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Official Document System of the United Nations
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Description
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The Official Document System of the United Nations (ODS) comprises the full text of United Nations
parliamentary documents (including resolutions and decisions) issued at United Nations Headquarters
in New York and the United Nations Office in Geneva since 1993 as well as at the United Nations
Office in Vienna since 1997. They include pre-session, in-session and post-session documentation for
meetings of the General Assembly and its subsidiary bodies, the Security Council and its subsidiary
bodies, the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary bodies and the Trusteeship Council, and
for global conferences convened by the United Nations as well as for other meetings included in the
Calendar of Conferences and Meetings authorized by the General Assembly. The documents and official
records are stored in the official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French,
Russian and Spanish. Selected documents are available in German. Older UN documents are added to the
system on a daily basis.
The resolutions database, accessible only from the Advanced Search screen, contains the final official records version of all United Nations resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 up to and including 1993 (for General Assembly up to the 51st session of 1996).
The system does not contain press releases, UN sales publications, the United Nations Treaty Series
or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information.
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Dates covered
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Resolutions from 1946 to the present;
other documents from 1993 to the present with older documents being added on a continuing basis.
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Updating frequency
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Continuous
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Sources
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Full-text documents and resolutions from the United Nations General Assembly, Security Council,
Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council and their subsidiary bodies. Also, includes
documents from global conferences convened by the United Nations as well as for other meetings
included in the Calendar of Conferences and Meetings authorized by the General Assembly.
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Type of coverage
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Indexing and full-text that can be viewed or
downloaded in multiple languages in PDF format or downloaded in text format.
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Print Counterpart or related resources
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Many publications included in the database are available in print or microfiche at the Alexander
Library. Most are not included in
IRIS,
the Libraries' online catalog. Consult the Model UN -
Research Strategies
finding aid for
additional information.
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Provider
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Producer and electronic presentation provider: United Nations
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A Help button is available in the upper right corner of each search and results screen.
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