Internet Resources

The Internet provides one of the most heavily used and easily accessible mediums for research and information about the United Nations. Delegates with access to the Internet will soon find that it complements books, such as this Guide, and is invaluable when it comes to obtaining current and historical information For Model U.N. country assignments. The Model U.N. conferences and groups that have their own sites on the World Wide Web invariably have a host of links to other useful Web sites.

                                                                 Contents of Site

United Nations Systems

UN Committees

Countries

Multilateral Organizations

Non-Governmental Organizations NGO

International Affairs

Regions of the World (voting blocks)

Africa

Asia

CIS

Europe

The Americas

Middle East

Topics

Children

Disarmament

Environment

Human Rights

Intelligence

International Law

Landmines

Peace and Security

Refugees

Trade and Development

Women

News

Research Links

Statistics

 

1. United Nations System

The United Nations Homepage offers the best primary source of information for Model U.N. delegates. Delegates should become well acquainted with this site. The U.N. Homepage contains U.N. press releases, documents, and numerous links to U.N. organs.

United Nations Home Page

http://www.un.org

United Nations Links

http://www.undcp.org/unlinks.html

United Nations News

http://www.un.org/News/

Official Website Locator for the U.N. System of Organizations

http://www.unsystem.org

 

PRINCIPAL ORGANS OF THE UN

General Assembly

http://www.un.org/ga

Economic and Social Council

http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ecosoc.htm

Security CounciI

http://www.un.org/Overview/Organs/sc.htm

International Court of Justice

http://icj-cij.org

Secretariat

http://www.un.org/documents/st.htrn

Trusteeship Council

http://www.un.org/documents/tc.htm

 

2. UN Committees

United Nations committee websites provide valuable information on committee structure, programs; and resolutions. The following list represents committees commonly simulated in Model United Nations programs and related U.N. bodies. For a complete listing please refer to the United Nations Homepage. As a Model U.N. delegate you should know the workings of the U.N. system and more important the workings of the committee, commission, or organ on which you will be representing your country.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES

Plenary

http://www.un.org/ga/54/plenary/plenary.htm

First Committee: Disarmament and International Security

http://www.ain.org/ga/54/first/first.htm

Second Committee: Economic and Financial

http://www.un.org/ga/54/second/second.htm

Third Committee: Social, Humanitarian and Cultural

http://www.un.org/ga/54/third/third.htm

Fourth Committee: Special Political and Decolonization

http://www.un.org/ga/54/fourth/fourth.htm

Fifth Committee: Administrative and Budgetary

http://www.un.org/ga/54/fifth/fifth.htm

Sixth Committee: Legal

http://www.un.org/ga/54/sixth/sixth.htm

 

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Subsidiary Bodies-Functional Commissions

Commission on Human Rights

http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/2/chr.htm

Commission on Population and Development

http://www.cdp.org/popin/unpopcom.htm

Commission on Narcotic Drugs

http://www.undcp.org/cnd.htrnl

Commission on Science and Technology for Development

http://www.unctad.org/en/special/ecn l6lds4.htm

Commission for Social Development

www.un.org/esa/socdev/geneva2000/events/csd/index.html

Commission on the Status of Women

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/

Commission on Sustainable Development

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd.htm

 

Subsidiary Bodies-Regional Commissions

Economic Commission for Africa

http://www.un.org/Depts/eca

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

http://www.unescap.org

Economic Commission for Europe

http://www.unece.org

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

http://www.elac.cl

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

http://www.escwa.org.lb

 

UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES AND PROGRAMMES

International Law Commission

http://www.un.org/law/ilc/index.htm

Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS

http://www.unaids.org

United Nations Center for Human Settlements

http://www.undp.org/un/habitat

United Nations Children's Fund

http://www.unicef.org

United Nations Conference on Disarmament

http://www.unog.ch/disarm/dconf.htm

UN Conference on Trade and Development

http://www.unctad.org

United Nations Development Program               

http://www.undp.org

United Nations Development Fund for Women

http://www.unifem.undp.org

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

http://www.unesco.org

United Nations Environment Program

http://www.unep.org      

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

http://www.unhchr.ch

United Nations Industrial Development Program

http://www.unido.org

United Nations International Drug Control Program

http://www.undcp.org

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

http://www.unitar.org     

United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko  

United Nations University (UNU)

http://www.unu.edu

World Bank

http://www.worldbank.org         

World Food Program

http://www.wfp.org

World Health Organization

http://www.who.int

Other United Nations Bodies

http://www.unsystem.org/index8.html

 

3. Countries

Embassies, permanent missions to the United Nations, and government homepages provide country-specific information. Some nations may not maintain a general government website in English. Delegates should look for ministries of foreign affairs or national parliaments if their nation is not listed. It is helpful if in your country-specific research you find a speech or policy statement by a spokesperson of the country you are representing. Speeches by your country's leaders and/or ambassador may be found on these websites below. Refer to http://www.un.int/index-en/webs.html for a complete listing of permanent missions

Electronic Embassy

http://www.embassy.org

Permanent Missions to the U.N. - New York

http://www.un.int/index-en/webs.html

Permanent Missions to the United Nations - Geneva

http://www.unog.ch/genet/permis/misset/htm

Political Resources on the Net

http://www.politicalresources.net

U.N. Member States

http://www.un.org/members

National Government Information

http://www.un.org/esa/national.htm

Australia

http://www.un.int/australia/

Austria

http://www.un.int/austria/

Azerbaijan

http://www.un.int/azerbaijan/

Bangladesh

http://www.un.int/bangladesh/

Belgium

http://www.un.int/belgium/

Bulgaria

http://www.un.int/bulgaria/

Chile

http://www.un.int/chile/

China

http://www.china-un.org/eng/index.htm

Columbia

http://wvw.un.int/columbia/

Czech Republic

http://www.un.int/czechrepublic/

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

http://www.un.int/yugoslavia/    

France

http://www.un.int/france/

Gambia

http://www.gambia.com

Germany

http://www.germany-info.org/un/index.htm

Hungary

http://www.un.int/hungary/

India

http://www.un.int/india/

Islamic Republic of Pakistan

http://www.un.int/pakistan/

Japan

http://www.un.int/japan/

Kazakhstan

http://www.un.int/kazakhstan/

Laos

http://www.un.int/laos/

Mexico

http://www.un.int/mexico/

Mongolia

http://www.un.int/mongolia/

Mozambique

http://www.un.int/mozambique/

Norway

http://www.norway-un.org

Philippines

http://www.un.int/philippines/

Portugal

http://www.un.int/portugaI/

Romania

http://www.romaniaun.org

Russian Federation

http://www.un.int/russia/

Singapore

http://www.info.gov.sg/newyork/

Slovenia

http://www.un.int/slovenia/

South Africa

http://www.southafrica-newyork.net

Sweden

http://www.un.int/sweden/

Uganda

http://www.un.int/ugnda/

Ukraine

http://www.un.int/ukraine/

United Kingdom

http://www.ukun.org

United States

http://www.un.int/usa/

Venezuela

http://www.un.int/venezuela/

 

