International Organizations
Last update: May 1, 2008Humanitarian | Labor | Justice and Law | Scientific and Technical | Women
- Economic and Social Council
- General Assembly
- International Law
- Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
- Documentation Research Guide on International Law
- International Criminal Tribunal on the Former Yugoslavia
- International Court of Justice
- International Law Commission
- Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
- Office of Legal Affairs (OLA)
- Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders
- U.N. Scientific and Technical Organizations
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U.N. Secretariat
- Cartographic Section
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Departments
- Disarmament Affairs, Department of (DDA)
- Economic and Social Affairs, Department of (DESA)
- Humanitarian Affairs, Office for the Coordination of (OCHA)
- Legal Affairs, Office of (OLA)
- Peacekeeping Operations, Department of (DPKO)
- Political Affairs, Department of (DPA)
- Safety and Security, Department of (DSS)
- Documents
- Former Secretaries-General
- Publications, Stamps, Databases
- Situation in Iraq
- Situation in the Middle East
- Statements
- UN Works for People and the Planet, The
- Security Council
- U.N. Social and Humanitarian Organizations
- Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
- Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
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Economic and Social Council, Bureau of the (ECOSOC)
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Subsidiary Bodies
- Statistics Division (UNStats)
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Subsidiary Bodies
- Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- Environmental Programme (UNEP)
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Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations (UNFCCC)
(formerly Climate Change Secretariat) - Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)
- High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR)
- International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
- Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
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Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
(formerly International Drug Control Programme) - ReliefWeb: Serving the information needs of the Humanitarian Relief Community
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U.N. Development Programme (UNDP)
(formerly Sustainable Human Development Programme) - World Food Programme (WFP)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- U.N. Trade and Development Organizations
- Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
- Conference on Trade & Development, U.N. (UNCTAD)
- Counsel of Europe (COE)
- Economic Commission for Africa, U.N. (ECA)
- Economic Commission for Europe, U.N. (UNECE)
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific,U.N. (UNESCAP)
- Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
- Environmental Programme (UNEP)
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations (UNFCCC)
(formerly Climate Change Secretariat) - Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)
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Human Settlements Programme, U.N. (UN-HABITAT)
(formerly Centre for Human Settlements) - Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Sustainable Human Development Programme (UNDP)
- World Food Programme (WFP)
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Other U.N. Organizations
- Important Documents
- Abolition of Forced Labour Convention
- Charter of the United Nations
- Convention Against Tourture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Convention on the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces I (First Geneva Convention)
- Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention
- Documents Alert (annotated list of recent noteworthy documents)
- Equal Remuneration Convention
- Forced Labour Convention
- Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
- Minimum Age Convention
- Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- On-Line Publications
- Africa Recovery
- U.N.Cronicle
- Development Update(Title has been discontinued)
- Human Rights Today
- Image and Reality
- Links, Databases, Services, and Search Engines
- Audio-Visual Services
- Dag Hammarskjöld Library (DHL)
- Links to U.N. Departments and Offices
- Links to U.N.- Related Databases
- ILOLEX: the ILO's database on International Labour Standards
- Official Web Site Locator for the U.N.
- Documents Research Guide
- ReliefWeb (Serving the information needs of the Humanitarian Relief Community)
- Selected U.N. Documents
- Treaty Database
- UN-I-QUE: United Nations Info Quest (via the Dag Hammarskjöld Library)
- UN/NGO Link: Non-Governmental Organizations in Partneship with the U.N.
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African Union
(formerly Organization of African Unity) - Andean Community
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Arab League (in Arabic)
(a.k.a. League of Arab Nations or League of Arab States ) - Arctic Council
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- (British) Commonwealth Secretariat
- Caribbean Community
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European Union (via Europa)
- Committee of the Regions
- Council of the European Union
- Court of Justice of the European Communities
- Directorates-General Links
- European Commission
- European Environment Agency
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
- European Parliment
- EU At-a-Glance
- EU Presidency
- SCADplus (Documents and Publications Database)
- G8 Information Center (via the Universtity of Toronto)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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Organization of American States (OAS)
- Foreign Trade Information System (SICE)
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH)
- Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM)
- Inter-American Council for Intregal Developement (CIDI)
- Unit for the Promotion of Democracy (UPD)
- Unit for Social Development and Education
- Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment (USDE)
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
United Nations
Inter-Governmental Associations
Environment and Sustainable Development
- CAB International
- Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
- Center on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
- EcoNet
- Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA)
- Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide
- GreenNet: Global Network for Environment, Peace, Human Rights and Development Groups
- Greenpeace International
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
- International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES)
- International Network for Environmental Management (INEM)
- Oneworld On-Line NGO Community
- Population Action International
- Sustainability Web Ring
- World Conservation Union (IUCN)
- Links and Search Engines
Global Trade and Finance
- Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC)
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
- Free Trade Area of the Americas
- Global Trade Watch
- Group of 77
- International Coffee Organization
- International Federation for Alternative Trade (IFAT)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- International Policy Council on Agriculture, Food, and Trade (IPC)
- International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT)
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World Bank
- Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
- Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP)
- Economic Development Institute (EDI)
- Global Environment Facility (GEF)
- International Development Association (IDA)
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (U.N.)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Banks
- Important Documents
Humanitarian
- ActionAid
- Amnesty International
- Association for the Prevention of Tourture
- Coalition for International Justice
- Crisisweb: the International Crisis Group
- DIANA: International Human Rights Database
- GreenNet: Global Network for Environment, Peace, Human Rights and Development Groups
- U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Human Rights Watch
- International Campaign to Ban Landmines
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- International Humanitarian Law
- Oneworld On-Line NGO Community
- PeaceNet
Labor
- Education International (EI)
- European Trade Union Confederation
- GreenNet: Global Network for Environment, Peace, Human Rights and Development Groups
- Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies)
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
- International Federation of Building and Wood Workers (IFBWW)
- International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM)
- International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees (FIET)
- International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
- International Labor Rights Fund
- International Labour Organization (U.N.)
- International Metal Workers' Federation (IMF)
- International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF)
- International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association (IUF)
- Media and Entertainment International (MEI)
- Public Services International (PSI)
- Trade Union Advisory Committee (to the O.E.C.D).
Justice & Law
- Coalition for International Justice
- DIANA: International Human Rights Database
- International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR)
- International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- U.N. Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
- Law Enforcement Gays and Lesbians (LEGAL) - International
- Oneworld On-Line NGO Community
Scientific and Technical
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- International Computing Centre (ICC)
- International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES)
- International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Women
- U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
- U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
- Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
- GreenNet: Global Network for Environment, Peace, Human Rights and Development Groups
- U.N. International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
- WomensNet
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