Backgrounders

Overview of websites within the UN system on the Middle East.

Overview of UN websites on Gaza.

Overview of the current situation in Gambia and UN entities working in this country.

Overview of UN entities working on forest issues, UN documents and publications on forests, UN events & observances.

Overview of UN entities working on disability issues, UN treaties, declarations, conventions, other documents and publications on the topic of disability, selected statements and speeches of UN officials, UN observances and events.

Overview of UN websites, UN bodies and offices working on development and links to research & documentation on development issues.

Overview of UN work against Desertification.

Looking for information on Arms Trade? Then check out this backgrounder.

Looking for an overview of special and international tribunals? Then check out this backgrounder.

Overview of UN entities working in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), selection of official UN documents and statements by UN officials on DRC, etc.

Looking for information on the Novel Coronavirus? Then check out this new backgrounder.

Overview of UN entities working in Myanmar, Security Council Meetings on Myanmar, statements by UN officials on Myanmar, etc.

Information on the participation of the European Union in the work of the United Nations.

Looking for educational resources on the United Nations. Then check out this backgrounder.

PDF Genocide was first recognised as a crime under international law in 1946 by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/96-I). It was codified as an...