United Nations Document Codes

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United Nations Document Codes

Online access to documents: Online consolidated legislation

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A definitive list of United Nations documentation symbols is published and periodically updated by the United Nations Library.United Nations Document Series Symbols, 1946-1996. New York, UN, 1998. Document ST/LIB/SER.B/5/Rev. 5. Sales No.: 98.I.6. Bibliographical Series/Dag Hammarskjöld Library; No. 5/Rev.5. Access from [https://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/symbol.htm Document Symbols : United Nations Documentation (UN).] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016073359/http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/symbol.htm |date=October 16, 2008 }} With the addition of new bodies and functions, the documentation scheme evolves to keep pace.[https://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide UN Documentation : Research Guide : Detailed Table of Contents : United Nations.] Dag Hammarskjöld Library
A definitive list of United Nations documentation symbols is published and periodically updated by the United Nations Library.United Nations Document Series Symbols, 1946-1996. New York, UN, 1998. Document ST/LIB/SER.B/5/Rev. 5. Sales No.: 98.I.6. Bibliographical Series/Dag Hammarskjöld Library; No. 5/Rev.5. Access from [https://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/symbol.htm Document Symbols : United Nations Documentation (UN).] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016073359/http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/symbol.htm |date=October 16, 2008 }} With the addition of new bodies and functions, the documentation scheme evolves to keep pace.[https://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide UN Documentation : Research Guide : Detailed Table of Contents : United Nations.] Dag Hammarskjöld Library


==Online access to documents==
==Online access to documents and consolidation==
In 2001 the United Nations transferred its platform for electronic storage and distribution of documents, in operation since 1991, from internal accessibility to Web-based access. The revised system, to enable unrestricted public access over the Internet, was called the Official Document System (ODS).{{UN document |docid=A-56-120-Rev.1 |type=Report of the Secretary-General. |body=General Assembly |session=56. |document_number=A/56/120/Rev.1, |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=1 October 2001 |title=Re-engineering of the optical disk system.}}{{UN document |docid=A-C.5-56-12 |type=Report of the Secretary-General. |highlight=rect_192,479_814,780 |page=4 |body=General Assembly |session=56. |document_number=A/C.5/56/12. |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=20 November 2001 |title=Simultaneous availability of parliamentary documentation in electronic form in the six official languages on the United Nations web site.}} Parallel development of an Integrated Library Management System, to facilitate indexing of documents with links to ODS, was delayed until 2002 by budget cuts.{{UN document |docid=A-AC.198-2002-2. |type=Report of the Secretary General. |body=Committee on Information |page=16 |document_number=A/AC.198/2002/2. |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=25 March 2002 |title=Reorientation of United Nations activities in the field of public information and communications.}}
In 2001 the United Nations transferred its platform for electronic storage and distribution of documents, in operation since 1991, from internal accessibility to Web-based access. The revised system, to enable unrestricted public access over the Internet, was called the [[United Nations Official Document System|Official Document System]] (ODS).{{UN document |docid=A-56-120-Rev.1 |type=Report of the Secretary-General. |body=General Assembly |session=56. |document_number=A/56/120/Rev.1, |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=1 October 2001 |title=Re-engineering of the optical disk system.}}{{UN document |docid=A-C.5-56-12 |type=Report of the Secretary-General. |highlight=rect_192,479_814,780 |page=4 |body=General Assembly |session=56. |document_number=A/C.5/56/12. |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=20 November 2001 |title=Simultaneous availability of parliamentary documentation in electronic form in the six official languages on the United Nations web site.}}
Parallel development of an [[Integrated library system|Integrated Library Management System]], to facilitate indexing of documents with links to ODS, was delayed until 2002 by budget cuts.{{UN document |docid=A-AC.198-2002-2. |type=Report of the Secretary General. |body=Committee on Information |page=16 |document_number=A/AC.198/2002/2. |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=25 March 2002 |title=Reorientation of United Nations activities in the field of public information and communications.}}


In 2004 the project to digitize older archived documents and upload them in electronic form was under way and ready to be made available once the system was opened up to the public at large.{{UN document |docid=A-AC.198-2004-2 |type=Report of the Secretary-General |body=Committee on Information |highlight=rect_192,578_810,963 |page=17 |session=26. |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=24 February 2004|title=Reorientation of United Nations activities in the field of public information and communications}}{{UN document |docid=A-AC.198-2004-4 |type=Report of the Secretary-General |highlight=rect_190,225_819,604 |page=11 |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=17 February 2004|body=Committee on Information|title=Modernization and integrated management of United Nations libraries and in-depth review of library activities}} In 2007 the need for a proper [[content management system]] was recognized as a long-term solution.{{UN document |docid=A-AC.198-2007-3 |type=Report of the Secretary General |page=8 |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=21 February 2007|body=Committee on Information|title=The United Nations website: progress towards parity among official languages, accessibility and content management}} Since 2007, the global Making Commitments Matter Initiative is concerned with the creation of a searchable database of UN resolutions and conventions (UN-informed.org).
In 2004 the project to digitize older archived documents and upload them in electronic form was under way and ready to be made available once the system was opened up to the public at large.{{UN document |docid=A-AC.198-2004-2 |type=Report of the Secretary-General |body=Committee on Information |highlight=rect_192,578_810,963 |page=17 |session=26. |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=24 February 2004|title=Reorientation of United Nations activities in the field of public information and communications}}{{UN document |docid=A-AC.198-2004-4 |type=Report of the Secretary-General |highlight=rect_190,225_819,604 |page=11 |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=17 February 2004|body=Committee on Information|title=Modernization and integrated management of United Nations libraries and in-depth review of library activities}} In 2007 the need for a proper [[content management system]] was recognized as a long-term solution.{{UN document |docid=A-AC.198-2007-3 |type=Report of the Secretary General |page=8 |accessdate=2008-07-15|date=21 February 2007|body=Committee on Information|title=The United Nations website: progress towards parity among official languages, accessibility and content management}} Since 2007, the global Making Commitments Matter Initiative is concerned with the creation of a searchable database of UN resolutions and conventions (UN-informed.org).

The United Nations maintains several online [[Consolidation (law)|consolidation (legislation) systems]] for international law (treaties, legislation, sanctions lists), and specific areas of national legislation, though it does not consolidate all national laws of all member states into one single repository. National laws are essential for [[Comparative law|comparative legal]] studies and for monitoring a State's [[compliance]] with the [[International treaties|international instruments]] it has [[ratified]]. {{Cite web |title=United Nations Security Council Consolidated List {{!}} Security Council |url=https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/un-sc-consolidated-list |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=main.un.org}}


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