AGLC4 Rule 9.2.10: UN Document Number
Give the document's unique number after UN Doc, copied exactly, including slashes and full stops, with abbreviations in capitals. Where two numbers are needed, such as for a corrigendum or addendum, use UN Docs, join them with and, and give the second only as far as it differs from the first. The component codes of a document number are set out in the tables.
AGLC4 page 148
Format
Quoted from the Guide, page 148A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.
Formatting
- UN Doc is roman and followed by a space and the number.
- The number is copied exactly as issued, keeping its slashes and full stops; abbreviations within it are in capitals.
- No comma follows the number; the date bracket comes next after a single space.
- No year suffix is added to a resolution number.
- Two document numbers take the plural UN Docs and are joined by and, with the second number cut down to the part that differs.
- General Assembly resolutions before the 31st session (1976) show the session in Roman numerals in round brackets after the number, with a prefix for special and emergency special sessions.
- The component codes in the tables help read a number but do not change how it is written.
Examples
Quoted from the Guide, page 148- 21International Day of Peace, GA Res 55/282, UN Doc A/RES/55/282 (28 September 2001, adopted 7 September 2001) para 3.
- 22SC Res 1905, UN Doc S/RES/1905 (21 December 2009). [Not: … UN Doc S/RES/1905 (2009) (21 December 2009).]
- 23The Situation in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan: Report of the Secretary-General, UN Doc A/63/804 and Corr.1 (30 March 2009). [Not: … UN Doc A/63/804 and A/63/804/Corr.1 …]
- 24International Law Commission, Provisional Summary Record of the 3253rd Meeting, 67th sess, 1st pt, 3253rd mtg, Agenda Item 9, UN Doc A/CN.4/SR.3253 (15 July 2015) 6.
- 25Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment No 14 (2000): The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), UN ESCOR, 22nd sess, Agenda Item 3, UN Doc E/C.12/2000/4 (11 August 2000).
Not
Quoted from the Guide, page 148- [Not: … UN Doc S/RES/1905 (2009) (21 December 2009).]the year is not added to the document number
- [Not: … UN Doc A/63/804 and A/63/804/Corr.1 …]the second number is shortened to the part that differs from the first
Forms in the rule
Quoted from the Guide, page 148- ‘UN Doc A/RES/54/275’
- ‘Doc’
- ‘Docs’
- ‘and’
- ‘UN Docs A/63/804 and Corr.1’
- ‘(XXV)’
- ‘(S-VI)’
- ‘(ES-V)’
First component: the body under whose auspices the document was produced
Quoted from the Guide, page 148| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | General Assembly |
| CAT/C | Committee against Torture |
| CCPR/C | Human Rights Committee |
| CEDAW/C | Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women |
| CERD/C | Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| CRC/C | Committee on the Rights of the Child |
| DP | UN Development Programme |
| E | Economic and Social Council |
| S | Security Council |
| ST | Secretariat |
| TD | UN Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
Second component: the particular body that wrote or received the document
Quoted from the Guide, page 148| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| AC | Ad hoc committee |
| C | Standing, permanent or main committee |
| CONF | Conference |
| CN | Commission |
| GC | Governing Council |
| PC | Preparatory committee |
| SC | Sub-Committee |
| Sub | Sub-Commission |
| WG | Working group |
Third component: the type or nature of the document
Quoted from the Guide, page 148| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| CRP | Conference room paper |
| INF | Information series |
| L | Limited distribution |
| NGO | Statement by non-governmental organisations |
| PET | Petition |
| PRST | Statement by the President of the Security Council |
| PV | Verbatim record of meeting |
| R | Restricted distribution |
| RES | Resolution |
| SR | Summary record of meeting |
| WP | Working paper |
Fourth component: later additions to or changes of the document
Quoted from the Guide, page 148| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Add | Addendum |
| Amend | Amendment |
| Corr | Corrigendum |
| Rev | Revision |
| Summary | Summarised version |
| * | Reissuance of document for technical reasons |
See also
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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.