United Nations materials
Footnotes
Consult the table at 9.2 for the elements to include when citing UN documents and which order to include them. Rules 9.2.1 to 9.2.13 provide further guidance.
If the document can be easily located using an official UN database using the UN document number, only the following elements are necessary:
Footnote template
Author, Title, Resolution or Decision Number, UN Document number (Full date) Pinpoint.
Footnote example
Fatma Zohra Ksentini, Report of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, UN Doc E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/9 (6 July 1994) 7.
Bibliography
Bibliography template
Author, Title, Resolution or Decision Number, UN Document number (Full date)
See Rule 9.6 in AGLC4 style guide for all element options of UN Documents.
Bibliography example
Ksentini, Fatma Zohra, Report of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, UN Doc E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/9 (6 July 1994)
Style notes for United Nations material
- Short titles can be added to UN documents to help with subsequent references. See 1.4.4.
- Pinpoint references use the same abbreviated designations as shown in 3.1.4.
- When a document has both page and paragraph numbers, you must use the paragraph numbers. Page numbers may be included in addition to paragraphs.
- Rules 9.2.1 to 9.2.13 provide further guidance on individual elements of UN materials.
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