Government Information: International Organizations

The call numbers for books listed below may point to open-shelf items at the Science, Industry and Business Library. You'll recognize them by the *R and Library of Congress format. Other titles may need to be requested at our Access Services desk. When in doubt, check with one of our Reference Librarians for help.

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UNITED NATIONS

Basic Reference | Indexes | Specific Indexes | Treaties | Selected Statistical | UN Documents | Web Sites

The New York Public Library, as a partial United Nations depository library, has received UN documents in a variety of formats. Please consult the indexes before trying to locate the text.

Basic Reference

Title Call Number
Basic Facts about the United Nations *R-SIBL JX1977 .A37 .B3
About the United Nations (Includes: Charter of the U.N.; Universal Declaration of Human Rights; etc.) www.un.org/en/about-un/index.html
United Nations Scholar (Yale University finding aid) guides.library.yale.edu/unitednations
Yearbook of the United Nations (Chronological description of U.N. activities) *R-SIBL JX1977 .A1Y3 (most recent)
JBM 04-62 (1946/47 - )
UN Chronicle JLM 77-1117 (1975-76, 2001-2010)
*ZAN-T4745 (1977-2000)
Online
Permanent Missions to the United Nations JBK 97-28 (1954 - 1996)
JBL 12-16 (1967 - 1984)
Online
Nations on Record: U.N. General Assembly roll-call vote (1946-1986; 4 vols.) (Voting records) *R-SIBL JX1977.8 .V6.N38
Voting Practices in the United Nations (ten "key" General Assembly issues related to United States interest) JBL 92-2001 (1991) and GPO Microfiche
Online
Resolutions and Decisions adopted by the General Assembly (Press Release) (Voting records are also included) *R-SIBL JX1977 .A4

Indexes

Title Call Number
United Nations Documents Index *R-SIBL JX1977.8.U6E5 (1950-1973)
United Nations Documents Index (1998-) *R-SIBL JX1977.8.V10 (1998 - 2007)
UNDEX Series A, Subject Index *R-SIBL JX1977.8 .U42A (1970-1978)
UNDEX Series B, Country Index *R-SIBL JX1977.8 .U42B (1970-1978)
UNDEX Series C, List of Documents Issued *R-SIBL JX1977.8 .U42C (1974/77-1978)
UNDOC: current index; United Nations documents index *R-SIBL JX1977.8.U9 (1979-1996);
*XLF-400 (1984-1992; annual cumulation on microfiche)
United Nations Publication Sales No. XFB (United Nations. Publications. Sales no.) (1947 - 1992)
United Nations Publications Catalogue *R-SIBL JX1977.82.C5 (1985 - 1986)
*R-SIBL JX1977.82.C7 (1987 - 2004)
Online
Index to United Nations Documents (READEX) (1946 - )
Access points:
Subject, Session, Author, Title, Text, Document Date, Document number, UN Sales number, Document Type, Date of Meeting, Country.
Full Text contents:
General Assembly Resolutions: 1977-1996
Security Council Resolutions: 1946-1996
Economic and Social Council Resolutions: 1982-1992 (Electronic Information Center)
Internet (WWW) - Official Document System of the United Nations (ODS)
www.un.org/documents
Full Text contents:
General Assembly Resolutions: 1977 - recent
Security Council Resolutions: 1946 - recent
Economic and Social Council Resolutions: 1982 - recent
(Beginning to include "sessional" documents)

Specific Indexes

Title Call Number
Index to Resolutions of the General Assembly: 1946-1970 *R-SIBL JX1977.A2
Index to Resolutions of the Security Council: 1946-1996 *R-SIBL JX1977 .A54
Index to Proceedings of the General Assembly: 1986/87- *R-SIBL JX1977.A44
Index to Proceedings of the Security Council: 1988- *R-SIBL JX1977.A5
Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council: 1990- *R-SIBL JX1977.A2

Treaties

United Nations Treaty Series ("Collection of Treaties and International Agreements registered or filed and recorded with and published by the Secretariat since 1946")
Volume 1: *XLF-396 (1946-47)
Volumes 2 - : JBL 96-19 (1947-)
Online Resource
Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary General (Information on status of multilateral instruments deposited with the Secretary General) JBM 96-369 (1993-)
World Treaty Index JBF 12-350 or
*R-RMRR KZ173 .R64 1997 (open shelf collection, Schwarzman Building)

Selected Statistical Sources

Title Call Number
Statistical Yearbook *R-SIBL HA12.5 .U63 (latest)
JBM 95-258 (1948 - )
Online
Demographic Yearbook JBM 93-1160 (1948 - 2007)
Online
Energy Statistics Yearbook Online
*R-SIBL HD9502.A1Y42 (latest)
JBM 90-569 (1985 -
JLM 81-397 (1979 - 1981)
M-10 658 (1928 - 1978)
International Trade Statistics Yearbook Online
JLM 85-1523 (1984 - 2010)
TLG (Yearbook of international trade statistics) (1950 - 1982)
Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook *R-SIBL HC10.I59 (latest)
JBM 97-396 (1992 -
JBM 93-97 (1988 - 1991)
Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific Online
JBM 96-415 (1991 - 2011)
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America & the Caribbean *R-SIBL HA751.A58 (latest)
JBM 92-1083 (1987 - )
Trends in Europe and North America JBM 99-158 (1995 - 2005)
World Trade Annual JLM 79-522 (1963 - 2006)

United Nations Documents

United Nations documents in SIBL's collection are found in two large groups: a print collection arranged by Sales publication numbers and a microfiche collection arranged by UN Document symbols.

