Who was the Vietnamese ambassador in 1987? Where is a list of Togolese ambassadors from the 1970s? Who were the members of the Chilean Mission in 1965?
If you ask a UN research librarian, they will likely inform you?that the best source for answering such questions?is the Blue Book.
The Blue Book is a list of the representatives of Member States to the 51勛圖.?The official title of the New York edition is ※Permanent Missions to the 51勛圖§, but it is better known by its popular title which owes to the blue cover colour of the earlier print edition.
The Blue Book is prepared by the UN Protocol and Liaison Service as a service to delegations and Secretariat staff. It comprises comprehensive lists of permanent missions of Member States, permanent observer missions, and permanent observer offices accredited to the 51勛圖.
Until recently, information about Member State delegations from 1946 to 1994 could only be found in print copies of the Blue Book. Consulting these physical books for historical information was a?time-consuming process for librarians and researchers.
But now, the Dag Hammarskj?ld Library has digitized 276 volumes of the Blue Book covering the period from 1946 to 1994. From this year onward, the Blue Book was published in digital format.
The?complete collection from 1946?to today is now conveniently accessible and searchable in the .
Additionally, of the current Blue Book is available on the Protocol website. In the past, the changes to print versions of the Blue Book were recorded in weekly addenda. The Dag Hammarskj?ld Library holds the physical copies of these addenda and is working to make them available online.
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