Answered By: Theresa Bell (she/her/hers)
Last Updated: Nov 04, 2021     Views: 66463

United Nations' resolutions or decisions are legal materials, so authors should use a legal referencing system, not the APA Style rules, to create references. Please refer to the Writing Centre's guide on legal citation for information on citing legal documents; in particular, see "United Nations" under "International Law Sources" from UBC's Legal Citation Guide for sample references for UN documents.

If you are using a technical or research report issued by the United Nations or an organization affiliated with the United Nations, you can use the APA Style rules to reference the report. Please see How Do I Reference a Report (i.e., Grey Literature) in APA Style? for more information and an example reference and in-text citations to a UN report.