Welcome to the UN Archives and Records Management Website

The website brings together in a single location information about the UN records and archives collections and services together with tools to support records and archives management and to train staff.

UN ARMS News & Developments

  • NEW! UNRRA finding aids have been encoded and converted in EAD format. They are now available online or in our online database.
    Other finding aids (Department of Trusteeship and Information from Non-Self Governing Territories, United Nations Emergency Force I and II, Treaty, Field service and successory bodies) are also available online.

  • ARMS has issued new guidance on records digitisation (scanning) to assist staff members to plan and implement records digitisation projects that are compliant with ARMS record keeping requirements, and will ensure records are preserved and kept accessible for as long as they are required.

 
Search Archives Database:
Consult the UN archives collections online
Photo Gallery:
Explore a sample of 50 photographs from the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (UNRRA)
Recordkeeping Toolkit for Peacekeeping Operations:
Discover a rich source of pratical information about recordkeeping at UN Peacekeeping and other field missions.