U.S. FOREIGN RELATIONS RESOURCES
Foreign Relations of the United States - The official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions that have been declassified and edited for publication. The series is produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian.
U.S. Department of State. Office of the Historian - 1945-1976 volumes
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections - 1861-1960 volumes
Background Notes - u.s. bilateral relations fact sheets
PUBLIC OPINION RESOURCES
PewGlobal Attitudes Project - A series of worldwide public opinion surveys, conducted by the Pew Research Center, on a broad array of subjects in the news.
World Public Opinion.org - Provides information and analysis about public opinion on international policy issues from around the world.
WORLD GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of ForeignGovernments - Coverage: 2001-present. Earlier editions available in HathiTrust Digital Library.
PARLINE Database on National Parliaments - Contains information on the structure and working methods of 266 parliamentary chambers in all of the 189 countries where a national legislature exists.
Constitute - Subtitled "The World's Constitutions to Read, Search, and Compare", this site provides constitutions in force as of September 2013 from most of the world's independent states.
Global Edge - This website offers a wealth of information about international business. The Global Insights section "provides international business and trade information on over 200 countries, the 50 U.S. states, as well as nearly two dozen industry sectors, and many of the world's trade blocs.”
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
UNITED NATIONS RESOURCES
UNBISNet - Catalogue of United Nations (UN) documents and publications, 1979-present. Note that older documents are being added to the catalogue on a regular basis.
Voting Records - (General Assembly, Security Council), 1946-present.
Speeches - (General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council), 1983-present
COUNTRY DATA RESOURCES
Library of Congress Country Studies - Search the full text of handbooks on ninety-one countries.
UN CountryStats app is available for IOS and Android.
WHO Country Profiles - For each country a health profile and data on disease, mortality, health services and systems, childhood nutrition and health risk factors.
Background Notes - U.S. Department of State country reports.
Statistics - Research Aid - A more comprehensive guide to statistical data and data sets.
CIA World Factbook - General country profiles with basic population and economic data.
Country Statistics - The world's leading advocate for children's rights and health allows access to a wealth of statistical information on these topics.
NationMaster - A vast compilation of data from hundreds of sources. We want to be the Web's one-stop resource for country statistics on everything from obesity to murders.
Index of Economic Freedom - This site provides an annual guide to raise awareness of economic freedom and opportunity in countries world-wide based on ten measures or "freedoms:" Business, Trade, Fiscal, Monetary, Investment, Financial, Property, Freedom from Corruption, and Government Spending.
GeoHive: Country Data Index - Provides statistics, tables and charts relating to countries of the world.
Library of Congress Country Studies - Provides full-text information on political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of countries throughout the world.
World Bank Group: Countries and Regions
World Values Study - Worldwide network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life.
The Department of State's Background Notes
Ibrahim Index of African Governance
Also the main site has a list of issues & campaigns with links:
ISSUES / CAMPAIGNS
* Democracy <https://www.un.org/en/globalissues/democracy/index.shtml>
* Decolonization <https://www.un.org/en/decolonization/>
* Rule of Law <https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/>
* Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect <https://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/adviser/>
* The Holocaust <https://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/>
* The Question of Palestine <https://unispal.un.org/DPA/DPR/unispal.nsf/udc.htm>
* The Rwanda Genocide <https://www.un.org/en/preventgenocide/rwanda/>
* Action to Counter Terrorism <https://www.un.org/en/counterterrorism/>
* Victims of Terrorism <https://www.un.org/victimsofterrorism/en>
* Children and Armed Conflict <https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/>
* UNiTE to End Violence Against Women <https://www.un.org/en/women/endviolence/>
* Messengers of Peace <https://outreach.un.org/mop/>
* Millennium Development Goals <https://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/>
* Sustainable Development <https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/>
* Climate Change <https://www.un.org/climatechange/>
* Zero Hunger Challenge <https://www.un.org/en/zerohunger/>
* Global Issues <https://www.un.org/en/globalissues/>
* Observances <https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/united-nations-observances/index.html>
* UN and Sustainability <https://www.un.org/en/sections/general/un-and-sustainability/index.html>
* World Humanitarian Summit <https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/>
* NEW: Refugees and Migrants <https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/>
BBC News Country Profiles. Introduction, current leader(s), a brief timeline of important dates, a link at the bottom "Related Topics - [Country name]" that takes the user to other recent newsworthy events regarding that country. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
The United Nations Association provides a whole page of Country Information Links. http://www.unausa.org/global-classrooms-model-un/for-educators/resources/resource-links/country-information
One World Nations Online is another one that's a cross between the basic CIA World Fact Book type information and the more detailed information. http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/first.shtml
The U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
From the University of Colorado - Boulder is the Foreign Information by Country. This seems to be a good roundup of links to various information about each country, and sorted by Profile; Official Government; Diplomacy and Aid; Military and Peacekeeping; etc. http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/foreigngovt.htm
There is more extensive information for each country at the United Nations Member States page: http://www.un.org/en/member-states/index.html
There is the InfoPlease list of countries, but this might also be better for more detailed information: http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html
Page 49 of the Model United Nations Manifesto provides a few more links, especially to news agencies. http://project-connect.ca/resources/MUNManifesto.pdf
The New York Times also has their News by Country pages: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/africa/index.html You need to go to each region, then scroll about halfway down on the right to "Times Topics: Find News by Country". The only hiccup here is the the NY Times will only let a user go to a certain number of pages before it requires a subscription.