How to Use the UN Digital Library

Alerts can be set up to notify users when documents are issued or when new voting or speech records are added to the Digital Library. 

To create alerts in the UN Digital Library, follow these steps:

1. Register for an account. Upon completing your registration, you will receive an email containing instructions on how to access the Digital Library with your credentials. Please note that this email is not sent automatically, so you may not receive the information immediately.
2. Login
3. Search (find more information below)
4. Scroll to the bottom of the first page of search results
5. Click on email alert 
    
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6. Name alert and select the search-checking frequency (monthly, weekly, daily) and chose YES in the option below if you want to receive a notification email once a new document of interest has been added to the Digital Library

For help setting up effective searches for alerts, please see How to use the UN Digital Library, or contact us for assistance. Some examples of search alerts that have been set up in the past are:

• latest voting data from the Security Council and General Assembly
• statements by Prime Ministers or Presidents (to modify, add a country name and the appropriate title for the head of state)
• UN Security Council draft resolutions not adopted (veto & other)
• all documents from the Fifth Committee of the 79th session, this is a search using the document symbol, you will find more information on UN Document Symbols & Series Symbols

Alert emails are sent when new records in the UN Digital Library meet the search criteria of the alert-- if there are no results for some time (e.g. in the case of no veto being cast), you will not get emails until there are results.