This citation template is used for referencing and linking to United Nations documents from a Wikipedia article. It may also be called using the short form {{UN doc}} as shown in the examples.
<ref>{{UN doc |docid=A-RES-58-217 |body=A |session=58 |type=R |resolution_number=217 |title=International Decade for Action, “Water for Life”, 2005-2015 |page=2 |accessdate=13 November 2007 |date=23 December 2003}}</ref>
This is a generic representation of the document containing its official symbol, and several parameters, such as body, session number, type, resolution number, title, and a page number. The <ref> and </ref> tags cause it to appear as a footnote.
Note that the page number is not part of the link; it is not possible to link directly to a specific page or section of a document hosted at the United Nations.
Every official United Nations document has a unique ID. For an explanation of the format of the docid (known as the document symbol), see United Nations Document Codes.
Parameters
Some of these values are mutually redundant, but alternatives are necessary.
Parameter name
Description / usage
docid
Document code (e.g. A/58/PV.12). This format must match what is on the UN website.
body
Source of the document at the U.N.
Shortcuts: A=General Assembly; S=Security Council; T=Secretariat; E=Economic and Social Council; H=Human Rights Campaign. Entries are not limited to these options; other values are preceded by "United Nations" and are wikilinked to their Wikipedia article.
type
Shortcuts: A=Agenda item; D=Document; M=Meeting; R=Resolution; S=Summary Report; V=Verbatim Report. Entries are not limited to these options.
session
session number (e.g. 58).
resolution_number
when type=Resolution.
document_number
when type=Agenda item or other value.
title
title of section or document being referenced.
page
page number.
pages
page numbers—use for a range of pages, not for total number of pages.
date
date of publication (the one on the document).
year
include only if date is unavailable.
meeting
meeting number (e.g. 12) (when type=Verbatim Report or Meeting).
meetingtime
time of meeting (sometimes several happen on one day).
speakername
name of the speaker who gave the speech.
speakernation
nation of the speaker who gave the speech.
language
language of the speaker; all documents on the website are in English.
