Finding UN Information and Documentation Workshop held in Qom

Mofid University Centre for Human Rights Studies and UN Information Centre (UNIC) Tehran on 15 May 2017 held a workshop on “Finding UN Information and Documentation” for more than 40 students of the international law, human rights, international relations and political science from different universities across Iran in Qom city, AVA Diplomatic reports.

The UNIC Reference Assistant Ms. Nazanin Ghaemmaghami-Farahani, who conducted this workshop, elaborated on some basic facts about the UN and briefed the audience about history of the UN.

The students got familiar with the structure of the UN document symbols. Overview and methods of searching through some of Dag Hammarskjold Library (DHL) resources and databases such as UNBISNET and Official Document System were included in the programme of the workshop.

The focus was made on UN bodies related to international law and human rights such as International Law Commission, the Human Rights Council, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Treaty Collection and UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. The participants learnt how to locate a multilateral treaty and its status through theUN Treaty Database.

Persian translations of the UN Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN system chart were distributed among the students.

The Deputy President of the Centre for Human Rights Studies Dr. Alireza Maleki who is also the Director of the Mofid University Library expressed his satisfaction from the joint activities and hoped to have more cooperation with UNIC Tehran.