International Organizations

1. International Organizations

2. Intergovernmental OrganizationIGO • established by treaty • is a legal entity w/ int’l legal status - can enter into treaties • probably has a legislative body (of gov’t representatives) • may have a dispute resolution body • may have an executive body (secretariat) Non-governmental OrganizationNGO • no international legal status • non-governmental representatives • may serve consultative role to IGOs • some are very influential

3. IGOs play a role in creating international law: • facilitating and participating in treaty making • producing soft law via non-treaty obligations from resolutions, declarations, etc.

4. international agencies

6. International agencies • Other subject headings to consider: • intergovernmental cooperation • international organization • regionalism (international organization) • or search by ind'l organization name

8. atomic .int

9. But remember that many int'l orgs have a domain of .org instead of .int

10. Periodical Articles • Lexis & Westlaw • LegalTrac • Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals • Index to Legal Periodicals

11. http://www.ciaonet.org Columbia International Affairs Online • gathers working & occasional papers from research institutes, NGOs, foundations and conferences • includes much full text even w/o a subscription

12. Directories and Research Guides

13. http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/research/researchguides/wtogattresearch/index.htmhttp://www.law.nyu.edu/library/research/researchguides/wtogattresearch/index.htm

14. http://www.eisil.org/index.php?cat=15&t=sub_pages provides information and links to helpful IGO and NGO resources

15. Concise source of information about int’l organizations, including IGOs, NGOs, and others: • address • Purpose • Publications • consultative status • relations with IGOs

16. The Union of International Associations publishes the Yearbook of International Organizations and provides an online version (subscription only). Other resources on the site are free, however. The Law Library gets the yearbook in print occasionally and the Main Library gets it every year. http://www.diversitas.org/db/x.php

23. United Nations United Nations http://www.un.org

26. UN Research: getting started

31. General Assembly Resolutions

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37. PDF of the document

38. UN Official Documentation System - ODS

42. Draft documents are produced as “masthead” or “mimeographed” docs - we buy and shelve in the Basement by their document #, e.g., “A/55/582/Add.1” Resolution #

43. Sample UN Document Numbers

45. Access UN - index to UN documents - does contain some full-text but is mostly just an index Get to Access UN through GIL or through GALILEO Access UN Access UN

48. Use the document number to search further online or to find print copy in the Basement

49. Bluebook requires that you cite UN resolutions to: • the official records for that UN entity, e.g., GAOR is the official records of the General Assembly, SCOR is for Security Council Official Records; or • the online version • See Rule 21.7.2 • The Main Library subscribes to the official records • We purchase selected official records, including the supplement coming out after each GA session containing all resolutions and decisions from that session