 The UB is granted the status "United Nations Depository Library" and is linked to the global library system of the UN under direction of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library in New York.The European Union also uses the UB as a "European Documentation Center".As part of the library of the UN and the EU, it contains all publications of the UN General Assembly, the UN Security Council, the International Court of Justice as well as publications from the Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.