Government Resources: International Resources

Asian Development Bank

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Backgrounders (Council on Foreign Relations)
Current political and economic issues succinctly explained.

Canadian Encyclopedia

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Private, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910, its work is nonpartisan and dedicated to achieving practical results.

Center for Systemic Peace (George Mason University)

Centre for Intercultural Learning (Canada)

Constitution Finder (University of Richmond)

Countries of the World

Country Reports on Terrorism (U.S. State Department)

EISIL: Electronic Information System for International Law
Database that provides materials, web sites and online guides to international law

ElectionGuide
Publication of International Foundation for Election Systems. ElectionGuide is the most comprehensive and timely source of verified election information and results available online.

Election Resources on the Internet

Ellis Island: The American Family Immigration History Center

European NAvigator (ENA)
Multimedia reference on the history of Europe

European Union

• ECLAS

  • Commission's Central Library OPAC. Includes materials by and about the EU.

• EURLex

  • "EU Law Portal". Search & retrieve full text of the Official Journal, institutions' documents, treaties, regulations, legislation, case law. Great guide to the legislative processes.

• Europa (Gateway to the European Union)

• EUROPARL (Parliament)

• Eurostat

  • The Statistical Office of the European Union provides free online access to most of its publications.

• Index to Europa Information Sources

  • Best tool on Europa website. Indexes databases,contacts and sources.

• L'OEIL (Legislative Observatory)

  • Search page

    • Searchable by keyword, document reference numbers, committee or agency, subjects, countries or legislative procedure.

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Foreign Information by Country (University of Colorado)

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

International Government Organizations (Purdue University)

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)

International Labour Organization (ILO)

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (National Archives of Japan)

League of Nations

• Research Guide to the League of Nations Publications

• League Documents and Statistical Yearbook (1926-1944) 

• Versailles Treaty

• Haile Selassie Speech

MIT Center for International Studies

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Open Society Justice Initiative

Organizations of Africa

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

• OECD Washington Center

• OECD iLibrary

Organization of American States (OAS)

National Archives (UK)

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)

United Nations (UN)

• UN Audiovisual Library of International Law

• UNBISNET

• UNdata

• UN Chronicle

• UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

• UN Development Programme (UNDP)

  • Human Development Reports

• UN Documentation: Research Guide

• UN Documentation Centre

• UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

  • UNESCO Statistics

• UN Educational Portal

• Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

• UNICEF

  • Innocenti Research Centre

• UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)

• International Strategy Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)

• UN Multimedia

• Official Document System (ODS)

• Palestine Question

• Permanent Missions

• UN Population Fund

• UN Regional Commissions

  • Africa

  • Asia and the Pacific

  • Europe

  • Western Asia

• UN Statistics Division

• UN System of Organizations

• UN Treaty Collection

Universal Postal Union (UPU)

World Bank

• World Bank e-Library

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

World Tourism Organization Limited full text

World Trade Organization (WTO)