UN Resources

HELPFUL LINKS FOR THE CONFERENCE

• The United Nations

Official webpage of the United Nations which contains information about its different bodies.

• UN member states

Information about the 193 member states of the United Nations.

• UN Security Council

Look up Security Council resolutions in addition to information about its members, responsibilities, and powers.

• UN General Assembly

The General Assembly is the main body of the United Nations, encompassing all 193 member states.

• Charter of the UN

Read the document that established the United Nations on 24th October 1945, for details on its powers and responsibilities.

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 1948, thus defining the concept of basic human rights and calling upon all nations to uphold them.

• UN Documentation Centre

A compilation of resolutions, press releases, and other documents issued by the committees of the United Nations.