Most U.S. libraries are following the practice of the Library of Congress which classifies many U.N. materials according to subject, assigning to them call numbers from various classification schedules (JZ, K, KZ, etc.). The result is that not all U.N. materials are shelved together but will be found in various sections of the library. In order to facilitate United Nations research, Boalt Law Library is not following this practice but is customizing Library of Congress classification schedules: all numbers for U.N. materials contained in the JZ schedule and any other classification schedule are being absorbed into one schedule, the KZ schedule. Thus all primary and secondary U.N. sources are assigned call numbers ranging from KZ4935 to KZ5179 and shelved together in the U.N. Room and the adjacent stack area. We trust that this will facilitate their use.
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Classification
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Section
Number
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Content
& Comments
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KJ61
through
KJ71
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1 - 2
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Explanatory
Note:
Published
before 1998, these secondary United Nations sources are being
reclassified according to Boalt’s new classification
schedule for U.N. materials and will eventually be assigned a
number in the KZ4935 to KZ5009.5 classification range.
KJ61:
works on the UN in general or on various UN related topics;
KJ62:
works on the history of the United Nations;
KJ63:
works on the U.N. Charter;
KJ64:
works on the General Assembly’s mandate and activities;
KJ65:
works on the Security Council’s mandate and work;
KJ66:
works on the Economic and Social Council;
KJ67:
works on the Trusteeship Council;
KJ68:
works on the U.N. Secretariat;
KJ71: works on other U.N. bodies
(e.g. KJ71 E53 Emergency Forces, including U.N. Peacekeeping and
Peacemaking Operations)
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KZ4935
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2 - 3
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Bibliographic periodicals covering
all aspects of U.N. activities.
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KZ4936
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3
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Monographic bibliographies and
other finding aids for U.N. research in general.
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KZ4945
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3 - 4
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Periodicals - annual, quarterly,
monthly - reporting on the work of the United Nations in general.
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KZ4947
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4 – 5
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Yearbook of the United Nations,
1946/1947-
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KZ4949
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5
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United Nations Juridical Yearbook,
1962- and Cumulative Index.
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KZ4951
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5
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Unofficial yearbooks (published by
others than the U.N.), evaluating mandate & work of the
Organization.
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KZ4952
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5
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Monographic series, dealing with
the work or structure of the U.N. or the (larger) U.N. System of
Organizations (incl. e.g. the ILO)
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KZ4957
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5
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Collections & compilations of
United Nations’ “official acts” such as
resolutions and decisions, with focus on the Organization as a
whole (not just on one UN organ).
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KZ4968
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5
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Encyclopedias
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KZ4969
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5
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Dictionaries, thesauri, etc.
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KZ4970
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5
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Handbooks, reference aids and
treatises dealing with the UN in general.
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KZ4970.52
through KZ4970.59
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Explanatory
Note:
This
number range deals with U.N. involvement in regions or countries
(multifaceted involvement):
Here
are classed works which do not focus on U.N. mandates
dealing with a specific issue or topic (e.g. promoting human
rights) but which focus on U.N. activities and assistance in a
particular region (or one country thereof), addressing several
issues or problems of the region or country.
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KZ4970.52
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5
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U.N. involvement in North America
& the West Indies
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KZ4970.53
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5
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U.N. involvement in South America
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KZ4970.54
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5
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U.N. involvement in Europe
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KZ4970.5
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5
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U.N. involvement in Asia
(excluding the Middle East)
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KZ4970.56
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5
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U.N. involvement in the Middle
East
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KZ4970.57
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5
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U.N. involvement in Africa
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KZ4971
through
KZ4976
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Explanatory
Note:
Works classified in KZ4971 through
KZ4976 focus on U.N. actions, activities or tasks which are based
directly or indirectly on mandates given by the Charter such as
the settlement of international disputes, human rights protection,
assistance to refugees, world-wide poverty reduction, etc.
