and guides; research themes, with bibliographies and a selection of primary sources; useful databases and online resources; and links to related collections and further resources.

This guide combines primary and secondary sources from both the archives and library of the United Nations at Geneva, along with links to other relevant resources. The guide can be used as a tool to jump-start a research process, or just to gain insight on what role the League of Nations played on the international scale.

The League of Nations Archives hold a variety of rich sources on intellectual cooperation in the inter-war period, including League of Nations Council and Assembly documents, Publications of the International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation (1922-1946), Documents of the Intellectual Cooperation and International Bureaux Section (1919-1946), a wide variety of correspondence, the Brochure and Pamphlet Collection, the Visual Material Collection, and posters and caricatures in the "Museum Collection."

The complete listing of online guides to research available from the Library & Archives at the United Nations, Geneva.

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library provides research and information services to support the participation of Member States at the United Nations. Located at UN Headquarters in New York, the Library primarily serves delegates of Permanent Missions and UN Secretariat staff.

The original Charter of the United Nations, available in more than 30 languages.

The Index to Proceedings is an annual bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the major organs. The Indexes are prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and are produced at the end of the session/year.

The Digital Library provides access to UN-produced content including UN documents and publications and information about UN materials in our collections (metadata). In the Digital Library, it is possible to find records with and without digital files, as well as other Library-created metadata such as voting information for resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and Security Council, and citation to speeches made in the principal organs.

UN Member States on the Record provides access to information about membership and statements of Member States at the UN, including debate statements, speeches, draft resolutions sponsored, diplomatic relations, and credentials of representatives.

More than 130 full-text transcripts of oral history interviews with leading UN diplomats and key figures in diplomacy.

The Library is open to OHCHR staff members, human rights mechanisms, UN Member State delegates, NGOs as well as members of general public interested in human rights.

A list of research databases available through OHCHR.

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) is the leading UN entity on human rights. We represent the world's commitment to the promotion and protection of the full range of human rights and freedoms set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) produces an extensive range of publications on a variety of topics related to human rights, which provides information of interest to Governments, national institutions, civil society, the general public and the media.