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Country Information (General and Regional)
Country Information (General and Regional)
- Contact and Website Information for UN Missions
- * The UN's National Government Information Page
- BBC News Country Profiles
- CIA World Factbook
- Country Watch (paid service)
- Country Reports
- Infoplease Country Information
- Library of Congress Country Studies
- * One World - Nations Online
- Political Resources
- UN Missions
- * US Department of State Country Background Notes
- Foreign Information by Country, UC Boulder Libraries
- * NationMaster (comparative national statistics)
- United Nations "Blue Book" of Permanent Missions
Maps
Maps
- * UN Maps
- National Geographic Maps
- National Geographic Education (including lesson plans)
United Nations Agencies
United Nations Agencies
General UN Resources
- United Nations Website
- World Map of UN Websites
- Organizational Chart of the UN System (click on a UN body on the chart to go to its homepage)
- Official Website Locator for the UN System
- UN Department of Public Information
- UN Databases
- UN News Centre
- UN E-mail News Service
- UN Depository Libraries
- UN Chronicle magazine
- United Nations University
Principal Organs of the UN
- General Assembly
- Economic and Social Council
- Security Council
- International Court of Justice
- Secretariat
- Trusteeship Council
General Assembly Committees
- First Committee: Disarmament and International Security
- Second Committee: Economic and Financial
- Third Committee: Social, Humanitarian and Cultural
- Fourth Committee: Special Political and Decolonization
- Fifth Committee: Administrative and Budgetary
- Sixth Committee: Legal
Economic and Social Council Functional Commissions
- Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
- Human Rights Council
- Commission on Narcotic Drugs
- Commission on Population and Development
- Commission on Science and Technology for Development
- Commission for Social Development
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Commission on Sustainable Development
- UN Statistical Commission
Regional Commissions
- Economic Commission for Africa
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- Economic Commission for Europe
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
UN Programs and Funds
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- UN Women
- UN Development Programme (UNDP)
- UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
- UN-Habitat
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
- UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
- World Food Programme (WFP)
UN Specialized Agencies
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Labour Organization
- International Maritime Organization
- International Monetary Fund
- International Telecommunication Union
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UN Industrial Development Organization
- Universal Postal Union
- World Bank Group
- World Health Organization
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Tourism Organization
Related Organizations and Other UN Bodies
Issues
Issues
General
- Issues on the UN Agenda
- Avalon Project at Yale – Legal and Historical Documents
International Affairs
- Brookings Institution
- Foreign Affairs
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Foreign Policy
- Global Policy Forum
- International Relations and Security Network
- Council for a Community of Democracies
Children
- Child Rights Information Network
- Childwatch International Research Network
- Database on Research and Information on Children's Rights
- Save the Children
- UNICEF
Disarmament and Security
- Federation of American Scientists
- Security Council Report
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- International Crisis Group
- Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee
- United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs
- United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
- US National Counterintelligence Executive
- US National Security Agency
Environment
- Ecolex—Environmental Law Information
- European Environmental Law Page
- Geneva Environment Network
- United Nations System—Earth Watch
- World Bank
- World Resources Institute
Development
Human Rights
- United for Human Rights
- Amnesty International
- Bayefsky List of UN Human Rights Treaties
- Project DIANA at Yale – Human Rights Documents
- Center for the Study of Human Rights
- Human Rights First
- Human Rights Internet
- Human Rights Watch
- International Human Rights Law Institute
- International League for Human Rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
International Law
- United Nations Homepage—International Law
- Center for International Legal Studies
- Library of Congress—Global Legal Information Network
- International Law Association
- International Trade Law
- Law of the Sea
- United Nations Treaty Collection
Landmines
Women