International

* International Governmental Organizations
United Nations, OECD etc

* National Governments
Governments, Political parties.

* In the News
Current Affairs

* Full text documents
Constitutions, Summits, Treaties

* Sites Specializing in International Studies
Sites providing links to all aspects of international politics.

* International Governmental Organizations Publications
held in the University of Sydney Library.

International Governmental Organizations

Comprehensive Lists | Selected IGOs | Trade Unions

Comprehensive Lists

International Organization Web Sites
Very extensive listing provided by the Union of International Associations.
url: http://www.uia.org/website.htm

International Organizations Information
List of comprehensive international organizations sites by the National Library of Australia.
url: http://www.nla.gov.au/gov/intgov.html

List of International Government Organizations on the WWW
This is a very comprehensive listing. Use it if the organization you seek is not listed below.
url: http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html

Selected IGOs

ADB
Asian Development Bank
url: http://www.adb.org/

APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
url: http://www.apecsec.org.sg/

ASEAN
Association of South East Asian Nations
url: http://www.asean.or.id/

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth
url: http://www.thecommonwealth.org/

eCommonwealth
News and information about Commonwealth member countries.
url: http://www.commonwealth.org.uk/

CHOGM
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
url: http://www.chogm.org/

European Union
url: http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/subjects/government/eu.html

ILO
International Labour Organization
url: http://www.ilo.org/

IMF
International Monetary Fund
url: http://www.imf.org/

IPU
Inter-Parliamentary Union
url: http://www.ipu.org/

NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
url: http://www.nato.int/

OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
url: http://www.oecd.org/

United Nations

United Nations Home Page
url: http://www.un.org/

United Nations Official Web Site
url: http://www.unsystem.org/

UNBISnet - Search
Catalogue of UN publications and documentation indexed by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also included are non-UN publications held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. Includes indexes to UN voting records and to official speeches 1983-.
url: http://unbisnet.un.org/

UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
url: http://www.unesco.org/

UN InfoNation
url: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/

See also United Nations databases

WHO
World Health Organization
url: http://www.who.ch/

Australia and the UN
url: http://www.dfat.gov.au/un/

World Bank
url: http://www.worldbank.org/

WTO
url: http://www.wto.org/

WTO/GATT Research
url: http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/wtoguide.html

Trade Unions

World Trade Union Directory
An international listing from the Cyber Picket Line.
url: http://www.cf.ac.uk/socsi/union/links.htm

Unions and related sites
International listing of trade union sites produced by the Australian National University.
url: http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/unions/unions.html#International

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National Government Information

Comprehensive Sites | National Governments | Political Leaders | Parliaments | Political Parties | Regional Sites

Comprehensive Sites

The Almanac of Politics and Government
This site provides a wide range of political data for a large number of countries and international organizations - a good starting point.
url: http://www.polisci.com/

CIA World Factbook
Data is available for over 250 countries. For each country, map and flag, geographic, population, government, economic, communication, transportation, military, and transnational issue information is provided for the latest year available.
url: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

National Governments on the WWW

Governments on the WWW
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies etc. from 182 countries and territories. Includes also political parties.
url: http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/

Worldwide List of Government Home Pages on the WWW
url: http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/resource/internat/foreign.html

Yahoo Index of Governments (by Country)
url: http://www.yahoo.com/Government/Countries/

Political Leaders

Chiefs of State
url: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html

Rulers around the World
url: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1058/rulers.html

For Biographical Information, See also the Quick Reference Guide: Politicians & Leaders

Parliaments

Web Servers of National Parliaments
url: http://www.ipu.org/english/parlweb.htm

PARLINE Database
Authoritative database of parliaments, election results and legal information.
url: http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/parlinesearch.asp

Web Sites on National Parliaments
url: http://www.polisci.umn.edu/information/parliaments/index.html

Political Parties

Yahoo Political Parties by Country
url: http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Politics/Parties/By_Country_or_Region/

