United Nations Editorial Manual Online
Recent updates
| Date | Page | Change |
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| 1 September 2009 | Style/Capitalization | The following entries were added: Aid for Trade Initiative but aid for trade in general usage universal periodic review but Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review |
| 19 August 2009 | Style/Italics and bold print | The following bullet point was added to the list of instances where italics are used:
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| 21 January 2010 | Footnotes and other references | The new section "Footnotes and other references" was added to the website |
| 3 Februrary 2010 | Style/Spelling | The entry "sub-group" was changed to "subgroup" to conform to the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 5 February 2010 | Style/Capitalization | The entry "chair, chairperson" was replaced by a new entry "Chair" |
| 24 February 2010 | Useful links | The section entitled "Useful links" was merged into "Sources of Information: online" |
| 16 March 2010 | Basic documents/ Corrigenda |
The section "Reissue for technical reasons" was added to the page and the page was renamed "Corrigenda and reissues" |
| 20 April 2010 | Style/Abbreviations | A new section, "Parts of a book or document", was added under "General guidelines" |
| 20 April 2010 | Footnotes/General instructions on footnotes and text notes | Under section E, "Points of style", the section entitled "Abbreviations" was expanded |
| 23 June 2010 | Style/Spelling | The entry "Washington, D.C." was added to the spelling list to confirm the punctuation of D.C. |
| 27 July 2010 | Style/Abbreviations | Adjustments were made to the entries for BINUCA, BONUCA, UNIOGBIS and UNOGBIS. An entry was added for MONUSCO |
| 1 September 2010 | Format/Mastheads and cover pages | A new model was added under the heading "General Assembly: Document issued under many sub-items" |
| 30 September 2010 | Style/Abbreviations | The entry for ITC was changed from International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO to International Trade Centre |
| 11 October 2010 | Style/Abbreviations | NGO and UNWTO were added to the list of abbreviations The note discouraging the use of acronyms for World Tourism Organization and World Trade Organization was deleted |
| 15 December 2010 | Basic documents/ |
New instructions were given for a corrigendum to change a symbol or withdraw a document |
| 15 December 2010 | Style/Capitalization | The entry for "The Hague" was expanded |
| 23 May 2011 | Footnotes and other references/United Nations sources |
The instructions for citing advisory opinions, judgments and orders of the International Court of Justice were amended |
| 13 July 2011 | Style/Abbreviations | The entry for OIC was changed to "Organization of Islamic Cooperation" |
| 20 July 2011 | Style/Abbreviations | An entry was added for UN-Women and it was noted that UNIFEM and INSTRAW have been transferred to UN-Women |
| 26 July 2011 | Style/Abbreviations | Two new entries were inserted (UNISFA and UNMISS) |
| 2 August 2011 | Documents relating to agendas of principal organs |
New models were added |
| 28 September 2011 | Style/Abbreviations | UNSMIL was added to the list of abbreviations |
| 6 October 2011 | Style/Spelling | The twelfth edition of the Concise Oxford English Dictionary replaced the eleventh edition as the authority for spelling in the United Nations |
| 13 April 2012 | Style/Spelling | The spelling list was updated |
| 18 April 2012 | Style/Abbreviations | UNODC was added to the list of abbreviations |
| 2 May 2012 | Style/Abbreviations | UNSMIS was added to the list of abbreviations |
| 28 February 2013 | Style/Abbreviations | AFISMA was added to the list of abbreviations |
| 1 March 2013 | Style/Numbers, dates and time | An instruction was added under the heading "Ranges of numbers" |
| 7 March 2013 | Style/Capitalization | The entries for "Government" and "Territory" were modified; the entry "high level [plenary] meeting of the General Assembly on..." was added |
| 22 March 2013 | Style/Capitalization | The entry "Customs" was changed to "customs" to conform to the Oxford English Dictionary |
| 22 March 2013 | Style/Spelling | The spelling list was updated |
| 10 May 2013 | Style/Abbreviations | MINUSMA was added to the list of abbreviations |
| 16 May 2013 | Style/Capitalization | The entry "consolidated appeals process" was added; the entry for "Millennium Development Goals" was updated |
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