1. UN and other International Organizations Staff Training 8/12/99

2. The UN System http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/bookstor/kits/english/unintro/images/unsystem.gif

4. The UN System (Main Organs, Agencies and Specialized Agencies) UN - General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Secretariat, Int’l Court of Justice –Sub-agencies - UNICEF, UNDP, UNEP, and more Specialized Agencies - FAO, IMF, World Bank Group, UNESCO, IMO, WHO, ITU, UNIDO, WMO, IFAD, ILO, WIPO, ICAO, UPU

5. United Nations Information Monographs on variety of topics [PAPER] Serials on a variety of topics (predominantly, but not entirely, statistical) [PAPER] Treaties [a whole other training topic...] Resolutions (and the supporting documentation) [FICHE] Letters, reports, etc. [FICHE]

6. Resolutions (and the supporting documentation) [FICHE] Letters, reports, etc. [FICHE]

8. AccessUN Indexes the documents and selected publications of the UN and some of its sub- agencies –Does ** NOT ** include the specialized agencies Covers 1961-present (over time will go back to 1946) Some full-text (resolutions and selected proceedings) Is mostly an index to the microprint/fiche collection

9. AccessUN opening screen Use these to narrow search (for resolutions, choose masthead)

11. Results Screen

12. Sample Record If there’s a “Readex year,” then it should be in the microprint/fiche collection Note that you can email records

13. The rest of that record Document type pagination

14. Another record Not in the microprint/fiche collection; check Magic. If not in Magic, check the Docs title catalog and shelflist.

15. One more record A PV. is the full text* of the proceedings in a particular UN organ. (Think of it as analogous to the Congressional Record.) *The claim is that it’s a “verbatim” record of the proceedings; it’s not - it’s really like the Cong. Record - representatives can edit their remarks. If there’s full text, it’ll say so.

16. Here’s a Resolution Record Resolutions are discussed and, in some instances, voted on at meetings of a UN body. Here’s the series symbol for the meeting at which this resolution was agreed to. Full text notification Series symbol (aka Document number) for a resolution

17. A/52/PV.70 Voting information is provided in the text of the proceedings, not with the resolution itself.

18. Not everything gets voted on... Note that this resolution was agreed to without a vote.

19. Vote info in a PV. document Note that there’s no summary vote totals here. For that, use UNBIS Plus.

20. UNBIS Plus on CD-ROM Available via CD-ROM server Several databases in one: –library catalog of the UN Libraries in NY and Geneva –index to the proceedings of the GA, SC, ECOSOC (essential for Model UN) –UNBIS thesaurus –voting records (summary totals and, when available, by country)

24. Users and Uses of the UN materials Model UN students (MSU and high school) –Proceedings information (called “speech citations” in UNBIS Plus; search field “Author” in AccessUN) H.S. level - usually assigned a particular country U level - usually assigned a particular country and committee/commission (i.e., issue area) –Voting info for particular countries on particular issues

25. What About Those Specialized Agencies? No single source of indexing information Post-1986 monographs in Magic (if there’s OCLC copy) Small percentage of serials in Magic Different indexing tools for each agency –Annotated guide is available: International Governmental Organizations (IGO's) and International Law: IGO-Specific Information http://www.lib.msu.edu/publ_ser/docs/igos/igoorg.htm http://www.lib.msu.edu/publ_ser/docs/igos/igoorg.htm

26. More Key User Groups James Madison students –especially MC322 (International Law and Organization) Political Science students –especially PLS364 (International Organization and Cooperation) Researchers interested in human rights, international development, environmental policy, children’s rights, women’s rights, population control, etc.

27. Additional Resources to Know Subject Guide to International Law and Organizations (WWW page by D. Schaubman) http://www.lib.msu.edu/publ_ser/docs/igos/igosubj.htm http://www.lib.msu.edu/publ_ser/docs/igos/igosubj.htm United Nations Official Records and Resolutions (WWW page by B. Fox) http://www.lib.msu.edu/foxre/unres.html http://www.lib.msu.edu/foxre/unres.html