Meeting Records

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Meeting records from the plenary meetings of the ECOSOC are issued as summary records in the form of a third-person condensed version.

Documentation

The meeting records carry the following symbols: 

E/ Economic and Social Council

-/year

-/SR. "summary records" 

-/sequential number

Ex. E/2001/SR.24 Economic and Social Council, 2001, summary records from the 25th meeting

The meeting records prior to 1978 have only a sequential number and are issued as E/SR.sequential number. 

The meeting records in print for the period 1946-1992 are included in the UN collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and the Libraries at UN Headquarters in New York and Geneva.

From 1993 onwards they can be accessed electronically through the United Nations Official Document System - ODS.  

Information about the meetings from the current year is posted on the Official web site of the ECOSOC, section Meetings

Full text documents for recent years are posted at the official web site of the United Nations, section UN Documentation Centre, Economic and Social Council, Documents

The press releases with the symbol ECOSOC/- is an alternative source of information.  

Databases and Indexes

References to ECOSOC meeting records from 1979 onwards with links to full texts for recent years can be retrieved from the UN online catalogue - UNBISnet

Meeting records from 1993 onwards can be accessed from the United Nations Official Document system - ODS.  


Printed Indexes
 
The meeting records are indexed in the printed publication Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council  included in the UN collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Uppsala, and by the UN Libraries
in New York and Geneva.

Text: Gunnel Torén | Dag Hammarskjöld Library | Latest update: 20/05/2010