Research Guides: UN System Documentation: Research & Training Entities

UN Documentation Research Guides

The UN has established several research and training entities, including:

Established by A/RES/34/83 M of 11 Dec. 1979
Statute contained in A/RES/39/148 H of 17 Dec. 1984
Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters serves as UNIDIR Board of Trustees, among other functions
Annual report
- Transmitted to the General Assembly by the Secretary-General
- No distinctive symbol pattern
Flagship publication
- Disarmament Yearbook
Military Expenditures Database
UN Register of Conventional Arms
UNODA Documents Library
Directors
- 2021: Robin Geiss (Germany)
  - SG/A/2020 [2021]
- 2018-2020: Renata Dwan (Ireland)
  - Press release SG/A/1783-BIO/5056-DC/3756 [2018]
- 2014-2018: Jarmo Sareva (Finland)
  - Press release SG/A/1519-BIO/4657-DC/3529 [2014]
- 2009-2014: Theresa A. Hitchens (United States of America)
  - Press release SG/A/1164-BIO/4042-DC/3139 [2008]
- 1997-2008: Patricia Lewis (United Kingdom)
  - Press release SG/A/641-DC/2587 [1997]
- 1992-1996: Sverre Lodgaard (Norway)
  - Press release SG/A/498-BIO/2679-DC/2413 [1992]
- 1987-1992: Jayantha Dhanapala (Sri Lanka)
- 1980-1987: Liviu Bota (Romania)

Established by A/RES/1934 (XVIII) of 11 Dec. 1963
Board of Trustees
- Board reports, 2003-
Annual report of the Executive Director, 1966-2006
- Supplement 14 to the General Assembly Official Records (GAOR)
- Document symbol pattern: A/session/14
  - example: A/61/14
- Search results for Report of the Executive Director of the UN Institute for Training and Research
A/RES/62/210 consolidated the reports of the Secretary-General and the Executive Director of the Institute, the consolidated report is submitted to the Economic and Social Council
- Search results for United Nations Institute for Training and Research : report of the Secretary-General
UNITAR publications are filed by symbol UNITAR/-- in the Library
Executive Directors
- 2025: Michelle Gyles-McDonnough (Jamaica)
  - Press release SG/A/2333
- 2015-2024 : Nikhil Seth (India)
  - Press release SG/A/1575-BIO/4732-UNITAR/719
- 2012-2015: Sally Fegan-Wyles (Ireland)
- 2007-2012: Carlos Lopes (Guinea-Bissau)
- 1992-2007: Marcel A. Boisard (Switzerland)
- 1983-1992: Michel Doo-Kingué (Cameroon)
  - Press release SG/A/307-UNITAR/484 [1982]
- 1972-1982: Davidson Nicol (Sierra Leone)
  - Press release SG/A/130-BIO/957-UNITAR/171 [1972]
- 1969-1972: Simeon Ola Adebo (Nigeria)
- 1965-1967: Gabriel Marie d’Arboussier (Senegal)