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- International Organizations: Northwestern University Library
- Union of International Associations
United Nations
See also United Nations Research Guide
Collections of Basic Documents
- UN Website: Main Documents
- Charter of the United Nations; commentary and documents by
Leland M. Goodrich, Edvard Hambro, and Anne Patricia Simons
- Law Annex JX1977.A15 G6 1969
- The Charter of the United Nations : a commentary edited by
Bruno Simma ; in collaboration with Hermann Mosler
- Law Annex JX1977 .C43 1994
- United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945
: San Francisco) Documents. v. 1-22
- Law Annex JX1977.A15 U5 1955 v1-22
- HeinOnline
- Review of the United Nations Charter : a collection of documents
Subcommittee on the United Nations Charter
- Law Annex JX1977.2.U5 A525
- UN Treaty Series
(UNTS)
- Law Annex JX 1977 A1 U5
- HeinOnline
- http://treaties.un.org/
Status of Basic Documents
- Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General
(MTDSG)
- Law Ref Desk JX 171 M85
- HeinOnline
- Multilateral Treaties Deposited on the Web (MTDSG)
Other UN Documents
- United Nations Official Document System ODS (1993-present)
- United Nations Documents (1945-1950 & 1966-present)
- Law Micro
- United Nations Documents (1945-present)
- Mugar Micro Mfiche
- United Nations Documentation Centre
- International Law Commission
- UN Documents in the economic, social and related fields
- UNHCHR Treaty Bodies Database
- FAO Document Repository
- UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency
- UNCTAD Digital Library
- ILO Database on International Labour Standards
- Labordoc
- UNEP Environmental Legal Instruments
- UNODCCP Legal Tools
- Women Watch
Yearbooks of UN entities and other IGOs
- Yearbook of the United Nations
- Law Annex JX 1977 A1 U53
- HeinOnline
- United Nations Juridical Yearbook
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Yearbook
- United Nations International Court of Justice Yearbook
- United Nations Yearbook of the International Law Commission
- CIJL yearbook/Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers
- Law Annex K 115 A2 C55
- Hague yearbook of international law = Annuaire de la Haye de
droit international
- Law Annex JX 18 H34
- International Geneva yearbook
- Law Annex JX 1995 I524 (see pg. 494 of the Guide to International Legal Research for more information).
Current Awareness
- UN Press Releases
- UN Pulse
Background on the United Nations
- The encyclopedia of the United Nations and international relations
/ Edmund Jan Osmanczyk
- Law Ref JX1977 .O8213 1990
- United Nations Handbook, 1996
- Law Ref JZ4970 .U65 1996
- Yearbook of the United Nations
- Law Annex JX 1977 A1 U53
- HeinOnline
- Annual review of United Nations Affairs
- Law Annex JX 1977 A1 A5
- Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs
- Law Annex JX1977 A36 1955 and Mugar JX1977 .F552
- Yearbook of the International Law Commission
- Law Annex JX 1977 A31 U35
- HeinOnline
- United Nations Juridical Yearbook
- Law Annex JX 1977 A1 U56
- HeinOnline
Research Tools
- United Nations Documents Index (1950-1973)
- Mugar Reference X JX1977 A2 UNDEX.
- United Nations Documents Index (1974-1978)
- Mugar Reference X JX 1977 A2 Ser.C
- UNDOC Current Index (1979-1996)
- Law Annex Reference JX1977 A1 U45
- Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) (BU only)
- Mugar Reference X Z7164 .E2P35 and CD-ROM and web
- Un-i-que: United Nations Info Quest
- United Nations System Pathfinder
Directories
- United Nations Web Site Locator
Research Guides
- United Nations Scholars Workstation at Yale University
- ASIL Guide to Electronic Resources in UN Research
- Harms, W. "U.N. Bibliographic and Background Tools in
Hardcopy and Online" in Introduction to International Organizations
(Louis-Jacques and Korman eds., 1996)
- Law Ref JX1954 .I58 1996
- Hajnal, P. Directory of United Nations documentary and Archival
Sources (1991)
- Law Ref JX1977.8.D6 H35 1991
- Jablonski, Jean, "Overview of United Nations Materials
Available at Brooklyn Law School Library", 21 Brooklyn J.
Int'l L 537 (1995)
- Law Pappas
- United Nations Documents
- United Nations Documentation: Research Guide
Organization of American States
Basic Documents
- Charter of the OAS
- Basic Documents of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
- The Inter-American System : Treaties, Conventions and Other
Documents
- Law Annex JX1404 .I57 1983
- Instruments of Economic Integration in Latin America and in
the Caribbean
- Law Annex JX1979 I56 1975
- OAS Treaties with Status information
Other Documents
- General Assembly Resolutions
- Inter-American Legal Materials
- Law Annex KG127 A13 I58
Decisions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Judgments and Opinions of the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights, Series A
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 A82
- http://www.corteidh.or.cr/opiniones.cfm
- Pleadings, Oral Arguments and Documents Series B
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 A825 (online not available)
- Decisions and Judgments Series C
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 A83
- http://www.corteidh.or.cr/casos.cfm
- Pleadings, Oral Argument and Documents Series D
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 A835 (online not available)
- International Human Rights Reports
- Law Annex K3240.4 I579 P
- Decisions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Cases from Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
Background on the OAS
- Annual Report of the Secretary General
- http://www.cidh.org/annual.eng.htm
- Mugar F 1402 F48
- Annual report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- http://www.cidh.org/annual.eng.htm
- Law Annex JC 599 A5 I57
- Annual Report of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 A56
- Inter-American Yearbook of Human Right
- Law Annex JC599 I572
- Handbook of Existing Rules pertaining to Human Rights in the
Inter-American System
- Law Annex KDZ574 A35 H36 1983
Research Tools
- Lista General de los Documentos Oficiales
- Indice Analitico Room 332
- Manual de Clasificacion Room 332
Current Awareness
- OAS News Center
- Press Releases for the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
- Press Releases of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Law Annex KDZ579 I56 P74
- http://www.corteidh.or.cr/comunicados.cfm
African Union (formerly the Organization of African Unity)
Documents
- Constitutive Act of the African Union
- Charter of the OAU
- Documents of the OAU/AU
- Law Annex KQE723 A3 D63
- Documents of the OAU/AU submitted to UN
- Go to Un-i-que http://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsf and search on "Organization of African Unity". There are many OAU documents published by the UN after having been submitted by the OAU.
- Council of Ministers
- Actions taken by the Assembly of Heads of State
- African Human Rights Instruments
- African Commission on Human and People's Rights
- International Law of Human Rights in Africa
- Law Reserve JC599.A36 I57 1988
News
- News on Lexis
- AU Press Releases
- Pan-African News Agency
Association of South East Asian Nations
- ASEAN Secretariat
- Basic Political Documents
- Ministerial Meetings
- ASEAN Documents submitted to the UN
- Go to Un-i-que http://lib-unique.un.org/lib/unique.nsf and search on "ASEAN". There are many ASEAN documents published by the UN after having been submitted by the ASEAN.
- Summits
- Annual Reports
- The Association of South-East Asian Nations
- Law Annex HC 441 A87 1991
- Trading Arrangements in the Pacific Rim : ASEAN and APEC
- Law Annex HC 441 T73 1995
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