United Nations Scholars' Workstation: Databases for UN Information

Databases for UN Information

UN Databases, Dag Hammerskjöld Library, United Nations (New York))

Treaty Databases

Treaty Body Database, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva
Monitors the principal international human rights treaties, also know as conventional mechanisms and includes:

full texts of State reports submitted under these treaties

concluding observations or comments

general comments and recommendations

other basic documents submitted to and issued by the treaty bodies

Searchable by treaty, country, type of document, and symbol.

United Nations Treaty Collection
The United Nations Treaty Collection database includes the Status of Multilateral Treaties Deposited with the Secretary-General, the United Nations Treaty Series Cumulative Index, full text of over 40,000 bilateral and multilateral treaties and subsequent actions, and texts of recently deposited multilateral treaties.

Numeric Data

UN Data
UN data searches 55 million records across multiple databases.

For more numeric data resources, see Data & Statistics in the Social Sciences (Yale Library subject guide)

Selected Subject Databases

Contemporary Women's Issues
The Contemporary Women's Issues database provides full-text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies are easily accessed through CWI. Information on women in over 190 countries is compiled in a single collection bringing together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health, education, business administration and political science.

E-MINE: The Electronic Mine Information Network
Provides program reports, country and area reports, and casualties and incidents on a country-by-country basis, covering the land mine crisis.

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