UN Depository Library Programme To Be Gradually Discontinued
The historic UN Depository Programme will be phased out to make way for a future-oriented Knowledge Network.
Library Holiday Service Hours
The Library will resume its full schedule on 6 January 2025. Our online resources and research products are available 24/7.
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.
Digitized 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
for keynote address on the past, present and future of Open Access that took place on 23 October 2024.
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.
UN Charter Libraries Knowledge Network
The United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library puts forward a proposal for a UN Charter Libraries Network, a knowledge network that will collaboratively re-envision the work and nature of partnerships among affiliated libraries with the United Nations.
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.
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 .
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.
2022 by the numbers
In 2022, we stayed true to our mission of providing credible information, data, and human knowledge to Member State delegations, UN staff, researchers, and citizens of the world.
The Library is open for the summer!
The UN Dag Hammarksjöld Library is open!