4. Multilateral Organizations

Alliance for Small Island States

http://www.aosis.org

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

http://www.apecsec.org.sg/

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

http://www.asean.or.id/

Council of Europe

http://www.coe.fr/index.asp

Economic Community of West African States

http://www.ecowas.net/english.htm

European Union

http://www.europa.eu.int

Food and Agriculture Organization

http://www.fao.org

G8 Information Centre

http://www.gc/.utoronto.ca

International Atomic Energy Agency

http://www.iaea.org

International Civil Aviation Organization

http://www.icao.org

International Fund for Agricultural Development

http://www.unicc.org/ifad/home.htrnl

International Labor Organization

http://www.ilo.org

International Monetary Fund

http://www.imf.org

International Organization for Migration

http://www.iom.int/

International Telecommunication Union

http://www.itu.int

League of Arab States

http://www.leagueofarabstatcs.org

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

http://www.hq.nato.int

Organization of African Unity

http://www.oau-oua.org

Organization of American States

http://www.oas.org

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

http://www.oecd.org

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

http://www.osce.org

Western European Union

http://www.weu.int

World Intellectual Property Organization

http://www.wipo.int

World Trade Organization

http://www.wto.org

5. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

Non-governmental organizations play an integral role in the United Nations system. The following sites provide links

to the hundreds of NGO pages on the Internet.

 NGO Homepage

 http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo

Academic Council on the UN System

http://www.yale.edu/acuns

Accion International

http://www.accion.org   

Bread for the World

http://www/bread/org

Committee on NGOs

http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo.htm

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (CONGO)

http://www.conferenceofngos.org

Earthwatch

http://www.earthwatch.org

Friend of the World Food Program

http://www.clickforfood.org

Grassroots International

http://www.grassrootsonline.org/

Institute for International Education

http://www.iie.org

Oxfam America, Inc

http://www.oxfamamerica.org

NGO Global Network

http://www.ngo.org

NGO Search Engine

http://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ngo/altavist.htm

United Nations Association of Greater Boston

http://www.una.gis.net/-unagb

unagb@gis.net

USA for UNHCR Headquarters:

http://www.usaforunhcr.org

Regional Offices:

Chicago (Email: chicago@usaforunhcr.org)

Los Angeles (E-mail: santamonica~saforunhcr.org)

New York (E-mail): newyork@usaforunhcr.org)

US Committee for UNICEF

http://www.unicefusa.org

information@unicefusa.org

UN Department of Public Information NGO Section

http://www.un.org/MoreInfo/ngolink/dpingo.htm

World Education

http://www.worlded.org

DPI/NGO Directory

http://www.un.org/MoreInfo/ngolink/ngodir.htm

 

6. International Affairs

Brookings Institution - Foreign Policy Studies

http://brook.edu/fp/fp_hp.htm

Foreign Policy

http://www.foreignpolicy.com

Council on Foreign Relations

http://www.foreignrelations.org/public

     Foreign Policy in Focus

http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org

Foreign Affairs

http://www.foreignaffairs.org

International Relations and Security Network

 http://www.isn.ethz.ch

 

7. Regions

AFRICA

Africa News Online

http://www.africanews.org

Africa News Now

http://www.africanewsnow,com

Africa Online

http://www.africaonline.com

Africa Policy Information Center

http://www.africapolicy.org

African Studies Internet Resources

http://www.cc.columbia.eduu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa

Africa Wire

http://www.africawire.com

 

ASIA

Asia News Stand

http://asiadragons.com

Asia Pacific News

http://www.asiapacificnews.com

Asia Society

http://www.asiasociety.org

Asia Times Online

http://www.atimes.com

Asia Week

http://www.cnn.com/AS1ANOW/asiaweek/

News Asia

http://www.newsasia.com         

South Asian Analysis Group

http://www.saag.org

COMMONWEALTH OF INTERDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Democracy and Governance

