Publications

United Nations Handbook  

The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade publishes annually the United Nations Handbook. This is a guide to all the United Nations bodies and organisations, including their structure, membership and meetings, and provides contact information. The handbook is produced at the start of each United Nations General Assembly session and designed for United Nations delegates from all nations, the media and the public. Copies of the United Nations Handbook can be purchased from:

• United Nations Office Geneva (UNOG) - Sales Office and UN Bookshop
  Door 40, Palais des Nations, 8-14 Avenue de la Paix, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
  Telephone: 41(22) 917-2614; 41(22) 917-2613; Fax: 41(22) 917-0027;
  Email: unpubli@unog.ch
• Planetis Ltd
  16 Chemin des Pins, CH 1273 Arzier, Switzerland
  Telephone: 41(22) 366 51 77; Fax: 41(22) 366 51 78; 
  Email: info@planetis.ch

The Handbook can also be purchased in New Zealand from the Public Diplomacy and Outreach Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Private Bag 18-901, Wellington, New Zealand
Ph: +64 4 439 8000
Fax: +64 4 439 8511
E-mail: pdo@mfat.govt.nz, or at most New Zealand offices overseas

The New Zealand Handbook on International Human Rights    

The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade also publishes the New Zealand Handbook on International Human Rights. This is a guide to the development of human rights and international human rights law. It provides readers with the legal framework for the protection of human rights, and information on international human rights instruments (especially treaties).

The current handbook, in its third edition, was published to mark the Universal Declaration of Human Rights sixtieth anniversary, in 2008. For copies contact the New Zealand Permanent Missions in Geneva or New York, or the Public Diplomacy and Outreach Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Private Bag 18-901, Wellington, New Zealand, email: pdo@mfat.govt.nz.