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KZ4971
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6
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Maintenance of international peace
and security (including disarmament and conflict resolution) as
well as the development of friendly relations among nations.
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KZ4972
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6
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U.N. efforts to promote
international cooperation in solving economic and financial
problems; efforts towards a higher standard of living (especially
for developing countries) through trade facilitation and a
sustainable development,
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KZ4972.5
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6
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U.N. efforts to promote
international cooperation for the protection of the environment in
the interest of mankind
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KZ4973
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6
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U.N. efforts for social concerns,
including health and disability issues
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KZ4974
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6
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U.N.
human rights protection, promotion and treaty monitoring
activities. This includes a wide array of U.N. activities for the
protection of human rights, including the monitoring of women’s
rights and promoting women’s advancement as well as the
monitoring of children’s rights and protecting the rights of
indigenous peoples.
Note that works focusing on one
particular U.N. human rights body are not classed in KZ4974 but in
KZ5009.5, e.g. books discussing the work of the Human Rights
Committee are classed in KZ5009.5 H86.
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KZ4975
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6
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The
United Nations and decolonization and trusteeship issues.
(Note that works discussing mainly
the Trusteeship Council are classed in KZ5007.5 and KZ5007.7)
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KZ4976
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6
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Administrative, personnel and
budgetary questions of the United Nations.
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KZ4978
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6
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Formbooks and graphic materials
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KZ4979
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6
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Directories & Information
Guides to the United Nations
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KZ4984
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6
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Non-governmental
conferences, symposia, roundtables
(for conferences initiated and
documented by the United Nations see KZ5090
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KZ4986
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6
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General works on the organization
law (constitution) of the U.N.
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KZ4988.2
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6
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Works on the Dumbarton Oaks
Conference (1944)
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KZ4988.5
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6
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Documents of the United Nations
Conference on International Organization (1945)
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KZ4991
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7
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Treatises
on the U.N. Charter incl. commentaries and the series Repertory
of Practice of United Nations Organs.
Click
here and view Boalt’s
catalog record for the Repertory of practice (containing a
link to the online version).
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KZ4992
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7
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Constitutional principles of the
U.N.: rule of law
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KZ4992.7
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7
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United Nations law-making and
cooperation: treaties and agreements concluded by member nations
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KZ4997
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7
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Expansion and termination of
membership
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KZ4997.5
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7
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U.N. relations with member nations
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KZ4997.5 U55
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7
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U.S. participation in the U.N. /
U.S. policy towards the U.N.
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KZ4998
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7
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Sovereignty questions, incl.
immunity of member nations
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KZ5003.A
through Z
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U.N. relation with
intergovernmental organizations and other international
organizations, A-Z
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KZ5003.C68
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7
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The United Nations and the Council
of Europe
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KZ5003.O735
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7
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The United Nations and the
Organization of African Unity
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KZ5003.O74
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7
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The United Nations and the
Organization of American States
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KZ5005.2
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7
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Publications focusing on various
U.N. organs, bodies & programs; for works on a particular U.N.
body see KZ5006 through KZ5009.5
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KZ5006
through
KZ5009.5
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Explanatory
Note:
Here are classed works which focus
on one particular U.N. body, program or office.
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KZ5006
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7
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U.N. General Assembly: indexes and
other finding aids
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KZ5006.2
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8
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U.N. General Assembly: periodicals
& books dealing with the Assembly, incl. compilations of its
resolutions
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KZ5006.5
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8
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U.N. Security Council: indexes and
other finding aids
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KZ5006.7
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8
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U.N. Security Council:
publications focusing on the Council
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KZ5007
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8
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U.N. Economic and Social Council:
indexes & other finding aids
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KZ5007.3
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8
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U.N. Economic and Social Council:
publications dealing mainly with the Council
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KZ5007.5
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8
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U.N. Trusteeship Council: indexes
and other finding aids
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KZ5007.7
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8
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U.N. Trusteeship Council:
publications focusing on the Council
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KZ5008
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8
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U.N. Secretariat: publications
dealing mainly with the secretariat and/or Secretary-Generals
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KZ5008.5
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8
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Office of the U.N. High
Commissioner for Human Rights
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KZ5009
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8
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Office of the U.N. High
Commissioner for Refugees
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KZ5009.5 A-Z
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Explanatory
Note:
KZ5009.5 is used for bringing all
publications together that focus on U.N. organs, bodies and
programs other than those listed above; the present subdividing of
KZ5009.5 shown below can be expected to grow once new publications
on other UN bodies are received (or older works reclassified).
