Researchers interested in Economic and Social Council, should begin by visiting the ECOSOC website. The website has a variety of useful materials in the “Meeting” and “Documents” tabs on the website homepage, in addition to overview materials about ECOSOC’s history and organizational structure.

For more comprehensive materials, the UN’s Dag Hammarskjöld Library has a number of holding relating to ECOSOC. For more information, see the Library’s ECOSOC research guide. While the library itself is not accessible to the general public, some materials may be available either online, or by request on an ad-hoc basis. For more information, visit the library website’s “Using the Library” tab.

For materials relating to Canadian engagement with ECOSOC, Library and Archives Canada has extensive holdings. These records are widely disbursed through both the library and archives. A number of archival materials from the twentieth-century are concentrated in the Block 24 series on the United Nations and the Block 45 series on Social Affairs. However, this is by no means the extent of available records. The LAC search engine is the most expedient way to find general and topically specific records concerning ECOSOC before visiting LAC.

While conducting their searches, researchers may wish to note that with standard three year terms, Canada served on the Council from 1990-2001, and from 2004-2015. Further, Canadian George F. Davidson served as ECOSOC President for a standard year term in 1958.

 

 

• United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

www.unicri.it/
Turin, Italy

Headquarters
Viale Maestri del Lavoro, 10
10127 Turin, Italy

Tel: (+39) 011 6537 111
Fax: (+39) 011 6313 368
Email: publicinfo@unicri.it

Although Canada has not had a direct role in the functions of UNICRI, the Institute may have publications and research of use for specific areas of study. As a research institute, UNICRI is deeply invested in producing publications and disseminating information on international and interregional crime. For a broad overview of the Institute’s work, see the online historical overview, in addition to the news and multimedia pages. UNICRI’s pages on key topics are also useful resources for overviews, as well as varied links to documents and databases depending on the topic. Researchers may also be interested in the Institute’s pages on coordination with academia, and its fellowship programme. For more comprehensive resources, UNICRI’s Documentation and Information Centre has extensive holdings of monographs, publications, data, bibliographies, and documents. The library catalogue can be accessed online, and some materials can be accessed or ordered via the website (some materials may require users to create an account). In-person access to the library is on an appointment basis. For questions about the library or to make an appointment, the Documentation and Information Centre can be reached at the coordinates above, or the designated email address below.

UNICRI Documentation Centre Email: documentation@unicri.it

• United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

www.unrisd.org/
Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Research Institute
for Social Development (UNRISD)
Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland

Tel: +41 (0)22 917 3060
Fax: + 41 (0)22 917 0650
Email: info@unrisd.org

Founded in 1963, the UN Research Institute for Social Development has produced a wide range of related research. The UNRISD website has several pages which provide useful overviews of the institute’s past research. The current research page details contemporary projects, and links to research overviews since the 1960s in the left-hand menu. The publications page also provides access to UNRISD publications and documents. These can be searched, downloaded, or in a few cases, ordered via the website. The UNRISD webpage also has a history of the Institute which may be of interest to researchers. The historical timeline in particular, not only provides a historical overview, but also contextual information and direct links to key publications. For more recent information on the Institute’s work, beyond the current research page, the news, and annual report pages have records since 2000 available for download. For further information on UNRISD records, researchers should contact the Institute at the coordinates above.

Library and Archives Canada holds has some miscellaneous materials relating to Canadian engagement with UNRISD. These are most readily accessed through the LAC search engine prior to visiting LAC. For further records of Canadian engagement with UNRISD, researchers may wish to note that Canadian Maureen O’Neil has served as chair of the institute board of governors from 2012 to the present.

 

 

• Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

For general information on FAO archives, please consult this website’s existing archival guide on the Other UN Organizations page. Canada has actively engaged with the FAO since its founding at Quebec City in 1945. Library and Archives Canada, has extensive holdings relating to the FAO. These materials are not centralized in any particular collection, and span files under Foreign Trade, Aid and Export Finance, the United Nations, and numerous other collections. The most effective way to locate specific materials is through the LAC search engine prior to visiting LAC.

• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

This website has an existing archival guide to the International Civil Aviation Organization on the Other UN Organizations page which provides a general overview of ICAO archival materials. For records more specifically related to Canadian engagement with the organization researchers should consult Library and Archives Canada which has extensive holdings relating to the ICAO. These materials are not centralized in any particular collection, and are most easily accessed via the LAC search engine prior to visiting LAC.

• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

https://www.ifad.org/
Rome, Italy

International Fund for Agricultural Development
Via Paolo di Dono, 44
00142 Rome,
Italy

Tel: +39-0654591
Fax: +39-065043463
E-mail: ifad@ifad.org

Location information: https://www.ifad.org/contact

As with many United Nations websites, IFAD has a wide variety of documents on its webpage which are available for download. Both information sections on “Who we are” and “What we do” contain links to key documents, publications, and statistics. The website also has an archive of press releases since 2001, and a collection of more recent speeches by the IFAD President and Vice-President. The publications page of the website is also an extensive resource for researchers, and includes a variety of freely accessible materials. For further information on IFAD records, researchers should contact the organization at the coordinates above.

Library and Archives Canada holds has a number of holdings relating to Canadian engagement with IFAD. A number of these are concentrated in the Block 38 series on Aid and Export Finance, and an independent file on IFAD itself. Further miscellaneous materials can be easily found via the LAC search engine prior to visiting LAC.

• International Labour Organization (ILO)

For general information on ILO archives, please consult this website’s existing archival guide on the UN Geneva page. Researchers interested more specifically in Canadian engagement with the ILO should consult Library and Archives Canada which has large amounts of materials on the organization. While a good deal of LAC’s materials on the ILO are concentrated in the Block 45 series on Social Affairs and the Block 44 series on Labour, these are by no means the extent of relevant materials. The most direct way to access these wider materials which include a number of personal papers in through the LAC search engine prior to visiting LAC

• International Monetary Fund (IMF)

For general information on IMF archives, please consult this website’s existing archival guide on the Other UN Organizations page. Researchers interested in Canadian engagement with the IMF should consult Library and Archives Canada’s holdings on the organization. These materials are not centralized in any particular collection, so the most expedient way to locate specific materials is through the LAC search engine prior to visiting LAC. However, for researchers interested in primarily twentieth-century materials, a good amount of LAC’s relevant holdings are concentrated in the Block 36 series on Finance.

• International Maritime Organization (IMO)

https://www.imo.org/
London, UK

International Maritime Organization
4, Albert Embankment
London
SE1 7SR
United Kingdom

Tel +44 (0)20 7735 7611
Fax +44 (0)20 7587 3210
Email: info@imo.org
Email instructions and location map: http://www.imo.org/en/About/Pages/ContactUs.aspx

The IMO website has many documents incorporated into its many pages. The tabs labelled “about” and “our work” both lead to a number of sub pages with primary documents included in pdf form. For more concentrated documents, interested researchers should visit the Maritime Knowledge Centre (MKC) page. In addition to a number of reference works, periodicals, historical documents, data, and statistics, the Centre provides further links to pages on the status of maritime conventions, and IMO publications. The MKC webpage also allows a complete catalogue search of its online holdings. These holdings, including documents and Global Integrated Shipping Information System (GISIS) data can be accessed through IMODOCS, the IMO’s central online repository. Public users must register an account in order to access these materials.

An appointment is required to visit the Maritime Knowledge Centre in person. Appointments can be made through the contact details below, and must be made at least one week before visiting.

Maritime Knowledge Centre
International Maritime Organization
4 Albert Embankment London SE17SR
United Kingdom

Email: maritimeknowledgecentre@imo.org

MKC librarian:
​Head, Maritime Knowledge Centre
Sharon Lynn Grant
Tel: +44 (0)20 7587 3164
Email: sgrant@imo.org

Further contact and visiting information: http://www.imo.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/ContactsDirectory/Pages/default.aspx

Library and Archives Canada has a wide range of holdings relating to Canadian engagement with the International Maritime Organization. A number of records from the twentieth-century are concentrated in the Block 42 series on Transportation, and a file on IMO policy from 1934-2001. However, while these are particularly concentrated sources, they are by no means the extent of LAC’s holdings. Researchers should employ the  LAC search engine to find further records prior to visiting LAC. Researchers may also wish to note that Canadian William O’Neil served three consecutive four-year terms as Secretary-General of the IMO from 1990 to 2002.

