United Nations Research Questions

Question #1:  

What are “essential medicines”?  (This concept arises in global health and trade matters because providing essential medicines might require waiving trade barriers or taxes.)

—Glossaries:   http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/United_Nations_Research1.htm#_Glossaries_for_UN_functions

 

Question #2:

What records does the U.N. have about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?

UNbisnet  http://unbisnet.un.org/

Search for UN publications and other items in the UN library

-         -note link to UN System Libraries http://www.unsystem.org/en/libraRies/index.html

-         - try Jois (World Bank catalog— note research guides)

 

Question #4:
Who is Andreas Mavrommatis?

— Index to speeches:  (scroll down in UNBISNET http://unbisnet.un.org.)

 

Question #5:
Is there currently someone from Russia serving on the Advisory Board on Disarmament?

— Directory search: http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/United_Nations_Research.htm#_Directories_of_UN_staff and compone 

See also the list of UN Entities  List of Entities

http://www.unsystem.org/

 

Question #6: 
What is the latest information on corruption in Africa?

What is the UN doing in relation to the world’s financial crisis?

—-U.N. News Center (links to all U.N. news outlets) http://www.un.org/News/

 

Question #7:

Question:  The U.N. seems to do a lot of diverse work on human rights.  It has numerous units working on human rights.  How do I find out the different responsibilities of these units?  Can I also find out what kinds of publications they produce?

— UN Research Guides search: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/spechr.htm
(Link to research guides from UNBISNET)

 

Question #8:
If there isn’t a research guide for my topic, is there a U.N. source that enables me to browse according to issue and see internal resource leads?

— Issues on the U.N. Agenda search:  http://www.un.org/issues/

 

Question #9: 
What official U.N. documents, not internal memos and other sundries, tell plans for dealing with the issue of child soldiers?

— Official Documents System  ODS  http://documents.un.org/advance.asp

Question #10: 
If you were responsible for negotiating a treaty, where could you get some coaching on how clauses are drafted and how the UN treaty process works?

— UN International Law Portal

http://www.un.org/law/
tribunals, treaties, research guide, legal technical assistance (browse by dep’t or subject)

 

Question #11:

Every now and then I hear that the UN has sanctioned some country for something.  What are UN sanctions all about?

—UN Documents Center http://www.un.org/documents/

Search according to type of documents

 

Question #12: 

How is international peace and security different today than it was ten years ago? 

— UN Yearbook  http://unyearbook.un.org/

 

Question #13:

Is it true that in 2004 a UN employee sued the UN to have his domestic partner recognized as entitled to UN employee benefits equivalent to spousal benefits?

– UN Juridical Yearbook   http://www.un.org/law/UNJuridicalYearbook/index.htm