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KZ5009.5.C66
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8
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Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women
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KZ5009.5.H66
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8
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Human Rights Committee
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KZ5009.5.L29
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8 – 9
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International Law Commission
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KZ5009.5.S64
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9
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Special Committee on the Situation
with Regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the
Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples
(“Decolonization Committee”)
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KZ5009.5.T67
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9
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Committee against Torture
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KZ5009.5.T73
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9
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Trade and Development Board
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KZ5009.5.T73 I55
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9
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Trade and Development Board.
Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy
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KZ5009.5.T735
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9
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United Nations Commission on
International Trade Law
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KZ5009.5.U543
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9
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United Nations Compensation
Committee
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KZ5009.5.U545
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9
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United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development
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KZ5009.5.U555
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9
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United Nations Environment
Programme
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KZ5010.2
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10-17
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General
Assembly Official Records (GAOR): regular sessions (1946-);
arranged by session; each session is subarranged/bound as follows:
plenary meetings, annexes, committee meeting records, supplements
(the last numbered supplement usually contains resolutions).Click
here and link to Boalt’s
catalog record for a more detailed description of the series.
Note:
Resolutions adopted during the first 20 sessions are not
bound/shelved with supplements but with the plenary meetings of
that session. Click
here and link to Boalt’s
catalog record for a more detailed description of resolution
supplements.
Note also that for the
1st-18th sessions, the Annual Report of
the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization (issued
as Supplement No.1 for each session) is bound separately and
shelved at the beginning of the GAOR series.
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KZ5010.3
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18
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General
Assembly Official Records (GAOR): special sessions.
Arranged
by session.
Click
here and link to Boalt’s
catalog record for a more detailed description.
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KZ5030
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18-19
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Security
Council Official Records (SCOR) 1946-
Arranged
by year (1st year: 1946); each year is subarranged as
follows: meetings, supplements, special supplements, resolutions.
Click
here and link to Boalt’s
catalog record for a more detailed description of the series.
Note: Resolutions adopted
during the first 20 years are bound in one volume and shelved at
the beginning of the SCOR series. Click
here and link to Boalt’s
catalog record for a more detailed description of annual
resolution compilations.
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KZ5040
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19
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Atomic Energy Commission Official
Records (AECOR), 1952-72.
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KZ5045
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19
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Disarmament Commission Official
Records (DCOR), 1952-1972.
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KZ5050
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19-22
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Economic
and Social Council Official Records (ESCOR), 1946-
Arranged
by sessions from 1946-1977; from 1978 onward arranged by year.
Click
here and view Boalt’s
catalog record for a more detailed description of the series.
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KZ5060
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22
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Trusteeship
Council Official Records (TCOR), 1947- ; by session.
Click
here and view Boalt’s
catalog record for a more detailed description of the series.
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KZ5070.2
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22
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Trade &
Development Board Official Records (TDBOR), 1965-1992. Regular and
special sessions are shelved together, in chronological order.
Click
here and view Boalt’s
catalog record for a more detailed description of the regular
sessions. (For the catalog record covering the special sessions,
click
here.)
