UN Documents

A series of guides organised by subject/topic that assist with searching the various UN Document platforms. A great starting point for any research relating to the United Nations.

ODS has full-text, born-digital UN documents published from 1993 onward, including documents of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiaries, as well as administrative issuances and other documents. The database also includes scanned documents published between 1946 and 1993, including all resolutions of the principal organs, all documents of the Security Council and the General Assembly Official Records. Documents are available in the official languages of the UN

Use this page to search for documents, votes, speeches and public domain publications. If you have the document symbol, use the ODS (above).

This collection contains exact reproductions of major United Nations legal publications, including the complete collection of the United Nations Treaty Series, the League of Nations Treaty Series, the Monthly Statement of Treaties & International Agreements, UNCITRAL Publications, UNIDIR Publications, the United Nations Legislative Series and much more. Finding Aids and additional features make it easy to pull up a UN Treaty by entering a UNTS citation, search for a UN Treaty, and link to law review articles that cite a UN Treaty.