• International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

For general information on the ITU archives, please consult this website’s existing archival guide on the UN Geneva page. Researchers interested in Canadian engagement with the ITU should consult Library and Archives Canada. The most expedient way to locate specific materials in the LAC catalogue is via the LAC search engine. While materials relating to the ITU span a number of collections, much of LAC’s twentieth-century records on the ITU are concentrated in the Block 41 series on Telecommunications. Researchers should review the visitor guidelines prior to visiting LAC.

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

For general information on UNICEF archives, please consult this website’s existing archival guide on the UN New York page. UNESCO’s own archival guide to international organizations is also accessible via this site’s page on archives.

Researchers interested in Canadian engagement with UNESCO may wish to note that the 1978 UNESCO General Conference was chaired by Canadian Napoleon LeBlanc. Further, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has been headquartered in Montreal since its formation in 1999. Although a relatively new Institute, the UIS online Document Library has several hundred documents available for download. Researchers may also be interested in the Canadian government’s webpage on the Permanent Mission of Canada to the UNESCO.  The page contains a few documents, as well as overviews of Canadian engagement with UNESCO, and coordination with other Canadian government departments.
Library and Archives Canada, also holds extensive materials relating to UNESCO in general, as well as some scattered personnel records. While these materials are spread throughout LAC’s holdings, a good deal of these records from the twentieth-century are concentrated in the Block 55 series on Cultural Affairs, and under the Canadian Commission for UNESCO fonds. The most expedient way to locate specific materials is through the LAC search engine prior to visiting LAC

• International Bureau of Education

www.ibe.unesco.org/
Geneva, Switzerland

IBE-UNESCO
15, Route des Morillons
1218 Le Grand-Saconnex
Geneva, Switzerland

(Postal Address):
IBE-UNESCO
P.O. Box 199
1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland

Tel.: +41.22.917.78.00
Fax: +41.22.917.78.01
Email: ibe.info@unesco.org

Location information: http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/map-and-directions

The IBE website is a valuable repository of resources for researchers. In addition to basic overviews of the bureau’s work, its governing statutes and council documents are available in pdf form. The online resource centre holds most of the IBE’s publications and news items since 2005. For more historical materials, the history page contains a number links to key documents since the organization’s founding in 1925. The page also maintains an archive of the IBE’s International Conference on Education, which includes conference recommendations from 1934 to present. The majority of IBE records are housed in the IBE Documentation Centre at the organizational headquarters in Geneva. Some of the Centre’s holdings are available online, and all holdings are searchable via the IBEDOCS electronic catalogue. The holdings have some 23,000 records including all IBE publications since 1927. Physical records can be consulted by appointment only. To make an appointment, the Documentation Centre can be reached at the coordinates below.

IBE Documentation Centre
Tel: +41.22.917.78.60
Fax: +41.22.917.78.01
Email:  doc.centre@ibe.unesco.org

Information regarding Canadian involvement in the IBE can be found via the IBE electronic catalogue, which includes national reports. More substantial Canadian records can be found at Library and Archives Canada, particularly under the Canadian Commission for UNESCO fonds, which contains records concerning the IBE. Other miscellaneous records and library holdings can be readily located with the LAC search engine prior to visiting LAC.

• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

For general information on UNIDO archives, please consult this website’s existing archival guide on the Other UN Organizations page. For information specific to Canadian engagement with UNIDO, prospective researchers should consult Library and Archives Canada. LAC’s twentieth-century holdings relating to UNIDO are primarily concentrated in the Block 24 series on the United Nations, and the Block 35 series on Economic Affairs. Further miscellaneous holdings are most easily accessed through the LAC search engine prior to visiting LAC.

