A REFERENCE GUIDE TO
OFFICIAL UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTS

Third Printing March 1998.
Posting on the Internet is supported by
Amnesty International-USA Special Initiatives Fund.
Available on the web at: http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/women/engl-wmn.html(English),
http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/women/fren-wmn.html (French), and
http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/women/span-wmn.html (Spanish)
Rita Maran, Editor

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

 United Nations Charter (excerpts)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (excerpts)

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (excerpts)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (excerpts)

Convention on the Rights of the Child (excerpts)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (unabridged)

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (unabridged)

Chart of Ratifications

 A REFERENCE GUIDE TO
OFFICIAL UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTS

Third Printing March 1998.
Posting on the Internet is supported by
Amnesty International-USA Special Initiatives Fund.
Available on the web at: http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/women/engl-wmn.html(English),
http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/women/fren-wmn.html (French), and
http://www.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/women/span-wmn.html (Spanish)
Rita Maran, Editor

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

 United Nations Charter (excerpts)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (excerpts)

International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (excerpts)

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (excerpts)

Convention on the Rights of the Child (excerpts)

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (unabridged)

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (unabridged)

Chart of Ratifications