The UNESCO Collection of Representative Works (or UNESCO Catalogue of Representative Works) was a UNESCO translation project that was active for about 57 years, from 1948 to about 2005. The purpose of the project was to translate masterpieces of world literature, primarily from a lesser known language into a more international language such as English and/or French. There were ~1,300 works in the catalog, consisting of over sixty-five different works of literature and representing around fifty Oriental languages, twenty European languages, and a number of African and Oceanian literatures and languages. The project also included translations from one less widely known language into another.

UNESCO financed the translations and publications, but UNESCO itself was not a publisher, instead working with other publishers who sold the books independently.

Publications of the Natural Science Sector and its predecessors

Series consists of publications of the Communication and Information Sector and its predecessors.

Series consists of works compiled and published by non-governmental organizations which were either in receipt of specific funding from UNESCO, as well as those publications from NGOs which had official relations with UNESCO and were exchanging information based on the conditions of this relationship.

Publications of the Education Sector and its predecessors

Publications of the Culture Sector and its predecessors.

Publications of the Social and Human Science Sector and its predecessors

Periodicals published directly by UNESCO

All works published directly by UNESCO Field Offices

Works compiled and published byUNESCO in cooperation with other institutions

Maps, posters and similar material produced and published by UNESCO