GENERAL SITES AND OTHER MODEL UN LINKS PAGES

United Nations
www.un.org

UN CyberSchoolBus
www.un.org/cyberschoolbus

UN Works

www.un.org/works

UN Peace and Security Page

www.un.org/peace

UN Human Rights Page

www.un.org/rights www.un.org/esa

UN Economic and Social Development Page UN Humanitarian Affairs Page

www.un.org/ha

UN International Law Page

www.un.org/law

US Department of State
http://www.state.gov/

Butler University Model UN

www.butler.edu/polisci/modelun/links.html

Center for Global Development

www.cgdev.org

Globalization101.org
www.globalization101.org

Global Policy Innovations

http://www.policyinnovations.org/

Global Envision
http://www.globalenvision.org

BestDelegate.com

http://www.bestdelegate.com

COUNTRY INFORMATION
Contact and Website Information for UN Missions http://www.un.int/protocol/documents/mission%20emails.pdf The UNs National Government Information Page www.un.org/esa/national.htm UN CyberSchoolBus Country At A Glance www.cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation/index.asp BBC News Country Profiles http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html Country Watch (paid service) www.countrywatch.com Country Reports www.countryreports.org Infoplease Country Information www.infoplease.com/countries.html Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html One World - Nations Online www.nationsonline.org/oneworld Southern Center for International Studies, Timeslines and Infolinks http://www.southerncenter.org/timeline Political Resources www.politicalresources.net/index2.htm UN Missions www.un.int US Department of State Country Background Notes www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn Foreign Information by Country, UC Boulder Libraries http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/govpubs/for/foreigngovt.htm NationMaster (comparative national statistics) http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php United Nations "Blue Book" of Permanent Missions http://www.un.int/protocol/bluebook/bb301.pdf

MAPS
National Geographic Maps

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps
National Geographic Xpeditions (including lesson plans)

www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
The Perry-Castaeda Map Collection at the University of Texas

www.lib.utexas.edu/maps
Atlapedia UN Maps

www.atlapedia.com/index.html http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm

UNITED NATIONS AND RELATED BODIES

General UN Resources United Nations Website www.un.org World Map of UN Websites www.un.org/aroundworld/map Organizational Chart of the UN System (click on a UN body on the chart to go to its homepage) www.un.org/aboutun/chart.html Official Website Locator for the UN System www.unsystem.org Directory of Permanent Missions to the UN www.un.org/members/missions.shtml UN Public Information Guide www.un.org/MoreInfo/pubsvs.html UN Databases www.un.org/en/databases UN News Centre www.un.org/news UN E-mail News Service www.un.org/apps/news/email UN Depository Libraries www.un.org/depts/dhl/deplib/countries/index.html UN Map Center www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/htmain.htm UN Chronicle magazine www.un.org/chronicle United Nations University www.unu.edu Principal Organs of the UN General Assembly www.un.org/ga Economic and Social Council www.un.org/docs/ecosoc Security Council www.un.org/sc International Court of Justice www.icj-cij.org Secretariat www.un.org/documents/st.htm Trusteeship Council www.un.org/documents/tc.htm General Assembly Committees First Committee: Disarmament and International Security www.un.org/ga/first/

Second Committee: Economic and Financial www.un.org/ga/second/ Third Committee: Social, Humanitarian and Cultural www.un.org/ga/third/ Fourth Committee: Special Political and Decolonization www.un.org/ga/fourth/ Fifth Committee: Administrative and Budgetary www.un.org/ga/fifth/ Sixth Committee: Legal www.un.org/ga/sixth/ Economic and Social Council Functional Commissions

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CCPCJ/index.html Human Rights Council www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/ Commission on Narcotic Drugs www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CND/index.html Commission on Population and Development www.un.org/esa/population/cpd/aboutcom.htm Commission on Science and Technology for Development http://stdev.unctad.org Commission for Social Development http://social.un.org/index/CommissionforSocialDevelopment.aspx Commission on the Status of Women www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw Commission on Sustainable Development http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/csd/csd_index.shtml UN Statistical Commission http://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/commission.htm Regional Commissions Economic Commission for Africa www.uneca.org Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific www.unescap.org Economic Commission for Europe www.unece.org Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean www.eclac.org Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia http://www.escwa.un.org/ UN Programmes and Funds UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) www.unicef.org UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) www.unctad.org

UN Women http://www.unwomen.org/ UN Development Programme (UNDP) www.undp.org UN Environment Programme (UNEP) www.unep.org UN-Habitat www.unhabitat.org UN High Commissioner for Refugees http://www.unhcr.org/ UN Population Fund (UNFPA) www.unfpa.org UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) www.unrwa.org World Food Programme (WFP) www.wfp.org UN Specialized Agencies Food and Agriculture Organization www.fao.org International Civil Aviation Organization www.icao.org International Fund for Agricultural Development www.ifad.org International Labour Organization www.ilo.org International Maritime Organization www.imo.org International Monetary Fund www.imf.org International Telecommunication Union www.itu.int UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization www.unesco.org UN Industrial Development Organization www.unido.org Universal Postal Union www.upu.int World Bank Group www.worldbank.org World Health Organization www.who.int World Intellectual Property Organization www.wipo.org World Meteorological Organization www.wmo.ch World Tourism Organization www.world-tourism.org

