United Nations Juridical Yearbook

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Pursuant to resolution 1814 (XVII) of 18 December 1962, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to publish a juridical yearbook which would include certain documentary materials of a legal character concerning the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations as presented in an outline annexed to the resolution.

The United Nations Juridical Yearbook has since been published on an annual basis reviewing legal developments starting from 1963.

In 1972, the General Assembly further refined the publication's outline, which since then has been made up of three substantive parts, divided into eight chapters covering different legal themes, as listed below, together with a fourth part containing an extensive bibliography.

(See the History of the United Nations Juridical Yearbook for more information).

Table of Contents of the Juridical Yearbook

Part One. Legal status of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

Chapter I. Legislative texts concerning the legal status of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

Chapter II. Treaty provisions concerning the legal status of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

Part Two. Legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

Chapter III. General review of the legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

Chapter IV. Treaties concerning international law concluded under the auspices of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

Chapter V. Decisions and administrative tribunals of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

Chapter VI. Selected legal opinions of the secretariats of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

Part Three. Judicial decisions on questions relating to the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

Chapter VII. Decisions of international tribunals

Chapter VIII. Decisions of national tribunals

Part Four. Legal bibliography of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations

The United Nations Juridical Yearbook is produced by the Codification Division, Office of Legal Affairs. All documents published therein are supplied by the organizations concerned, with the exception of the legislative texts and judicial decisions in chapters I and VIII, which, unless otherwise indicated, are provided by Governments at the request of the Secretary-General.

Codification Division, Office of Legal Affairs