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KZ5090
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23
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United Nations conferences:
official records, proceedings, final acts issued as UN sales
publications; arranged by UN document symbol, A/CONF.- &
E/CONF.-; for conference documentation issued as
masthead/mimeographed documents, see KZ5160 A/CONF.- & KZ5160
E/CONF.-
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KZ5100-KZ5116
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23-25
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Explanatory
Note:
Here
are classed UN sales publications which do not fit into any of the
classification numbers for United Nations materials listed above.
The last one or two digits of each of these classification numbers
incorporates a UN sales number category, e.g. KZ5100 is assigned
to publications issued in sales number category 0, KZ5105 is
assigned to publications issued in sales number category V, etc.
Call numbers within KZ5100-KZ5116
are composed of a classification number followed by either a title
cutter (for serials) or an individual UN sales no. (for
monographs). For example, a UN publication carrying the sales no.
E.01.V.3 will be assigned the call number KZ5105 01.V.3 (unless
the publication would fit into the classification number range
from KZ4935 to KZ5090). Note that the language element of the
sales number (here “E”) is never included in the call
number.
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KZ5100
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23
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category 0
(Advisory Committee for the
Co-ordination of Information Systems (ACCIS) publications, United
Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) publications
and miscellaneous other publications, all printed in Geneva).
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KZ5101
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23
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category I
(general information and
reference).
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KZ5102.01
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23
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category II.A
(business, economics, science and
technology).
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KZ5102.02
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23
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category II.B
(economic development).
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KZ5102.03
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23-24
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category II.C
(world economy).
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KZ5102.04
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24
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category II.D
(trade, finance and commerce).
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KZ5102.05
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24
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category II.E
(Economic Commission for Europe
(ECE) publications).
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KZ5102.06
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24
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category II.F
(Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) publications).
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KZ5102.07
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24A
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category II.G
(Economic Commission for Latin
America and the Caribbean (ECLAC/CEPAL) publications).
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KZ5103.02
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24A
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category III.B
(United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) publications).
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KZ5104
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24A
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category IV
(social questions).
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KZ5105
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25
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category V
(international law; for
publications on the law of the sea, see KZ5105.01).
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KZ5105.01
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25
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category V
(law of the sea).
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KZ5109
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25
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category IX
(disarmament and atomic energy).
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KZ5111
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25
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category XI
(narcotic drugs).
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KZ5113
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25
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category XIII
(demography).
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KZ5114
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25
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category XIV
(human rights).
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KZ5116
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25
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category XVI
(public finance and fiscal
questions)
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KZ5117
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25
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UN
sales publications issued in UN sales number category XVII
(international statistics)
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KZ5160
A/- through DP/-
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26-41
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United
Nations documentation, issued in document series A/- through DP/-
and arranged in alphanumeric order by document symbol.
View
Boalt’s catalog records for the following important masthead
document series (aka as “mimeos”) by clicking the
wanted series:
A/CN.4/-
International
Law Commission documents
A/CN.9/-
UN
Commission for International Trade Law documents
A/RES/-
General
Assembly resolutions.
Please note that until
completion of the reclassification project, some UN sales
publications will still be found here; from 1998 onward only
masthead/mimeographed documents are filed, bound and shelved in
KZ5160, whereas new sales publications are classified in KZ4935 to
KZ5116.
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KZ5160
E/- through WFC/-
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stack
area
adja-
cent
to UN
Room
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United
Nations documentation, issued in document series E/- through WFC/-
and arranged in alphanumeric order by document symbol (see signs
for additional shelving information).
View
Boalt’s catalog records for the following important masthead
document series (aka as “mimeos”) by clicking the
wanted series:
S/-
Security
Council documents
S/RES/-
Resolution
adopted by the Security Council
TD/COM.2/CLP/-
Documents
of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and
Policy
Please note that until completion
of the reclassification project, some U.N. sales publications will
still be found here; from 1998 onward only masthead/mimeographed
documents are filed, bound and shelved in KZ5160, whereas new
sales publications are classified in KZ4935 to KZ5116.
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