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For 100 Points:

Describe http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/resguide

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For 200 Points:

What are: A/-, S/-, E/-, ST/- ?

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For 300 Points:

What is: 724 U.N.T.S. 1 ?

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For 400 Points:

What is: A/RES/54/260 ?

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For 500 Points:

What is: S/RES/1296 (2000) ?

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For 100 Points:

All UN members have voting rights & representatives in this key UN body.

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For 200 Points:

This UN body's resolutions can be legally binding on UN members.

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For 300 Points:

The Sixth Committee reports on these matters.

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For 400 Points:

The 34 members of this body aid the General Assembly with codifying, and developing, international law.

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For 500 Points:
The 36 member-states of this body work to harmonize and unify the law of international trade.

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For 100 Points:

The principal public international organization.

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For 200 Points:

Type of law that governs the U.N.

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For 300 Points:

Document that functions as the UN's "constitution."

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For 400 Points:

Three useful features of a yearbook.

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For 500 Points:

Three "reference interview" questions that a librarian might ask a student who needs to find materials published by an international organization.

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For 100 Points:

"Most important treaty series currently published" for bilateral and multilateral treaties.

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For 200 Points:

Two TYPES of data available through the United Nations Treaty Database.

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For 300 points:

A treaty published in the U.N.T.S. appears in these languages.

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For 400 Points:

travaux préparatoires

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For 500 Points:

Define "RUDs," and explain why a treaty researcher needs to locate relevant RUDs.

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For 100 Points:

Mimeographed or masthead documents

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For 200 Points:

UN press releases

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For 300 points:

Three types of material contained in the Official Records
HINT: See, Accidental Tourist, p. 159

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For 400 Points:

Annual or sessional reports of UN bodies generally appear in this part of the UN Official Records.

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For 500 Points:

The categories "-L." and "-R."

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For 100 Points:

Describe 1 research Q. that you might be able to answer by using the UN-I-QUE WWW site.

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For 200 Points:

Describe 2 features of the UN Optical Disk System (UN ODS).

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For 300 points:

Electronic index that provides cites to UN doc.'s/pub.'s; voting records; and data from the Monthly Bibliography.

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For 400 Points:

Serves as an internet archive of older UN materials.

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For 500 Points:

Three types of documents available through the United Nations home page.

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