http://www.info.usaid.gov/re~ons/europe~eurasia/democr02.htm

Russia and NIS Politics

http://www.users.aimnet.com/-ksyrah/ekskurs/ruspol.html

Statistics of the CIS

http://www.unece.org/stats/cisstat

Central Europe Online

http://www.centraleurope.com

European investment Bank

http://www.eib.org

European Union Internet Resources

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GSSI/eu.html

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

http://www.rferl.org

THE AMERICAS

Central lntelligence Agency

http://www.odci.gov

FedWorld

http://www.fedworld.gov

Institute for Central American Studies

http://www.mesoamer.org/

Latin American Information Network

http://www.1anic.utexas.edu

Political Database of the Americas

http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba

Resource Center for the Americas

http://www.arnericas.org

United States Department of State

http://www.statc-.gov

United States Information Agency

http://www.usia.gov/usis.html

White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html          

MIDDLE EAST

Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine

http://www.palestinecenter.org

Middle East Insight

http://www.mideastinsight.org

Middle East institute

http://www.mideasti.org

Middle East Research and lnformation Project

http://www.merip.org

Middle East Review of lnternational Affairs

http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/meria.html

Middle East Times

http://www.metimes.com

The Washington lnstitute of Near East Policy

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/pubs

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

http://www.washington-report.org/index.html

8. Topics

Among the various topics addressed by United Nations delegates each year some themes, from children to international law, recur. The following is a brief selection of sites on the general topics. Delegates should also check the websites of committees, international organizations, and NGOs for topical links.

Child Rights International Research Institute

http://www.childrights.com

Childwatch International Research Network

http://www.childwatch.uio.no

Center for Europe's Children

http://www.eurochild.gla.ac.uk/default.htm

Convention on the Rights of the Child

http://www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm

Database on Research and Information on Children's Rights

http://www.hildhouse.uio.no/childwatch/cwi/Rl-DB/ifo.html

UNICEF Resource Centre - Links

http://www.unicef-icdc.org/information/linlts/

DISARMAMENT

United Nations and Disarmament

http://www.un.org/Depts/dda

United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs

http://www.un.org/Depts/dda/DDAHorne.htm

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

http://www.unog.ch/UNIDlR

ENVIRONMENT

Ecolex - Environmental Law Information

http://www.ecolex.org

EcoNet

http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/enindex.html

European Environmental Law Page

http://www.asser.nl/EEL/index.htm

International Environment House

http://www.environmenthouse.ch

UNEPnet

http://www.unep.org/unep/eia/eis/unepnet/home.htm

UNEP Site Locator

http://www.unep.org/sitelocator

United Nations System -Wide Earth Watch

http://www.unep.ch/earthw.html

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty International      

http://www.amnesty.org

Anti-Defamation League

http://www.adl.org

Center for Human Rights Education

http://www.pdhre.org

Center for the Study of Human Rights

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute

http://www.newdeal.FERI.org\FERI

Human Rights Access

http://www.clark.net/hrx

Human Rights Internet

http://www.hri.ca

Human Rights USA

http://www.hrusa.org

Human Rights Watch

http://www.hrw.org/

International Human Rights Law Institute

http://www.depaul.edu/-ihrli

International League for Human Rights

http://www.ilhr.org/

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

http://www.lchr.org

Physicians for Human Rights

http://www.phrusa.org

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights

http://www.rfkmemorial.org

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

http://www.udhr.org/

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

http://www.umn.edu/humanrts

Awareness of National Security Issues and Response (ANSIR) Program

http://www.fbi.gov/programs/ansir/ansir.htm  

Central Intelligence Machinery

http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/cabsec/1998/cim/cimrepl .htm

