Headings and subheadings

In manuscripts, headings should be typed at the left margin, not centred.   

Chapter or main section headings are identified by roman numerals, first-degree subheadings by capital letters and second-degree subheadings by arabic numerals.

In the following examples, the codes shown at the left are those used by editors to identify the style of the headings for the text-processing units.

	Part One Maintenance of international peace and security (17-pt bold)
	I. Activities of the Special Representative (14-pt bold)
	or, in supplements to Official Records:
	Chapter I       Activities of the Special Representative
	A. Meetings with the parties (12-pt bold)
	1. Geneva meeting (10-pt bold)
The style of further subheadings, if required, is as follows:
	(a) Third-degree subheading (10-pt bold)      [French and Spanish:  a)]
	(i) Fourth-degree subheading (10-pt italic)     [French and Spanish:  i)]
	a. Fifth-degree subheading (10-pt roman)
	i. Sixth-degree subheading (10-pt roman)
In reports with a limited number of subsections, subheadings (to the fourth degree) may be used without identifying numbers or letters.

A run-in subheading, in either bold or italic type, may sometimes be used, in addition to or in place of any of the subheadings shown above, if it applies to a single paragraph only, as in the following example:

Outlook

111. Logging. It is likely that companies will continue to comply with the sanctions because the rainy season that runs from May to October should restrict logging.

112. Security. The Mission predicts that deployment should be completed in the western part of the country by late May. It is less clear when civil administration will become established.

113. Financial aspects. The European Union will conduct an audit of the Forestry Agency to assess financial and management systems from 2001 to the present.

114. Operations. The Forestry Agency is planning to rebuild its operations. In April, donor countries committed $1 million to assist the reform necessary for the lifting of sanctions.

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