Political Science Model U.N. Resources

• United Nations Main Page
• UN Charter
• UN Systems
• UN Overview
• UN Treaties
• UN Library
• UN Members
• UN Journal
• UN Wire
• UN Research Guide
• UN Cyber School bus
• Permanent Missions to the UN
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Issues on the UN Agenda

Main Organs of the United Nations

• General Assembly
• First Committee: Disarmament and International Security
• Second Committee: Economic and Financial
• Third Committee: Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural
• Fourth Committee: Special Political and Decolonization
• Sixth Committee: Legal
• Economic and Social Council
• Security Council
• Security Council Resolutions
• International Court of Justice

Specialized Agencies

• UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
• UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• UN Development Program (UNDP)
• UN Environment Program (UNEP)
• UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• UN Center for Regional Development
• UN Commission on International Trade Law
• UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• UN Commission for Social Development
• UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
• UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
• UN Commission on Sustainable Development
• UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
• UN Commission on Population and Development
• Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
• International Labor Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Telecommunication Unit
• UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
• UN Center for Human Settlements
• UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
• UN Information Center
• World Bank
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• UN Statistics Division
• Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS

Countries

General Research on Countries

• CIA WorldFactbook
• US State Department Background Notes
• List of Governmental Websites
• List of International Governmental Organizations
• Foreign Governments Comprehensive Web Site Listings
• Library of Congress Country Studies
• The Electronic Embassy
• Country Watch
• The Economist Country Briefings
• Government and Legal Structure by Country
• UN Maps
• Atlapedia
• InfoNation
• BBC Country Profiles
• Group of 20
• World Bank Data and Statistics
• NGO Global Network
• Wikipedia

African Countries

• African Union (AU)
• African Development Bank
• The Economic Community of West African States
• The Economic Community of Central African States
• South African Development Community

Asian & Middle Eastern Countries

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
• Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
• League of Arab States
• Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
• South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

European Countries

• European Union (EU)
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
• Council of Europe
• Western European Union
• Policies of the European Union

North & South American Countries

• Organization of American States (OAS)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
• South American Common Market
• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• Latin American Economic System
• Pan American Health Organization
• Small Islands Developing State Network
• Caribbean Community and Common Market
• Andean Community
• Council of Canadians

United States of America

• UNA-USA
• The White House
• US Senate
• US House of Representatives
• Library of Congress
• Americans for UNFPA
• Friends of WFP
• USA for UNHCR
• US Committee for UNIFEM
• US Fund for UNICEF

Topics

Peace and Security

• UN Peace & Security Page
• UN Disarmament Page
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
• UN Institute for Disarmament Research
• Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
• International Atomic Energy Agency
• Nuclear Threat Initiative
• UN Peacekeeping
• UNODC and Terrorism Prevention
• UN Terrorism Page
• Global Security
• Carnegie Endowment
• Crisis Group
• United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs
• United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
• US National Counterintelligence Executive
• US National Security Agency
• International Relations and Security Network
• UN Mine Action Service
• Adopt-a-Minefield
• International Campaign to Ban Landmines

Development: Economic and Environmental

• UN Development Page
• UN Development Program
• World Trade Organization
• International Monetary Fund External Country Information
• World Bank External Country Information
• International Fund for Agricultural Development
• UN Conference on Trade and Development
• UN Global Issues
• Division for Sustainable Development
• International Labor Organization
• UN Industrial Development Organization
• High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States
• Council for a Community of Democracies
• Debt AIDS Trade Africa (DATA)
• UN Environmental Program
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• UN Convention to Combat Desertification
• UN-Habitat
• Ecolex- Environmental Law Information
• EcoNet
• European Environmental Law Page
• Geneva Environment Network
• United Nations System- Wide Earth Watch
• World Resources Institute
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Development: Humanitarian and Health

• UN humanitarian affairs page
• UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
• Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• UN Division for the Advancement of Women
• UN International Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
• Americans for UNFPA One Woman Can
• Child Rights Information Network
• Database on Research and Information on Childrens Rights
• ChildwatchInternational Research Network
• Save the Children
• UN Childrens Fund
• Children in Conflict
• UN Youth
• Women Watch
• UNAIDS
• United Nations Population Fund
• Population Action
• World Health Organization
• Global Health
• Oxfam
• World Food Program
• Food and Agricultural Organization
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• Doctors Without Borders
• UN High Commissioner on Refugees
• UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• UNICEF in Emergencies
• Relief Web
• Federation of American Scientists

Human Rights

• UN Human Rights Page
• UN High Commissioner on Human Rights
• Human Rights Watch
• Amnesty International
• Freedom House
• Human Trafficking
• US Department of State Human Rights Reports
• BayefskyList of UN Human Rights Treaties
• Project DIANA at Yale Human Rights Documents
• Center for the Study of Human Rights
• Human Rights First
• Human Rights Internet
• International Human Rights Law Institute
• International League for Human Rights
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• 50thAnniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

International Law

• UN International Law Page
• International Court of Justice
• International Criminal Court
• International Law Commission
• World Intellectual Property Organization
• World Trade Organizations Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

News Sources

• UN News
• Google Scholar
• Google News
• Google News Alerts
• Al-Jazeera
• BBC
• CNN
• Financial Times
• International Herald Tribune
• Le MondeDiplomatique
• New York Times
• The Economist
• The Times of London
• The Wall Street Journal
• Washington Post

Think Tanks & Policy Groups

• 9/11 Commission
• American Progress
• Asia Society
• Aspen Institute
• Brookings
• Carnegie Endowment
• CATO Institute
• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Chatham House
• Council of the Americas
• Council on Foreign Relations
• Crisis Group
• Council on Foreign Affairs
• European Council on Foreign Relations
• Federation of American Scientists
• For the Record
• Foreign Affairs
• Foreign Policy Association
• Foreign Policy in Focus
• GallupWorldView
• Global News Bank
• Heritage Foundation
• Institute for Global Communications
• Institute for Policy Studies
• International Institute for Strategic Studies
• One World
• Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
• Transparency International
• UNA-USA
• UN Democracy
• UN Foundation