United Nations Correspondence Manual - UNU
United Nations Correspondence Manual - UNU
United Nations Correspondence Manual - UNU
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Some points<br />
of style<br />
32<br />
chairpersons<br />
of the Main Committees of the General Assembly, to establish a drafting<br />
committee whose chairperson would report …<br />
But: Chairperson of the Fifth Committee<br />
chapter chapter II<br />
But: Chapter when making a general or a specific reference to a Chapter of<br />
the Charter of the <strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong> and the Statute of the International<br />
Court of Justice<br />
chargé d’affaires<br />
But: Chargé d’affaires of the Permanent Mission of Andorra to the <strong>United</strong><br />
<strong>Nations</strong><br />
commission(s)<br />
regional commissions<br />
But: Commission (when used as a short title of a specific body that has<br />
already been mentioned), Economic Commission for Africa<br />
committee(s)<br />
the committees of the General Assembly<br />
But: Committee (when used as a short title), the Main Committees of the<br />
General Assembly<br />
conference<br />
But: Conference (when used as a short title of a specific conference that has<br />
already been mentioned), the World Conference on Human Rights<br />
conference room, conference room paper<br />
But: Conference Room 4<br />
constitution<br />
a written constitution, the constitutions of many States<br />
But: Constitution in a specific reference to the Constitution of a State, a<br />
specialized agency and the like, for example, article 28 of the<br />
Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia … as provided in the<br />
Constitution of the World Health Organization<br />
consultant<br />
continent, for example, the continent of Africa<br />
continental shelf<br />
Contracting Party<br />
in the text of treaties, conventions and the like, otherwise lower case<br />
convention<br />
But: Convention, in citing the title of a specific instrument, for example, the<br />
Convention on the Rights of the Child<br />
council<br />
But: when using it as a short title, as noun or adjective, for example, Council<br />
resolution 1979/81<br />
Dag Hammarskjöld Library (Auditorium, Building)<br />
decade<br />
But: First <strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong> Development Decade, Decade for Women
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