Type of Material Codes (sorted by Code)
Last updated: 30 June 2005
| Expansion | Code |
| A Items containing special materials | |
| addresses, essays, etc., | A01 |
| calendars/lists of conferences | A03 |
| book reviews | A05 |
| dissertations | A06 |
| handbooks, manuals | A07 |
| source materials | A08 |
| country studies | A09 |
| biographical material | A10 |
| annual reports (not UN) | A12 |
| industry analyses | A14 |
| law reports/court decisions/judgements | A15 |
| colloquia, conferences, congresses, seminars, symposia, workshops, etc. (proceedings/reports, collected papers, final acts, conclusions and recommendations) | A16 |
| source materials--draft | A17 |
| treaties, etc. | A19 |
| declarations (multilateral) | A20 |
| conference papers (single papers) (papers prepared for conferences, seminars, etc.; does not include conference room papers (CRP documents), procedural documents and working papers. For collected conference papers use A16) |
A21 |
| B Items containing special UN materials | |
| resolutions/decisions (UN) | B01 |
| resolutions/decisions (UN)--draft | B02 |
| meeting records (UN) | B03 |
| annual/sessional reports (UN) | B04 |
| Veto (UN Security Council) | B06 |
| voting (UN) | B07 |
| annual/sessional reports (UN)--draft | B08 |
| development projects | B09 |
| terms of reference (UN) | B10 |
| maps (in UN documents) | B11 |
| administrative issuances (UN) | B12 |
| sales publications (UN) | B13 |
| reports of States party to various agreements | B14 |
| reports/letters (UN Secretary-General) | B15 |
| reports/studies | B16 |
| statements (UN Security Council President) | B17 |
| letters (not UN Secretary-General) | B18 |
| miscellaneous | B19 |
| press releases (SG/SM series) | B20 |
| NGO written statements | B21 |
| C Government /UN System publication code | |
| government documents/publications | C01 |
| intergovernmental documents/publications | C02 |
| UN (used in CATFILE only for a UN document) | C03 |
| specialized agencies (incl. GATT and IAEA) material | C08 |