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Internet Resources:<br />

United Nations<br />

http://www.un.org<br />

UN System Chart<br />

http://www.un.org/aboutun/chart.html<br />

<strong>International</strong> Court of Justice<br />

http://www.icj-cij.org<br />

United Nations High Commissioner for Human<br />

Rights<br />

http://www.unhchr.ch<br />

UN High Commissioner for Refugees<br />

http://www.unhcr.ch<br />

<strong>International</strong> Criminal Court<br />

http://www.un.org/law/icc/index.html<br />

II. CITATION GUIDE<br />

1.0 Basic Treaties<br />

1.1 UN Charter<br />

United Nations Development Programme<br />

http://www.undp.org/<br />

UN Educational, Scientific <strong>and</strong> Cultural<br />

Organization<br />

http://www.unesco.org<br />

Food <strong>and</strong> Agriculture Organization of the UN<br />

http://www.fao.org/<br />

World Health Organization<br />

http://www.who.int/en/<br />

<strong>International</strong> Labor Organization<br />

http://www.ilo.org<br />

World Bank<br />

http://www.worldbank.org/<br />

Cite the U.N. Charter by title (in capital letters), <strong>and</strong> subdivisions referenced:<br />

U.N. CHARTER, art.2, para.4.<br />

1.2 Basic Treaties<br />

See Section 1.0 on Treaties <strong>and</strong> Conventions (on page 266) for a citation guide <strong>to</strong> major<br />

multilateral treaties deposited with the UN.<br />

2.0 Documents<br />

The UN uses a document symbol system, used throughout this section, which is described in<br />

more detail beginning in section 2.3 below.<br />

2.1 Official Documents<br />

2.1.1 Security Council Resolutions (Security Council Official Record)<br />

Formally, cite Security Council resolutions by resolution number [S.C. Res. #], source (the<br />

Security Council Official Record, abbreviated “U.N. SCOR”), volume title <strong>and</strong> section (if<br />

applicable), page referenced, U.N. document symbol, year of publication (in parentheses), <strong>and</strong><br />

paragraph referenced (if necessary):<br />

S.C. Res. 1141, U.N. SCOR, 52d Year, Resolutions <strong>and</strong> Decisions of the Security<br />

Council 1997, at 91, U.N. Doc. S/INF/53 (1999).<br />

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