Governments on the WWW: Political Parties
url: http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/parties.html

Regional Sites

Africa
Asia
Australia
Canada
Europe
Great Britain
Latin America
Middle East
New Zealand
Papua NG and Pacific Islands
United States


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Full text documents:
Charters, Constitutions, Databases, Elections, Laws, News, Statistics, Summits, Treaties

Charters, Declarations
Constitutions
Databases, Document Finders, Search Engines
Election Results
Laws
News
Statistics
Summits, Conferences, Agreements etc
Treaties

Charters, Declarations

UN Charter
url: http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
url: http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

For the Record 2000: The UN Human Rights System
url: http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2000/index.htm

Papers from the Earth Summit
Rio de Janeiro, June 1992.
url: http://www.un.org/geninfo/bp/enviro.html

Constitutions

Constitution Finder
url: http://confinder.richmond.edu/

FindLaw's Constitutions of the World
url: http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/06constitutional/03forconst/index.html

Databases, Document Finders, Search Engines

United Nations

Official documents of the United Nations
This database covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. Older UN documents are, however, added to the system on a daily basis. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards..
url: http://documents.un.org/welcome.asp?language=E

United Nations Website Search
Use this site to identify the major UN documents, such as global studies, reports, handbooks and guides.
url: http://www.un.org/search/

United Nations System Pathfinder
Use this site to find the texts of UN documents.
url: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/pathfind/frame/content.htm

UN Documentation Centre
url: http://www.un.org/documents/index.html

United Nations Documentation: Research Guide
This guide is designed for researchers and information professionals new to United Nations documentation. It provides an overview of the various types of documents and publications issued by the Organization (e.g, reports, resolutions, meeting records, sales publications, press releases) and gives guidance on how to work with them.
url: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/

UN Treaties Database
Only available to users on the University of Sydney network.
url: http://ezproxy.library.usyd.edu.au/login?url=http://untreaty.un.org/English/access.asp

UNESBIB
Bibliography of UNESCO documents, publications and Library collection.
url: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/unesbib.html

Human Rights

Human Rights on the Internet
A very comprehensive listing of human rights information available on the world wide web.
url: http://www.ala.org/acrl/ressept99.html

Human Rights Treaty Bodies Database
This database was developed to meet the growing interest in the committees established to monitor the implementation of the principal international human rights treaties (also referred as "treaty monitoring bodies" or "treaty bodies")
url: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf

Human Rights Watch
This site has full-text versions of HRW world reports for each year.
url: http://www.hrw.org/hrw/

Human Rights Internet
This site has full-text versions of For the Record: the UN Human Rights System for each year.
url: http://www.hri.ca/

Human and Constitutional Rights Resources
From Columbia University Law School - current events, reports, documents, links.
url: http://www.hrcr.org/

International Labour Organization Databases

NATLEX
An ILO bibliographic database that contains information on national laws on labour, social security and related human rights.
url: http://natlex.ilo.org/

ILOLEX
The ILO's database on International Labour Standards.
url: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/norm/

Other

ITC Trade Statistics Database
Database of import/export statistics provided by the UN International Trade Centre.
url: http://www.intracen.org/menus/countries.htm

National Library Catalogues
url: http://www.library.uq.edu.au/ssah/jeast/

Government Databases in International Affairs.
url: http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/doc/electronic/dbint.htm

See also European Union Databases on the WWW

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Election Results

Worldwide Election Results
url: http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/election.htm

Elections Around the World
url: http://www.electionworld.org/election/index.html

Election Resources on the Internet
url: http://www.electionresources.org/

Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
url: http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/election.htm

International Foundation for Election Systems
url: http://www.ifes.org/

Lijphart Election Archive
url: http://dodgson.ucsd.edu/lij/

Laws

Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases
url: http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/country.html

News

Google News
Search and browse over 4,000 continuously updated news sources. Updated around the clock with the latest news, with links to a wide variety of US and Internations news sources.
url: http://news.google.com/

