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The United Nations Department of Public Information launched on 9 October the first ever online version of the Yearbook of the United Nations, the Organization's flagship research publication. The new website provides free public access to the 59 volumes of the Yearbook collection, detailing the work and achievements of the United Nations system over the first 60 years of its existence (1946-2005).
The new site incorporates a user-friendly search function, allowing users to locate any Yearbook reference using key words, phrases or document symbols, by year or range of years. The new website is expected not only serve as a strong research tool, but to also help users better understand global issues as they affect them, also broadening the Organization's outreach to the public.
The Yearbook of the United Nations is the most comprehensive and authoritative work on the Organization. Each Yearbook volume provides analysis, is fully indexed, and includes the texts of, and votes on, all major General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions.
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