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
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
