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Letters
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In the exchange of letters between the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council you can find the background information on issues brought before the Security Council. Here the Secretary-General may notify the Security Council on a certain conflict situation and in his answer, the President of the Security Council gives a short summary of the actions by the Council. Relevant reports and studies are often included as attachments.
Documentation
The letters are issued as individual documents published electronically for recent years at the UN official web site, Documents, Security Council, Exchange of letters between the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council.
Letters in print for the years 1946-1992 are available through 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 letters can be retrieved through the United Nations Official Document System - ODS.
References to the letters with links to full texts for recent years can be retrieved from the UN online catalogue UNBISnet.
Printed Indexes
References to all letters are included in the United Nations Documents Index. A complete collection of indexes is held by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.