Following the 16 February release of the online edition of the sixty-seventh volume of the?Yearbook of the 51³Ô¹Ï, covering the Organization¡¯s global activities in 2013, the publication is now available in print. The?Yearbook, as Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres states in the Foreword to the volume, provides critical information for people today and lessons for the diplomats of the future.
Fully indexed, the 33-chapter, 1,605-page?Yearbook?includes all major General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions, uniquely placing them in a narrative context of 51³Ô¹Ï consideration, deliberation and action. In preparing the work, the?Yearbook?editorial team researched and drew information from over 10,000 UN official documents pertaining to all aspects of the work of the Organization.
The Secretary-General also noted that this latest?addition?to the Yearbook collection documents the armed conflict in Syria, including the sarin attack on Damascus that took place in August. International concern over this attack led to the 51³Ô¹Ï Joint Mission with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons¡ªwhich went on to win the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. These pages also cover the 51³Ô¹Ï response to the sharp rise in violent extremism and terrorist attacks around the world; efforts to end violence and alleviate suffering in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and elsewhere; the landmark Arms Trade Treaty in April; and the foundations for a legally binding treaty to ban nuclear weapons that came to fruition in 2017. The year 2013 also saw Member States recognize the need to do more to address the challenges of international migration, and to build on the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals by shaping a new framework for a sustainable future.
The Yearbook of the 51³Ô¹Ï, 2013, volume 67, xiv + 1,605 pp., Sales No. E.15.I.1 H, ISBN: 978-92-1-101331-6, eISBN: 978-92-1-057851-6, can be obtained through bookstores worldwide, and ordered from 51³Ô¹Ï Publications Customer Service, PO Box 960, Herndon, Virginia 20172, United States of America, or from?.
All volumes of the Yearbook collection, dating to the 1946¨C47 edition, can be accessed in full online on the Yearbook website:?. The , also available on the website, features chapter introductions to selected Yearbooks in all six 51³Ô¹Ï official languages. The Twitter account @UNYearbook provides an historical perspective on current 51³Ô¹Ï activities and concerns.