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United Nations      Canada       European Union        International Organizations        Regional Organizations        

 

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United Nations

 

 United Nations

UN documents are found at the Documentation Center. For books, periodicals, statistics, treaties, etc. go to Publications, Stamps and Databases.

 

 

 

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Canada

 

 

Government of Canada Home Page
Electronic access to information about Canada, its government and services.

 

Statistics Canada
Full-text of Statistics Canada Daily Reports. Use their search feature to locate specific data information about Canada.

 

Strategis: Business Information from Canada
Strategis contains links to information about the economic environment of Canada. Monthly Economic Indicators can be found here, as well as companies and industries by sector and SIC code.

 

Intergovernmental On-Line Information Kiosk
A single-window on Federal, Provincial, Territorial and Municipal government online services in Canada.

 

Parliamentary Web Site
Parliament includes the elected members of the House of Commons and the appointed members of the Senate. Public policy and legislation is introduced in the House and debated and enacted through the House and Senate.

 

National Library of Canada
A description of the Library's services and a list of many available full text files. See also NLC's Government Information site.

 

 

 

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European Union

 

 

Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS)
"Provides information on a vast range of research, development and innovation activities undertaken on a European level." CORDIS. In order to search for work programs, information packages, calls for proposals and policy green papers, click here Search the Document Library. In order to search for EU's legislative and decision making process documnets, click here Search for Comdocuments.

 

European Parliament: Plenary Sessions Documents (EUROPARL)
Provides published reports, verbatim reports of its proceedings, minutes, rules of procedure, consolidated legislative documents, and adopted texts. Each category of document offers a variety of search/browse parameters including date, plenary session, responsible party, Europarl document numbering, and much more. Also provides links to European Union Institutions.

 

Government Publications and Maps: International Documents
Web access to international documents from from the United Nations, the European Union, the Food & Agriculture Organization, International Labour Organization, International Monetary Fund, League of Nations, Organization of American States, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization, World Bank, World Health Organization, and World Trade Organization. Maintained by the Government Publications and Maps department, Northwestern University.

 

International Agencies and Information on the Web: European Union
Compiled and maintained by the University of Michigan.

 

U.S.-European Union Relations: Economic Change and Political Transition
Government Documents SuDoc D 5.417:165. This resource is also available online http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS496

 

 

 

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International Organizations

 

 

International Agencies and Information on the Web
Comprehensive site, compiled and Maintained by the Documents Center, University of Michigan.

 

International Organization Web Sites: Index Page
List from the Union of International Associations. Provides links to a number of web sites of inter-governmental and non-governmentalinternational organizations.

 

 

International Governmental Organizations
A comprehensive alphabetical list of world organizations. Compiled and maintained by Nothwestern University Libraries, Government Publications and Maps.

 

International Organizations
A selected list of world organizations. Compiled and maintained by the Library of Congress.

 

 

 

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Regional Organizations

 

 

Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Provides information on treaties, trade, social development, culture, environment, etc. ASEAN documents are devided between Basic and Political Documents.

 

Caribbean Community and Common Market
Provides information on treaties, regional issues, statistics, economy, etc.

 

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Provides press releases, basic texts, speeches, information on member states, treaties, etc.

 

Organisation of African Unity
Provides treaties, Charter on human and people's rights, information on Rwanda, etc. OAU documents are available at Documentation.

 

Organisation of American States
Provides current news, information on democracy, civil society, drug control, sustainable development, as well as OAS documents, publications, and structure, and much more.

 

 

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Non-Government Organizations

 

 

Amnesty International
Provides news, recent reports, information on key issues, action campaigns, and more.

 

 

European Policy Centre
Provides news, and information on key Europrean issues, and more.

 

Freedom House
Provides U.S. and international research, advocacy, education, statistics and reports on human rights, democracy, free market economics, the rule of law, independent media, etc.

 

Greenpeace
Provides news, campaign events, information on climate, toxics, nuclear, oceans, genetic engineering, forests, etc.

 

 

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Provides news and information on activities by country, issues by topic, as well as publications and photos.

 

 

Non-Governmental Organizations
A comprehensive list of NGOs arranged alphabetically by topic. Edited by Roberto Cicciomessere.

 

 

Transparency International: The Global Coalition Against Corruption
Provides news, reports, working papers, indexes, and more on global corruption. Go to Global Corruption Report 2001.

 

 

UR Political Science Subject Guide: Human Rights
Provides links to Human Rights organizations.

 

 

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Other Countries

 

British Government and Politics on the Internet
Comprehensive site on British Government, compiled by the University of Keele.

 

Foreign Government Resources on the Web
Links to foreign government websites as well as related foreign information. Compiled and maintained by the Documents Center, University of Michigan.

 

 

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