Intelligence Online Project

http://www,icg.org/intelweb/index.html

National Counterintelligence Center

http://www.nacic.gov/about.html

National Security Agency Official Homepage

http://www.nsa.gov

Security Intelligence Review Committee

http://www.sirc-csars.gc.ca

Stratfor

http://www.stratfor.com

American Society of International Law

http://www.asil.org

Center for International Legal Studies

http://www.cils.org

Library Legal Information Network

http://www.loc.gov/glin/glinhome.html

International Criminal Court

http://www.un.org/law/icc/index.html

International Law Association

http://www.ila-hq.org

The International Law Page

http://www.users.bart.nl/-bethlehem/law.html

International Trade Law

http://www.uncitral.org/en-index.htm

Law of the Sea

http://www.un,org/Depts/los/index.htm

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

http://www.lchr.org

United Nations Homepage - International Law

http://www.un.org/law

United Nations Treaty Collection

http://www.untreaty.un.org

Adopt-A-Minefield

http://www.landmines.org

United Nations Mine Action Service

http://www.unicef-icdc.org/information/links

PEACE AND SECURITY

Bonn International Center for Conversion

http://www.bicc.uni-bonn.de

British American Security Information Council

http://www.basicint.org 

Federation of American Scientists

http://www.fas.org

lnstitute for Defense Studies and Analyses

http://www.idsa-india.org/an-content.htm

Institute for the Studies of Conflict, Ideology and Policy

http://www.bu.edu/iscip

Defense Intelligence Agency

http://www.dia.mil/index.html

Institute for Security Studies

http://www.iss.co.za

Inter-American Development Bank : Corporation for Public Broadcasting

http://www.iadb.org/exr/english/index-english.htm

http://www.pbs.org

International Peace Academy

http://www.ipacademy.org

Monterey Institute

http://www.miis.edu/res/index.html

National Security Archive

http://www.gwu.edu/-nsarchiv

National Security Council

http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/NSC/ht~nI/nschome.html

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

http://www.sipri.se

Refugee Law Center

http://www.refugeelawcenter.org/bookmarks.htm

Refugee News Net

http://www.unhcr.ch/news/newswire/newswire.htm

World Trade Organization

http://www.wto.org

International Trade Centre

http://www.intracen.org

UNCTAD - WWW Related Sites

http://www.unctad,org/en/wwwsites/fwwwsite.htm

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

http://www.citizen.org/petrade/gattwto/gatthome.html

WOMEN

Women Watch

http://www.un.org/womenwatch

United Nations Development Fund for Women

http://www.unifem.undp.org

United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw

United Nations International Training lnstitute for the Advancement of Women

http://www.un.org/instraw

NEWS

ABC News.Com

http://www.abcnews.go.com

Association for International Broadcasting (AIB)

http://www.aibcast.demon.co.uk/members.html

Associated Press

http://www.wire.ap.org

British Broadcasting Corporation

http://www.news.bbc.co.uk       

Cable News Network

http://www.cnn.com

The Economist

http://www.economist.com

Facts on File

http://www.facts.com

Financial Times

http://www.ft.com/hippocampus/index.html

Foreign Wire

http://www.foreignwire.com

International Radio and Television Society

http://www.irts.org

The Macneil/Lehrer Newshour

http://www.pbs.org/newsshower

Le Monde Diplomatique

http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en

MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.com

The Nation

http://www.thenation.org

National Public Radio

http://www.npr.org

News Bank

http://www.libraryi.yale.edu/pubstation/databases/globaInews.html

Email:sales@newsbank.com

Newsweek

http://www.newsweek.com/nw-srv/printed/int/front.htm

The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com

Policy

http://www.policy.com

Radio Free Europe

http://www.rferl.org/

RAND Publications

http://www.rand.org/PUBS/index.html

Reuters

http://www,reuters.com/news

Time

http://www.cgi.pathfinder.com/time

United Press International

http://www.upi.com

Voice of America

http://www.voa.gov

Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com

World of Information

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World Policy Journal

http://www.worldpolicy.org

World Press

http://www.worldpress.org

 

9. Research Links

GENERAL

CIA World Factbook

http://www.odci.gov/CIA/publications/factbook

Congressional Information Service, Inc (ICS)

http://www.cispubs.com

Crisis Web

http://www.crisisweb.org

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov

Relief Web

http://www.notes.reliefweb.int/

The WWW Virtual Library

http://www.vlib.org

United Nations Association of the US

http://www.unausa.org

UN Bookstore

http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/bookstor/

United Nations Film Library and Video Catalogue   

http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/sflib/docrefs/undocst3.htm

United Nations Publications

http://www.un.org/pubs

Universal Postal Union

http://www.upu.int

STATISTICS

Global Statistics

http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/global.htm

WHO Statistical Information System

http://www.who.int/whosis

UNICEF Statistics on Women and Children

http://www.unicef.org/statis/index.html