Which UN organs produce official meeting records, and in what format.
- PV (Procès-Verbal / Verbatim Records) — full first-person, word-for-word transcripts. Document symbol suffix:
/PV. - SR (Summary Records) — third-person condensed summaries with numbered paragraphs. Document symbol suffix:
/SR.
No organ receives both PV and SR (GA Rule 58(a)).
| Organ / Body | Type | Symbol Pattern | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Council | PV | S/PV.NNNN |
All open formal meetings. Rules 48-57. |
| GA Plenary | PV | A/NN/PV.NN |
Rule 58(a) |
| GA Emergency Special Sessions | PV | A/ES-NN/PV.NN |
|
| GA 1st Committee (Disarmament) | PV | A/C.1/NN/PV.NN |
Only Main Committee with verbatim records |
| GA 2nd Committee (Economic & Financial) | SR | A/C.2/NN/SR.NN |
|
| GA 3rd Committee (Social/Humanitarian) | SR | A/C.3/NN/SR.NN |
|
| GA 4th Committee (Decolonization) | SR | A/C.4/NN/SR.NN |
|
| GA 5th Committee (Administrative/Budget) | SR | A/C.5/NN/SR.NN |
|
| GA 6th Committee (Legal) | SR | A/C.6/NN/SR.NN |
|
| ECOSOC | SR | E/YYYY/SR.NN |
Rules of Procedure E/5715/Rev.2 |
| Human Rights Council | SR | A/HRC/NN/SR.NN |
Only action-taking meetings, since 2021 |
| International Law Commission | SR | A/CN.4/SR.NNNN |
|
| Disarmament Commission | PV | ||
| Trusteeship Council | PV | T/PV.NNNN |
Suspended since 1994 |
| ICJ | Verbatim | CR YYYY/NN |
Judicial oral proceedings, own rules |
| SC subsidiary bodies | None | Sanctions committees, working groups | |
| Most other subsidiary bodies | None | Documented via reports & press releases |
- GA: Rule 58(a) of A/520/Rev.21 — verbatim records for plenary and 1st Committee only
- SC: Provisional Rules of Procedure, Chapter IX, Rules 48-57
- ECOSOC: E/5715/Rev.2
- HRC: Decision 47/114 (2021) — summary records for action-taking meetings from 48th session