Explore Every Word: Full-Text Search for Security Council Resolutions Is Here!
The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library digitized Security Council resolutions from 1946 to present. They are now accessible and fully searchable in the United Nations Digital Library.
What We Do
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library’s digitalization initiative preserves and enhances access to the United Nations' documentary history, providing cost-free and easy access to a global audience.
Digitalized Document Series
Access a list of our digitized collections, including resolutions & decisions made by UN's Principal Organs since 1946, a variety of Benchmark Series, and on the SDGs.
Collaborations
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library (DHL) welcomes collaborative partnerships in preserving and providing public access to the United Nations’ vast documentary heritage.
Insight Series Keynote: International Open Access Week
Focusing on the past, present and future of Open Access, the event took place on 23 October 2024. Watch the recording.
Enhancing Gender Data on UN Security Council Representatives
The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library has completed a notable project that enriches the data available on the historic gender ratio of UN Security Council representatives.
2023: A Year of Innovation & Progress for the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library
In 2023, the United Nations Headquarters Library marked a year of significant transformation and notable achievements.
Help shape the future: Take the UN Library Global Survey
The UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library in New York is launching to gather feedback from our diverse communities.
Implementing for Impact: Measuring Open Science for the SDGs
This HLPF side event virtual panel took place on 17 July 2024. Watch the recording.
Digital threats to the achievement of the SDGs: Libraries as the target
A side event at the 9th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals that took place on 09 May 2024.
The Blue Book (1946-1994)
The Blue Book provides a list of the representatives of Member States to the United Nations. The complete collection from 1946 up to today is now conveniently accessible and searchable in the .
A Right to Read without being Read: Data Collection and the Scholarly Record
The right to privacy is a fundamental human right. But what does privacy look like in the digital age? Watch the recording.
Digitization Update – International Conference on Human Rights
In preparation for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 2023, the Dag Hammarskjöld Library digitized the complete documentation of the International Conference on Human Rights held in Teheran, Iran, from 22 April to 13 May 1968.
Universal Access to Information
Celebrating the International Day for Universal Access to Information. The event took place on 28 September, 2023. Watch the recording.
Policy makes Practice: Open Science and Public Funding for the Public Good
This virtual side event to the High-Level Political Forum took place on 12 July 2023. WATCH THE RECORDING.