Pandia Newsfinder
Search engine giving access to current news from a range of quality newspapers worldwide.
url: http://www.pandia.com/news/index.html

Newspapers & News Services
A comprehensive list of newspaper sites in the University of Sydney Library's Quick Reference Guide compiled by Philippa Crosbie.
url: http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/subjects/readyref/news.html

Statistics

nationmaster.com
Wide ranging site covering most countries and country groups, with authoritative current statistics and rankings.
url: http://www.nationmaster.com/

Country at a Glance
url: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_g_map.htm

Global Statistics (UN)
Searchable database of United Nations Statistical publications.
url: http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/global.htm

International Statistical Institute
This site contains links to a range of international statistical data, as well as to major national statistical agencies.
url: http://www.stat.unipg.it/iasc/Misc-stat-official.html

OFFStats
OFFSTATS lists web sites offering free and easily accessible social, economic and general data from official or similar "quotable" sources, especially those that provide both current data and time series. In the country lists, these are mainly web pages provided by statistical offices, central banks and government departments and agencies, whereas the topics list is comprised of links to the statistics pages of international organizations and associations and a few commercial sites.
url: http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/stats/offstats/OFFSTATSmain.htm

Social Indicators
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) Data.
url: http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/

Data on the Net
Search or browse a listing of 851 Internet sites of numeric Social Science statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more.
url: http://odwin.ucsd.edu/idata/

Statistical Resources on the Web: Foreign Government Data Sources
University of Michigan site with links to official IGO and national statistical sites.
url: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/forstats.html

US Census International Database
Worldwide Demographic Data.
url: http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/idbnew.html

See also

International and Worldwide Statistics
A comprehensive list of statistics in the University of Sydney Library's Quick Reference Guide compiled by Philippa Crosbie.
url: http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/subjects/readyref/population.html#stats

Economic Statistics Internet Guide
A comprehensive list of economic statistics in the University of Sydney Library's Economic Statistics site compiled by Linden Fairbairn.
url: http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/subjects/economics/statsinternet.html

National Statistical Agencies

Worldwide List of Government Home Pages on the WWW
This list includes the statistical agencies of each country
url: http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/resource/internat/foreign.html

ABS: Links to other Statistical Agencies & Related Sites
url: http://www.abs.gov.au/852563C30081B50B/0/1A77A1992A130B644A2563F60023436E?Open

NSS (National Statistical Service): Links to Australian and International Statistical Agencies, and Other Statistical Information Sources
url: http://www.nss.gov.au/nss/home.NSF/4994f452d9ec105bca256cca00147757/178dd58dfaf9388cca256f0100009cff!OpenDocument

Summits, Conferences, Agreements etc

Economic Summits and International Finance Meetings
url: http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/summit/index.html

Climate Change Conference
Kyoto, Dec 1997
url: http://www.unfccc.de/

CHOGM
(Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, 1997.)
url: http://www.chogm97.org/

Summit of the Eight Official Site
Meeting of the G7 plus Russia in Denver, June 1997.
url: http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/summit/g8.html

G8 Summit, Birmingham, May 1998.
url: http://www.state.gov/www/issues/economic/summit/98_g8_summit.html

G8 Summit, Cologne, June 1999.
url: http://www.library.utoronto.ca/g7/summit/1999koln/index.htm

Bosnian Peace Agreement, Dayton Ohio, Nov 1995.
url: http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/bosnia/bosagree.html

NAFTA
(North American Free Trade Agreement)
url: http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/Policy/NAFTA/nafta.html

Uruguay Round
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 1994.
url: http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/wta.1994/index.html

Treaties

Treaty and Convention Sources
url: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/secretariatslinks.html

UN Treaties Database
Only available to users on the University of Sydney network.
url: http://untreaty.un.org/English/access.asp

Maastricht Treaty
European Union
url: http://www.eurotreaties.com/maastrichtext.html

Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Bodies Database
url: http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf


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