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Prior express written permission is required in order to reproduce, republish, mirror, or translate any material from a book, periodical or other product from United Nations Publications featured on this website. Permissions for reuse of United Nations content can be obtained from the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC). Please submit an online request using Copyright Clearance Center’s Pay-Per-Use form on www.copyright.com by entering the publication title or ISBN/ISSN under “GET PERMISSIONS”. Please note that CCC does not grant permission for the following special content types.

If your requested content is not available through the Copyright Clearance Center, please download and complete the form below and send it to permissions(at)un.org.

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Excerpts from a non-sales publication
No permission is necessary to reproduce excerpts from a non-sales publication provided that proper credits are given.

Excerpts from a sales publication
No permission is required for the use of excerpts containing less than 500 words. Additionally, we do not require a permission request for the use of up to 2 graphs, charts, tables and figures. Proper credits are required. Any use exceeding this allowance, requires express written permission and may be subject to a fee.  

Excerpts from other content
No permission is necessary to reproduce excerpts from speeches delivered by UN staff in their official capacity provided that proper credits are given along with the date and context. As for speeches delivered at the United Nations (all Secretariat locations) by non UN staff, requests must be addressed to the speaker.

Permission is required to reuse content from any and all United Nations’ online platforms and databases (namely, bibliographic, legal and statistical databases).

With regard to treaties and conventions, while each individual text is in the public domain, the online UN Treaty Collection is proprietary and cannot be reproduced, translated, distributed, sold or otherwise used without a prior written permission.

Creating links to our website is freely permitted, so long as this is done in a manner that is not misleading, or does not imply endorsement by, or affiliation with the United Nations.

Use and display of the United Nations emblem is highly restricted and essentially limited to the organization’s activities. You may not use any trademark, official mark, official emblem, flag or logo of the United Nations, or any of its other means of promotion or publicity, to represent or imply an association or affiliation with the United Nations without the United Nation’s prior written consent. Requests for the use of the UN emblem should be sent to permissions(at)un.org via email.

For guidelines governing the use of United Nations-produced maps, and if you wish to seek permission to reproduce a map, please visit the UN's Geospatial Information Section.

Photos
UN photos may be used to further the aims and work of the United Nations. They cannot be used for advertising, marketing or in ways which are inconsistent with the Organization's mission. UN photos cannot be altered, sold, redistributed or used to create derivative works. For additional guidelines and to view their galleries, please visit the UN photo website.

News Centre stories
The United Nations welcomes the use of UN News Centre articles as long as the articles are posted in their entirety, without any edits and with proper credits accorded. We also require that, where applicable, you provide a link a back to the story on the UN News Centre home page news.un.org

Video
The Film and Video Archives of the United Nations provide over 60 years’ worth of historical film and video materials for use in news, documentaries and other productions related to the aims of the United Nations. To seek permission to use a video, please submit your request to Audiovisual Library Contact Form.

Radio and audio
UN Radio produces daily news content in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, and weekly programmes in, Hindi, Urdu and Bangladeshi. Content can be downloaded directly from the website after the user has registered. Both individuals and organizations can register as users. No further action is required.
 

For any additional queries related to UN multimedia resources, please visit UN Multimedia's contact page.