Date: 24-26 June 2008

Coordinator: Jean Gazarian

Objectives
The workshop is designed to deepen and update the participants’ knowledge of the interrelationship between the structure of the United Nations and its documentation, and to develop and enhance their skills in retrieval of information and effective use of the various reference instruments and modern facilities available at the United Nations.

Organization
The workshop is spread over a period of three days. After a general introduction to the documentation of the United Nations and presentations on the information provided electronically by the Treaty Section and by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, the workshop will be divided into two groups. Two meetings for each group will be devoted to instruction by the staff of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library on the various resources for information retrieval.

Participants
The workshop is designed for members of permanent missions requiring in-depth knowledge of United Nations documentation and the services offered by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Office of Legal Affairs. For practical reasons the number of participants will be limited. UNITAR thus reserves the right to make a selection among the candidates, if necessary. The selected candidates are requested to regard their participation as a firm commitment.

Resource persons
The workshop will be conducted by Mr. Jean Gazarian, UNITAR Senior Fellow, and a team of experts from the Dag Hammarskjöld Library led by Ms. Maria Paniagua. Experts from the Office of Legal Affairs will make the presentations concerning the Treaty Section and the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea.

Working language
The workshop will be conducted in English.