United Nations Research

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.

Supporting the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

The only tripartite U.N. agency, since 1919 the ILO brings together governments, employers and workers of 187 member States, to set labour standards, develop policies and devise programs promoting decent work for all women and men.

The International Law Commission was established by the General Assembly, in 1947, to undertake the mandate of the Assembly, under article 13 (1) (a) of the Charter of the United Nations to "initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of ... encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification".

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law is the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law. A legal body with universal membership specializing in commercial law reform worldwide for over 50 years, UNCITRAL's business is the modernization and harmonization of rules on international business.

We support developing countries to access the benefits of a globalized economy more fairly and effectively. And we help equip them to deal with the potential drawbacks of greater economic integration. To do this, we provide analysis, facilitate consensus-building, and offer technical assistance. This helps them to use trade, investment, finance, and technology as vehicles for inclusive and sustainable development.

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development within the United Nations system, and serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is the United Nations office responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. UNOOSA serves as the secretariat for the General Assembly's only committee dealing exclusively with international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space: the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).

Comprehensive source for the documentation of all UN human rights activities, including the work of charter and treaty-based bodies in the UN system. Includes links to 384 different translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The Secretariat, one of the main organs of the UN, is organized along departmental lines, with each department or office having a distinct area of action and responsibility. Offices and departments coordinate with each other to ensure cohesion as they carry out the day to day work of the Organization in offices and duty stations around the world.

WHO works worldwide to promote health, keep the world safe, and serve the vulnerable.

WIPO is the global forum for intellectual property (IP) services, policy, information and cooperation. It is a self-funding agency of the United Nations, with 193 member states.

Provides access to documentation on the United States participation in the U.N. and other international organizations.

The Report to the Congress on Voting Practices in the United Nations was first published in 1984, for the year 1983 pursuant to Public Law 98-151 and Public Law 98-164. These reports reviews voting practices in the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly (UNGA), and presents data in a variety of formats.

Provides access to the documentation of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Provides access to the documentation of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

The U.S. Mission’s site provides access to speeches and policy documents concerning U.S. participation in the United Nations.

The ACUNS is an international association of scholars, teachers, and practitioners who are active in the work and study of international organizations. Their website offers access to their newsletter
and publications.

Website by the Federation of American Scientists that provides access to Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports. See the "Foreign Policy and Regional Affairs" link for relevant reports.

The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) is a nonprofit,
nonpartisan national organization. Their site includes many links to policy documents and updates on U.S. participation in the United Nations.

The Human Rights Library contains a substantive body of international human rights research material for the U.N. Charter and Treaty-based human rights organizations as well as links to other sources of human rights documentation.