General Sources of Information United Nations www.un.org UNA-USA www.unausa.org United Nations Cyber School Bus www.un.org/cyberschoolbus CIA World Fact Book https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook United States Department of State www.state.gov Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation www.gatesfoundation.org United States Department of State www.fordfound.org
News sources The New York Times www.nytimes.com The Times of London www.timesonline.co.uk The Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com Financial Times www.ft.com The Economist www.economist.com The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com
Specific UN sources United Nations www.un.org Issues on the UN Agenda www.un.org/issues General Assembly www.un.org/ga Economic and Social Council www.un.org/docs/ecosoc United Nations Development Program www.undp.org United Nations Human Rights Council www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/chr.htm United Nations Commission on Science and Technology www.unctad.org/Templates/StartPage.asp?intItemID=2529 United Nations Children’s Fund www.unicef.org World Health Organization www.who.int/en/ International Court of Justice www.icj-cij.org 9/11 Commission www.9-11commission.gov United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change http://unfccc.int/ Organization of American States www.oas.org Security Council of the United Nations www.un.org/docs/sc/ UN Statistics Division http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm UNA-USA www.unausa.org United Nations Cyber School Bus www.un.org/cyberschoolbus Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS www.unaids.org/en/ International Atomic Energy Agency www.iaea.org International Labour Organization www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm
International Agencies Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org Amnesty International www.amnesty.org Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation www.gatesfoundation.org Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org Center for Strategic and International Studies www.csis.org Ford Foundation www.fordfound.org Transparency International www.transparency.org Debt AIDS Trade Africa (DATA) www.data.org Brookings Institution www.brookings.org Foreign Affairs www.foreignaffairs.org Council on Foreign Relations www.cfr.org Foreign Policy www.foreignpolicy.com Global Policy Forum www.globalpolicy.org International Relations and Security Network www.isn.ethz.ch Council for a Community of Democracies www.ccd21.org 9/11 Commission www.9-11commission.gov Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org International Committee of the Red Cross www.icrc.org Doctors Without Borders www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Country-Specific Information European Union http://europa.eu Library of Congress Country Profiles http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/profiles.html Foreign Newspapers and news sources from Kidon Media-Link http://www.kidon.com/media-link/index.php Online Publications from and about Latin America from the University of Texas at San Antonio www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/latinamericapubs.html
European Union
Library of Congress Country Profiles
Foreign Newspapers and news sources from Kidon Media-Link
Online Publications from and about Latin America from the University of Texas at San Antonio
Children Child Rights Information Network www.crin.org Database on Research and Information on Children’s Rights http://child-abuse.com/childhouse/childwatch/cwi/RI-DB/info.html Childwatch International Research Network www.childwatch.uio.no Save the Children www.savethechildren.org UNICEF www.unicef.org
Child Rights Information Network
Database on Research and Information on Children’s Rights
Childwatch International Research Network
Save the Children
UNICEF
Disarmament and Security Federation of American Scientists www.fas.org Carnegie Endowment for International Peace www.ceip.org/ International Crisis Group www.icg.org/ United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs http://disarmament.un.org United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research www.unidir.org US National Counterintelligence Executive www.ncix.gov US National Security Agency www.nsa.gov
Federation of American Scientists
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
International Crisis Group
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 www.ecolex.org EcoNet www.igc.org/home/econet/index.html European Environmental Law Page www.eel.nl Geneva Environment Network www.environmenthouse.ch Greenpeace www.greenpeace.org United Nations System—Wide Earth Watch http://earthwatch.unep.net World Resources Institute www.wri.org United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change http://unfccc.int/
Ecolex—Environmental Law Information
EcoNet
European Environmental Law Page
Geneva Environment Network
Greenpeace
United Nations System—Wide Earth Watch
World Resources Institute
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Economics and Development Economic and Social Council www.un.org/docs/ecosoc United Nations Development Programme http://www.undp.org United Nations Development Programme—Human Development Report http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) www.unctad.org/Templates/StartPage.asp?intItemID=2529 International Monetary Fund www.imf.org/external/index.htm World Trade Organization www.wto.org/
Economic and Social Council
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Development Programme—Human Development Report
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
International Monetary Fund
World Trade Organization
Human Rights United Nations Human Rights Council www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/chr.htm Amnesty International www.amnesty.org Bayefsky List of UN Human Rights Treaties www.bayefsky.com Project DIANA at Yale – Human Rights Documents www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diana/index.html Center for the Study of Human Rights www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights Human Rights First www.humanrightsfirst.org Human Rights First www.humanrightsfirst.org Human Rights Internet www.hri.ca Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org International Human Rights Law Institute www.law.depaul.edu/institutes_centers/ihrli/index.asp International League for Human Rights www.ilhr.org Universal Declaration of Human Rights www.un.org/Overview/rights.html 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights www.udhr.org University of Minnesota Human Rights Library www.umn.edu/humanrts
United Nations Human Rights Council
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
50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
International Law United Nations Homepage—International Law www.un.org/law Center for International Legal Studies http://cils.net Library of Congress—Global Legal Information Network www.glin.gov International Law Association www.ila-hq.org International Trade Law www.uncitral.org/en-index.htm Law of the Sea www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm United Nations Treaty Collection http://untreaty.un.org International Court of Justice www.icj-cij.org International Criminal Court www.icc-cpi.int/home.html&l=en
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
International Court of Justice
International Criminal Court
Landmines Adopt-A-Minefield www.landmines.org United Nations Mine Action Service www.mineaction.org International Campaign to Ban Landmines www.icbl.org
Adopt-A-Minefield
United Nations Mine Action Service
International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Women Women Watch www.un.org/womenwatch UN Division for the Advancement of Women www.un.org/womenwatch/daw UN International Training Institute for the Advancement of Women www.un-instraw.org Americans for UNFPA - One Woman Can www.americansforunfpa.org/getinvolved
Women Watch
UN Division for the Advancement of Women
UN International Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
Americans for UNFPA - One Woman Can
Friends of... Organizations Americans for UNFPA www.americansforunfpa.org Friends of WFP www.friendsofwfp.org USA for UNHCR www.unrefugees.org US Committee for UNDP www.undp-usa.org US Committee for UNIFEM www.unifemusa.org US Fund for UNICEF www.unicefusa.org
Americans for UNFPA
Friends of WFP
USA for UNHCR
US Committee for UNDP
US Committee for UNIFEM
US Fund for UNICEF