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United Nations Digital Library
https://digitallibrary.un.org/
Introductory video: https://youtu.be/HUuM44pkklU
The new United Nations Digital Library (UNDL) provides easy access to documents, maps and voting data, as well as non-sales publications and will help citizens and researchers of the world find the UN information they need, quickly and accurately. It provides one global point of access to UN information – current and historical; content is updated daily.
What can you find in the United Nations Digital Library? UN documents and open access publications, UN voting data and speeches, UN maps, UN content freely available around the world, Content in 6+ languages.

Official Documents of the United Nations 
https://documents.un.org/
The Official Document System (ODS) is an online database of UN documents that was first launched in 1993 and updated in 2016. ODS has full-text, born-digital UN documents published from 1993 onward, including documents of the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiaries, as well as administrative issuances and other documents.
The database also includes scanned documents published between 1946 and 1993, including all resolutions of the principal organs, all documents of the Security Council and the General Assembly Official Records. Documents are available in the official languages of the UN; some documents are also available in German.
ODS does not have the following types of materials: documents issued before 1993 that have not yet been digitized, press releases, sales publications, such as the Yearbook and the Treaty Series
, and documents that do not have a UN symbol. 

iGov: Portal to the work of intergovernmental bodies
https://igov.un.org/
Ever wonder where to easily access information on formal and informal meetings of UN intergovernmental bodies? Check out the newly launched iGov. Serving as the public face of e-deleGATE, iGov is a gateway to intergovernmental data. It allows users to cross-reference meetings, documents, and agenda items and obtain comprehensive information across different search criteria. It provides a snapshot overview of future and past meetings with links to the list of speakers, voting results, and other relevant materials such as those from informal documents and letters. iGov gives access to the latest information on the schedule of meetings, lists of proposals, draft and adopted resolutions and decisions, and documentation. Created by the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council Affairs Division of the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM), iGov is part of the Secretariat’s response to mandates contained in General Assembly resolution 77/335, which calls upon its subsidiary organs to use, as much as possible, existing e-deleGATE modules and requested the Secretariat to consolidate such services. The initiative enhances the quality and availability of information on intergovernmental bodies for Member States, observers, UN entities, civil society, and the wider public. With a mobile-friendly design, iGov can be navigated using a keyboard and screen readers. The static text in the portal is available in all six UN languages. The current launch comprises information related to the General Assembly Plenary and the Third Committee.

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