United Nations Resources: The US & the UN

For books which deal with the relationship between the United States and the United Nations, check CLIO under the subject heading: United Nations --United States

• U.S. Department of State: Bureau of International Organization Affairs
  The Bureau of International Organization Affairs develops and implements U.S. policy in the United Nations, the U.N.'s specialized agencies, and other international agencies.
  The Bureau produces several Annual Reports to Congress:
  • U.S. Contributions to International Organizations
    S 1.70/9: - U.S. Government Documents
  • U.S. Participation in the United Nations
    S 1.70/8: - U.S. Government Documents
  • Voting Practices in the United Nations
    S 1.1/8: - U.S. Government Documents
• U.S. General Accounting Office.
  • Peacekeeping: Observations on Costs, Strengths, and Limitations of U.S. and UN Operations, June 2007
  • U.N. Peacekeeping: Estimated U.S. Contributions, Fiscal Years 1996-2001
• United States Mission to the U.N.
  Created in 1947 by the United Nations Participation Act, the Mission's purpose is to assist the President and the Department of State in conducting United States policy at the United Nations. An important function of this Mission is to keep the Department of State informed of events at the United Nations. Mission officers report on meetings and make recommendations to the State Department as to what course of action the United States should pursue in the world organization.
• U.S. House. Committee on International Relations
• U.S. Institute of Peace.
  Report of the Task Force on the United Nations: American Interests and UN Reform, June 15, 2005