How to Find General Assembly and Security Council Resolutions and Voting Records
Introduction
United Nations resolutions are formal expressions of the opinion or will of United Nations organs. The full text of all Security Council and General Assembly resolutions is available online.
More information on resolutions is available in the United Nations Documentation: Research Guide.
Finding Resolutions by Date
If you know the year of a Security Council or General Assembly resolution, you can search for it by browsing the Quick Links of the United Nations Documentation: Research Guide.
You can access the United Nations Documentation: Research Guide from the Documents link on the UN home page.
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Finding Resolutions by Number or Symbol and Title or Subject
If you know the number of a resolution, e.g. General Assembly resolution 62/24, you can locate it by accessing the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet).
To search for the resolution, you will need to build a UN Document Symbol:
- For General Assembly resolutions place A/RES/ before the resolution number, e.g. A/RES/62/24.
- For Security Council resolutions place S/RES/ before the resolution number, e.g. S/RES/1801.
You can also search for resolutions by title or subject, e.g. "Multilingualism".
You can access UNBISnet from the Documents link on the UN home page.
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Finding Voting Records
Once you know the UN Document Symbol for a resolution, e.g. A/RES/62/24, you can use the Voting Records database in the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBISnet) to discover which countries voted for that resolution.
You can also search the Voting Records database by keyword, e.g. "Human Rights".
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