United Nations Research Guide: Statistics
Key Resources
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UN's Dag Hammarskjöld Library Research GuidesAuthoritative description of the United Nations system
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United Nations Treaty Collection This link opens in a new window Contains full-text of the United Nations Treaty Series, the United Nations Treaty Series Cumulative Index, and the League of Nations Treaty Series, the current status of the Multilateral Treaties deposited with the Secretary-General, and texts of recently deposited multilateral treaties.
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United Nations Yearbook Collection This link opens in a new window
Statistical Resources from the United Nations
The UN Statistics Division provides a variety of information via its web site.
- UNData
- Comtrade provides trade data from 1962 - present. "Every year over 130 countries provide the United Nations Statistics Division with their annual international trade statistics, detailed by commodity and partner country."
Two print publications stand-out:
Most United Nations statistics are published by the Secretariat. They are well-indexed by the Index to International Statistics (IIS). Published since 1983, IIS indexes the publications of international organizations and reproduces them in microfiche. The index is available in print (fAI1 .I49 [Main Reference]). The corresponding microfiche collection is located in the Main Library Media Services.
