Research Guides: UN Economic and Social Council Documentation: Resources

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Official Document System (ODS)
United Nations official document system: provides full text search of documents issued since 1993; resolutions of all principal organs & Security Council plenary documents since 1946. Older documents are added regularly. Includes the Daily Journals of New York and Geneva.
UN Digital Library
The United Nations Digital Library (UNDL) includes UN documents, voting data, speeches, maps, and open access publications. The platform provides access to UN-produced materials in digital format and bibliographic records for print UN documents starting in 1979. System features include linked data between related documentation such as resolutions, meeting records and voting, and refining of searches by UN body, agency or type of document.
UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
Available online from October 1995. Press Releases are not official documents but provide timely information on the current activities of the principal organs and subsidiary bodies, including summaries of meetings.

Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs
Analytical studies of the decisions of the UN principal organs under each of the Articles of the Charter ; Comprehensive summary of the decisions of United Nations Organs, together with review of related material, organized by Charter Articles.

Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council / United Nations
Date: 1946-

The Index to Proceedings (ITP) of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is a research tool that provides a window into meetings of the ECOSOC. It is comprised of a subject index to all the documents issued by the ECOSOC and an index to speeches delivered during a particular year.
UN Yearbook / United Nations
Date: 1946-2015

Principal reference work of the UN; provides a detailed overview of the Organization's activities during the course of a year. All the Yearbooks are available online. They provide citation to the documentation and include the full text of resolutions.