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Just published! Yearbook of the United Nations, 2011

The United Nations today released the sixty-fifth volume of the Yearbook of the United Nations, covering the Organization’s global activities in 2011.

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2011 Yearbook now with the printer!

The Yearbook Unit is happy to announce that the sixty-fifth volume in the Yearbook collection, the Yearbook of the United Nations, 2011, is now with the printer and due to appear in December 2015. The ISBN of the new volume is 978-92-1-101277-4. As with other recent Yearbooks, an ebook edition for use on multiple platforms is being published as well which, along with the PDF, will be available from .

Yearbook Express speeding along!

Users of the Yearbook of the United Nations conversant in Arabic and Chinese will be glad to know that the 2010 Yearbook Express is now available in these two United Nations official languages as well as English. The Arabic translation was completed by a team of volunteers working through the UNV Online Volunteering service, while the Chinese translation was prepared by students and teachers at Soochow University in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.

2011 Pre-press chapters complete!

The Yearbook Pre-press section is designed to help users of the Yearbook of the United Nations by providing information from yet-to-be-published Yearbooks. The Yearbook Pre-press section now features the completed . All 33 Yearbook chapters for 2012 are outlined and include hyperlinks to relevant UN official documents. Draft chapters will be added as they become available.

YUN 2010 now on website!

The published version of the 2010 Yearbook of the United Nations is now available in full for reading and research on the Yearbook website!

New 2015 UN Calendar app for iPhone and Android devices released

the new 2015 UN Calendar of Observances: Making a Difference app for iPhone and now Android devices, which uses international days and weeks to illustrate the breadth of United Nations activities around the world, for free!

2010 Yearbook launched on 15 December!

The United Nations today released the sixty-fourth volume of the Yearbook of the United Nations, covering the Organization’s global activities in 2010. The Acting Head of the Department of Public Information, Maher Nasser, launched the volume in a celebration attended by United Nations delegates, journalists, researchers, librarians and United Nations staff.

YUN 2010 in press!

The Yearbook Unit is happy to announce that the sixty-fourth volume in the �۱𲹰����Ǵǰ���collection, the Yearbook of the United Nations, 2010, is due to appear in print in December 2014.

2014 UN Calendar app: free!

Download the new UN Calendar of Observances: Making a Difference app for iPhone, which uses international days and weeks to illustrate the breadth of United Nations activities around the world, for free! ...

Now in print: the 2009 Yearbook

The 63rd volume of the Yearbook of the United Nations, published in December 2013, covers UN system activities in 2009. ...

When was the term United Nations first used?

The term United Nations, originally suggested by United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was first used in the Declaration by United Nations, signed in Washington, D.C., on 1 January 1942—in the midst of the Second World War. ...

Extra! Extra! It's our new website ...

Since 1946–47, the Yearbook has served as the UN system’s flagship reference work, providing comprehensive coverage of political and security matters, human rights issues, economic and social questions, legal issues, and institutional, administrative and budgetary matters. The Yearbook website made its debut in 2008, offering free access to the entire Yearbook collection.

The new website boasts a powerful search engine and enhanced, e-book quality readability across all platforms and mobile devices. A scrolling gallery of Yearbook cover art provides clickable access to each of the 63 Yearbook volumes. The new Yearbook Pre-press offers a look at Yearbooks currently in production, with draft Yearbook chapters and detailed chapter outlines added regularly. The Yearbook Express, our online-only publication comprising all Yearbook chapter introductions in the six official UN languages, returns, with the 2009 and other editions coming soon. ...

United Nations Year in Review 2013

Check out the "The United Nations Year in Review: Looking Back at Major Events of 2013".