Related Organizations and Other UN Bodies International Atomic Energy Agency www.iaea.org International Criminal Court www.icc-cpi.int Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS www.unaids.org UN Disarmament http://www.un.org/disarmament/ UN Peacekeeping http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/ UN Office on Drugs and Crime www.unodc.org World Trade Organization www.wto.org Back to Top Resource Links | Links to Other International Organizations African Development Bank www.afdb.org African Union (AU) www.africa-union.org Alliance for Small Island States www.sidsnet.org/aosis Andean Community www.comunidadandina.org/endex.htm Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation http://www.apec.org/ Asian Development Bank www.adb.org Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) www.aseansec.org Caribbean Community and Common Market www.caricom.org Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) www.cisstat.com/eng/cis.htm Council of the Baltic States http://www.cbss.org/ Council of Europe www.coe.int Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) www.ecowas.int European Union (EU) www.europa.eu.int G8 Information Centre www.g7.utoronto.ca G77 (Group of 77) www.g77.org International Organization for Migration www.iom.int

League of Arab States www.arableagueonline.org Mercosur (Southern Common Bank) http://www.mercosur.int/ North American Development Bank www.nadbank.org North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) www.nato.int Organization of American States (OAS) www.oas.org Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) www.oecd.org Organization of the Islamic Conference www.oic-oci.org Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) www.opec.org Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) www.osce.org Paris Club www.clubdeparis.org Pacific Islands Forum www.forumsec.org.fj Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) www.paho.org Secretariat of the Pacific Community www.spc.int/corp/ Union of South American Nations (Spanish) http://www.pptunasur.com/ Western European Union www.weu.int Resource Links | News Outlets UN-specific news sources UN News Centre http://www.un.org/news/ The Interdependent http://www.theinterdependent.com/ UN Dispatch http://www.undispatch.com/ UN Wire (email) https://www.smartbrief.com/un_wire/index.jsp Turtle Bay blog (Foreign Policy Magazine) http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/ What's In Blue (Security Council news) http://www.whatsinblue.org/ UN Chronicle http://www.un.org/wcm/content/site/chronicle/ OurWorld 2.0 (from United Nations University) http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/

Newspapers From Around the World www.newspapers.com/country.htm World Magazine and Newspaper Directory http://www.world-newspapers.com/ ABC News www.abcnews.com Associated Press www.ap.org BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk CBC News Online www.cbc.ca CNN www.cnn.com The Economist www.economist.com Economist Intelligence Unit www.eiu.com The Financial Times www.ft.com Latin America News Sources online www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/latinamericapubs.html MSNBC www.msnbc.com The New York Times www.nytimes.com Reuters www.reuters.com Agence France-Presse (AFP) http://www.afp.com/afpcom/en/ The Times (London) http://www.thetimes.co.uk The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com ISSUES AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) General Issues on the UN Agenda www.un.org/issues

Avalon Project at Yale Legal and Historical Documents avalon.law.yale.edu International Affairs Brookings Institution www.brookings.org Foreign Affairs www.foreignaffairs.org Council on Foreign Relations www.cfr.org Center for Strategic and International Studies http://csis.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 Children Child Rights Information Network www.crin.org Childwatch International Research Network www.childwatch.uio.no Database on Research and Information on Childrens Rights http://child-abuse.com/childhouse/childwatch/cwi/RI-DB/info.html Save the Children www.savethechildren.org UNICEF www.unicef.org Disarmament and Security

Federation of American Scientists www.fas.org Security Council Report http://www.securitycouncilreport.org Carnegie Endowment for International Peace www.ceip.org International Crisis Group www.icg.org Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee www.sirc-csars.gc.ca United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs http://www.un.org/disarmament/

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research www.unidir.org US National Counterintelligence Executive www.ncix.gov US National Security Agency www.nsa.gov Environment EcolexEnvironmental Law Information www.ecolex.org European Environmental Law Page www.eel.nl Geneva Environment Network www.environmenthouse.ch United Nations SystemEarth Watch http://un.org/earthwatch World Bank www.worldbank.org/environment World Resources Institute www.wri.org Development United Nations Development Programme http://www.undp.org United Nations Development ProgrammeHuman Development Report http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports Human Rights
United for Human Rights http://www.humanrights.com

Amnesty International www.amnesty.org Bayefsky List of UN Human Rights Treaties www.bayefsky.com Project DIANA at Yale Human Rights Documents http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/diana.asp Center for the Study of Human Rights www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights 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 University of Minnesota Human Rights Library www.umn.edu/humanrts International Law United Nations HomepageInternational Law www.un.org/law Center for International Legal Studies http://cils.net Library of CongressGlobal Legal Information Network www.glin.gov International Law Association www.ila-hq.org International Trade Law www.uncitral.org/ Law of the Sea www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm United Nations Treaty Collection http://untreaty.un.org Landmines United Nations Mine Action Service www.mineaction.org International Campaign to Ban Landmines www.icbl.org 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 "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 Fund for UNICEF www.unicefusa.org Better World Campaign http://www.betterworldcampaign.org/ United Nations Foundation http://www.unfoundation.org