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							                      EU declaratory data 2011 – Codebook

Variables:

1. Resolution: Resolution name in numerical order. If a letter is added to the resolution
number, to point a resolution being divided in to parts, this follows in alphabetical order.

2. EU statement: Indicates if EU statement has been given in the debate preceding the
adoption of the resolution, either in a Main Committee or in the General Assembly Plenary. 0
indicating no statement, 1 indicating one or several statements.

3. National Statements: If delivered, how many national statements of EU-member states
where delivered in the debate preceding the adoption of the resolution, either in a Main
Committee or in the General Assembly Plenary. The range possible is dependent on the
number of EU members also members of the UN, which varies over the time period
examined.

4. EC or EU presidency: Indicates, if an EU-statement was delivered, was it delivered by the
EU Commission representative or by the EU Presidency representative. 1 indicating the EU
Commission and 2 indicating the EU Presidency. 0 indicating no statement.

5. Number of EU statements: The number of statements delivered on behalf of the EU.

6. Type of issue: The type of issue the resolution concerns. The types of issues are (indicating
by the number here in parenthesis):

Disarmament and International Security and Peace (1)
Economic development and Financial matters (2)
Human Rights issues (3)
Democratization and Decolonization issues (4)
UN Administrative and Budgetary matters (5)
International Legal matters (6)
Middle East issues (7)
Environment and Energy issues (8)
Social, Cultural and Humanitarian matters (9)
Institutional matters (10)
Other questions (11)

7. What EU-members delivered national statements: Indicated by standardized
abbreviations of country names it is here noted what EU-members, if any, held national
statements in the debate preceding the adoption of the resolution. An exclamation mark after
the country name means that this country was responsible for drafting the resolution in
question.

8. Number of EU members: Indicating the number of EU members also members of the UN
at the time of the adoption of the resolution.

9. Statement combination: Indicating the type of statements delivered on behalf of the EU
and/or the EU member states. 0 indicating no speech from either the EU or national
statements from EU members, 1 indicating only an EU statement, 2 indicating both an EU
statement and national statements from EU member states and 3 indicating only statements
from EU member states.

10. National statement made by the country drafting the resolution: 0 indicates that the
EU member speaking in national capacity did not do so because it was the country drafting
the resolution and therefore had the responsibility of introducing it. 1 indicates that the EU
member speaking in national capacity did so as to introduce a resolution that it had drafted. 2
indicates that both an EU member state introducing, not being the presidency, and other EU-
member/-s made statements regarding the resolution.