• Universal Postal Union (UPU)

www.upu.int/
Berne, Switzerland

Universal Postal Union
Weltpoststrasse 4
PO Box 312
3000 Berne 15
Switzerland

Tel: +41 31 350 31 11
Email: info@upu.int

As one of the world’s oldest international organizations, the UPU has a long documentary history for researchers to explore. In terms of initial access, the UPU website maintains a recent press release, periodical, and multimedia library on its news page. All news materials are readily accessible. The IPU about and activities pages of the UPU site, in addition to the resources page all have many topical subheadings, each with links to relevant documentation. These links converge at the UPU Portal, where materials can be accessed after registering an account. To set up an account, see the registration tab on the right hand side of the documentation page. Further information on UPU records can be obtained by contact the organization at the coordinates listed above.

A wide variety of information regarding Canadian involvement in the UPU can be found at Library and Archives Canada. In addition to its library holdings, LAC has a range of documents on the UPU which can be readily located with the LAC search engine. Among the results, the Block 40 series on Postal Affairs, the Block 24 series on the United Nations, and the Department of Finance fonds with its sous-fonds on International Trade and Finance and International Economic Relations, contain concentrations of UPU related documents that may serve as a useful starting point for further queries. LAC’s holdings also include a number of images of stamps commemorating the 1957 UPU Congress in Ottawa. Researchers should review the visitor information page to place document orders before visiting LAC.

• World Health Organization (WHO)

For general information on the WHO archives, please consult this website’s existing archival guide on the UN Geneva page. Researchers interested in Canadian engagement with the WHO should note that Canadian Brock Chisholm had a central role in the formation of the organization, and served as the WHO’s first Director General from 1948 to 1953. Papers relating to Chisholm are housed at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) under the Brock Chisholm fonds. LAC also has a variety of materials on Canadian engagement with the organization more generally, the bulk of which are concentrated in the Block 46 series on Health, with a secondary concentration in the Block 24 series on the United Nations. Further miscellaneous holdings can be located through the LAC search engine prior to visiting LAC.

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

For general information on WIPO archives, please consult this website’s existing archival guide on the UN Geneva page. Library and Archives Canada has some holdings which will be of interest to researchers interested in Canadian engagement with WIPO. These records are distributed through collections on the United Nations, as well as economic and cultural affairs. The LAC search engine is the best way to locate specific records before visiting LAC.

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

https://www.wmo.int/
Geneva, Switzerland

World Meteorological Organization,
7bis, avenue de la Paix,
CP No. 2300, CH-1211
Geneva 2,
Switzerland

Tel: +41(0)22 730 81 11
Fax: +41(0)22 730 81 8
Email Contact Form:  https://public.wmo.int/en/about-us/contact-us

Location and access information: https://public.wmo.int/en/resources/wmo-building-conference-centre/how-get-wmo

The WMO has many materials available through its e-library, which can be browsed by topic, region, WMO programme, or directly searched. The library includes access to WMO publications and documents, as well as links to the organization’s e-journal, online bookstore and standards library. For further information on WMO records, researchers should contact the organization at the coordinates above.

A useful starting point for researchers interested in Canadian engagement with the WMO is the online county profile for Canada, which includes a brief overview, in addition to country data in a wider global context. The Canadian organization working in conjunction with the WMO is Environment Canada. Environment Canada’s historical records are housed at Library and Archives Canada. Much of the twentieth-century materials on Canadian engagement with the WMO can be found in Block 68 under the Department of External Affairs fonds which includes Canadian international engagement on environmental issues from 1963 to 1994. Archival materials from beyond this date range, in addition to library materials can be easily located through the LAC search engine prior to visiting LAC.

• World Bank Group

For general information on World Bank archives, please consult this website’s existing archival guide on the Other UN Organizations page.

Library and Archives Canada has extensive holdings relating to Canadian engagement with the World Bank Group including meeting and conference documents, briefings, publications, and personal papers. These materials are not centralized in any particular collection, and span files collections in both the Library and Archives. The most expedient way to locate specific materials is with the advanced search tools of the LAC search engine. Researchers should review LAC’s visitor information page prior to visiting LAC.

Researchers may wish to note the following subsidiary and affiliate bodies of the World Bank Group in order to topically focus their research.

• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)