Sales number publications are available for sale and are divided into categories. For example:
Sales number I contains General Information (Reference)
Sales number IIA covers Business, Economics
Sales number IIC covers World Economy
Sales number V covers International Law
Sales number XVII covers International BusinessA typical sales number would be listed as E.87.XIII.4 where the E stands for English (the language of publication), 87 is the publication year, XIII is the sales category and 4 is the number within the category

If the sales number is not known and needs to be identified, check:

NYPL has kept together this material for the period 1947-1992 in XFB (United Nations. Publications. Sales)

To request an item falling in this period give the call number as: XFB
author: United Nations
title: Publications. Sales.
date/vol: E87.XIII.4

Beginning with 1993 each sales publication has been separately cataloged. Check CATNYP

United Nations materials on microfiche are usually either legislative or administrative in nature and are arranged by a series of letters and numbers that identify the issuing body ( a "document symbol").

Elements of the five principal United Nations organs, for example, are:
A/- General Assembly
E/- Economic and Social Council
S/- Security Council
T/- Trusteeship Council
ST/- Secretariat A typical document symbol item, for example, would be listed as A/51/1379, where A stands for General Assembly, 51 is the Session of the Assembly and 1379 is the specific document number

To find documents symbols, use indexes listed above.

To request this type of U.N. document give Readex U.N. Microfiche as the call number and list the item being request as A/51/1379.
Provide Readex Year for 1947-1980 period.
1947-1980 is filed by Readex Year (Alphanumeric system within year).
1981- is filed in a continuous alphanumeric sequence.

Web Sites

United Nations
Daily highlights of UN activities and press releases; General Assembly and Security Council documents and resolutions; access to other UN and related gophers.

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EUROPEAN UNION

Indexes and Sources | Location (Text) | Web Sites

The New York Public Library has been a European Union depository since the mid-1950's. Please consult the indexes before trying to locate the text.

Indexes and Sources

Title Call Number
Directory of community legislation in force and other acts of the community institutions *XLE-396 (1985 - 2001) Microfiche;
JBM 91-620 (1984 - 1985)
Index to the Official journal of the European Union [European Communities] *R-SIBL KJE908.2 (Most Recent);
*XLE-395 (1977 - 2001) Microfiche;
JBM 91-841 (1978-1981)
Supplement to the Official journal of the European Communities: Annual alphabetical and methodological index *XLF-389 (1973-1977) Microfiche
JBM 91-841 (1974 - 1977)

Location (Text)

Title Call Number
Debats; compte rendu in extenso de seances *ZAN-T2258 (No 1 mars 19, 1958 - No. 100 mars 11, 1968)
Journal officiel des Communautes europeenes. Debats du Parlement europeen *ZAN-T2258 (No 101 mars 1968 - no 159 mars 1973)
Official journal of the European Union [European Communities]. Legislation [microform] *XLE-394 (1973, no. 1 - Current)
Official journal of the European Union [European Communities]. Information and notices [microform] *XLE-393 (1973, no. 1 - Current)
Supplement to the Official journal of the European Communities. JBM 90-567 (Vol. 33, S10, Jan. 16, 1990 - )
Bulletin of the European Communities JBM 91-1046 (v. 1-26; 1968-1993 incomplete)
Bulletin of the European Union / Commission JBL 94-207 (1994 - 2005)

Web Sites

European Union (EUROPA)
This is the official European Union site that provides information on its goals and policies, with up-to-date press releases, various "green" and "white" papers, treaties and other important documents. Links to European Union offices throughout the world, European Union member states and other European countries with Web sites.

European Union (Washington, DC, Office)
Site of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, with a profile of the European Union including basic facts and figures and a 36 pages overview with illustrations and graphs. Extensive information is available here on EU-US relations, information resources and legislation/documentation of EU affairs.

EUR-Lex - European Union Law
Access to legislation and proposed legislation, treaties, recent Official Journal issues, Euro conversion rates, and searchable recent case law..

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OECD

The New York Public Library purchases most OECD documents. Please check the Library's catalog for particular items. The Science, Industry and Business Library also subscribes to Source OECD: OECD's online library of books and periodicals.

Web Site

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
News and events; OECD statistics; economic statistics; statistics in agriculture, energy, science, health; catalog to publications.

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IMF

Selected Statistical Sources | Indexes | Web Site

The New York Public Library purchases most IMF documents. Please check the Library's catalog, CATNYP, for particular items.

Selected Statistical Sources

Title Call Number
International Financial Statistics (monthly) JBM 93-1241 (1948 - 2012)
International Financial Statistics yearbook JBM 90-1386 (1979 - 2011)
World Economic Outlook JBM 91-727 (1980- 2012, some gaps)

Indexes

Title Call Number
Publication Catalog/International Monetary Fund JBL 01-147 (1991 - 2005)
Online

Web Site

International Monetary Fund
Press and news releases, searchable publications directory (most publications available in full text), Special Drawing Right fund rates, Special Data Dissemination Standard (economic and financial data by country).

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WORLD BANK

Indexes and Sources | Web Site

The New York Public Library purchases most World Bank documents. Please check the Library's catalog, CATNYP, for particular items.

Indexes and Sources

Title Call Number
The World Bank index of publications JBM 00-716 (1986-Jan. 1, 1987, 1989-Jan. 1, 1991)
Index of publications & guide to information products and services / the World Bank JBM 00-900 (1992-1996)
World Bank Group Publications...Catalog JBM 03-253 (1999)
Online
World Bank Atlas JLM 75-1239 (1967 - 2004)
World Development Indicators *R-SIBL HC59.15 .W656 (Latest);
JBM 99-1128 (1998-)

Web Site

World Bank
World Bank publications, working papers and periodicals can be viewed or purchased; data from the World Development Indicators and other sources.

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