Create a spot-on reference in Chicago 17 and 16
General rules
In accordance with the rules of Chicago Style – notes and bibliography (17th ed.), the same template should be used for referencing an organisational report in a bibliography as for a book. Thus, a reference to an organisational report should contain the following elements: author (individual or organisation who created the report), report title, name of editor (if applicable), month and year of publication, city of publication, and publisher.
For an online source, add the URL address at which the text of the report can be accessed at the end of the reference. Give the date of access only if the source's date of publication is unknown.
Template of reference in a bibliography:
Author (individual or organisation). Title. Edited by Editor. City: Publisher, month year. URL.
Template of full note:
Author, Title, ed. Editor (City: Publisher, month year), number of the cited page, URL.
Template of short note:
Author, Title, number of the cited page.
Examples of references in a bibliography
UNESCO. World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: Regional Overview of Asia Pacific, 2017/2018. Paris: UNESCO, 2018. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000266192?posInSet=11&queryId=N-8639500c-0275-466f-a369-680b3eb0d981.
World Economic Forum. The Global Risks Report 2020. Cologny: WEF, 2020. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Risk_Report_2020.pdf.
Examples of notes
1. UNESCO, World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: Regional Overview of Asia Pacific, 2017/2018 (Paris: UNESCO, 2018), 44, https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000266192?posInSet=11&queryId=N-8639500c-0275-466f-a369-680b3eb0d981.
2. World Economic Forum, The Global Risks Report 2020 (Cologny: WEF, 2020), 31, http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Risk_Report_2020.pdf.
3. UNESCO, World Trends, 44.
4. World Economic Forum, Global Risks Report 2020, 31.