Leeds Harvard: United Nations resolution
Reference examples
Author. Year. Resolution and resolution number: Title (full date). [Online]. Document number. [Date accessed]. Available from: URL
Example:
United Nations Human Rights Council. 2012. Resolution 20/11: Promotion of the cultural rights of everyone and respect for cultural diversity (16 July 2012). [Online]. A/HRC/RES/20/11. [Accessed 25 August 2017]. Available from: http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/20/11
Citation examples
UN resolution or treaty
United Nations resolution
Cite by: (author, year)
Example:
(United Nations Human Rights Council, 2012)
United Nations treaty
Cite by: (Treaty title, year signed)
Example:
(Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2007)
Common issues
When you're referencing with Leeds Harvard you may come across issues with missing details, multiple authors, edited books, references to another author's work or online items, to name a few. Here are some tips on how to deal with some common issues when using Leeds Harvard.
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- Online items
- URL web addresses
- Multiple authors
- Editors
- Corporate author(s) or organisation(s)
- Multiple publisher details
- Editions and reprints
- Missing details
- Multiple sources with different authors
- Sources written by the same author in the same year
- Sources with the same author in different years
- Two authors with the same surname in the same year
- The work of one author referred to by another
- Anonymising sources for confidentiality
- Identifying the authors’ family name (surname)