LIBRARY

The Library of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established in a effort to provide information and research facilities to the diplomatic corps and the employees of the Ministry. The library has approximately eight thousand historical monographs in its collection, a great number of which are old and rare. It is also regularly updated with foreign and Greek publications on matters of domestic and international policy.

Today, the library constitutes a section of the Service of Historical Archives. The library has a collection of rare volumes ⁽¹⁾ and a remarkable collection of Greek and foreign volumes. This collection is divided into five categories :

A.

• Treaties, Agreements, Conventions, documents on Foreign policy, Diplomatic Correspondence as well as selected documents from International Conferences.
• International and Greek legislation proceedings as well as the Official records of the United Nations
• Scholarly and academic volumes on political theory ⁽³⁾ , the role and impact of international institutions and public administration⁽⁴⁾, and finally volumes on international diplomatic history⁽²⁾ .

B.

• Volumes and manuals on economic policy and international finance.

C.

• Books on contemporary Greek history.

D.

• Encyclopedias and books on Classical European literature.

E.

• Reviews specialized in the field of International politics, economics and security.

At present, the library is being reorganized in order to provide a better service to the interested readers. Additionally, the creation of a computerized database is currently in progress.

(1) M. Capefigue, Le Congres de Vienne et les traites de 1815 (vol I-IV), Editions AMYOT, Paris 1863.Le BN Charles de partends, Causes Celebres du droit des gens, (Vol I-Vol IV), 2eme edition, Editions F.A. Brockhaus, Leipaig 1858

(4) James Brownscott, The Classics of International Law, Oxford, 1934.