Research Guides: UN Peacekeeping Documentation: Resources

UN Documentation Research Guides

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.
Peacekeeping Policy and Practices Database
Access restricted to UN Staff - guidance and best practices materials maintained by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.

Peacekeeping Records and History at the UN Archives
Website from UN Archives with a brief history of each peacekeeping mission and the archival materials available.

Peacekeeping Resource Hub
Department of Peacekeeping Operations' resource for policy, best practices, lessons learned and training material.

UN Peacekeeping - Resources
Key resources produced by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations: reports, statistics, policies and other publications.

United Nations 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 Yearbook / United Nations
Date: 1946-
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.

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.

Glossary on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse / United Nations
Date: 2016
The glossary aims at compiling existing terminology and nomenclature related to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) to provide conceptual clarity and a common understanding of key terms related to the topic.