Dag Hammarskjöld Library at Uppsala University
Session Documents
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For each session of the General Assembly a large amount of working documents
are issued as reports, draft resolutions and declarations, exchange of letters speeches, notes etc.
Documentation
The working documents of the General Assembly carry the following symbols:
A/ General Assembly |
-/session number |
-/consecutive number |
Ex. A/55/137 General Assembly, 55th session, document 137 = Assistance to the Palestinian People |
Working documents in print for the period 1946-1992 will be found in the UN collection of the
Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and in the libraries at UN Headquarters in New York
and Geneva.
Databases and Indexes
From 1993 onwards the session documents are published electronically through the Official Document System of the United Nations - ODS.
References for session documents can be retrieved from the UN online library catalogue UNBISnet with links to full text for recent years.
From the 55th session onwards a large amount of full text working documents from the sessions are posted at the UN official web site, Documents, General Assembly, Sessions.
Printed Indexes
All working documents from are listed in the United Nations Documents Index. A complete series of indexes will be found in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and in the libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.