United Nations

Resources in this category:

Charter of the United Nations
http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter/

The founding document of the United Nations. In English.

Global Policy Forum
http://www.globalpolicy.org/

"We monitor global policy making at the United Nations." Searchable, browsable.

Group of 77
http://www.g77.org/

"As the largest Third World coalition in the United Nations, the Group of 77 provides the means for the developing world to articulate and promote its collective economic interests and enhance its joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues in the United Nations system, and promote economic and technical cooperation among developing countries. The purpose of this Web site is to provide information to the general public about the activities of the Group of 77 at the United Nations. Inside you will find general information regarding the history and evolution of the Group of 77 since its creation on 15 June 1964, including its organization, structure and membership. Relevant documents of the Group of 77 such as speeches, policy statements, declarations and press communiques are also available and will be posted on a regular basis."

UNESCO World Heritage List
http://whc.unesco.org/

The World Heritage List, compiled by UNESCO, consists of sites, monuments, or buildings that have been deemed to be culturally and historically significant on a worldwide scale. The site includes a list of over 690 sites, listed alphabetically by country; a list of World Heritage Sites in danger of destruction, and the selection criteria for these sites.

United Nations
http://www.un.org/

"The United Nations is an organization of sovereign nations. It provides the machinery to help find solutions to international problems or disputes, and to deal with pressing concerns that face people everywhere. It does not legislate like a national parliament. But in the meeting rooms and corridors of the UN, representatives of almost all countries of the world -large and small, rich and poor, with varying political views and social systems -have a voice and vote in shaping the policies of the international community." The UN's six main organs are the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat. The site has information about the history, current activities, and member states of the UN. This site is available in English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, and Russian.

United Nations Current Information
gopher://gopher.undp.org/11/uncurr

This level of the United Nations gopher includes the "Daily Journal," a rather tedious list of meeting times and agenda; the "Daily Highlights," often more useful and certainly more brief; as well as texts of security council resolutions, Secretary General Reports, UN press releases and statements; etc.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
http://www.unhcr.ch/

The UNHCR contains a large amount of information about refugees from around the world. Information includes basic data about who UNHCR helps and how, what a refugee is and what rights they have, refugee statistics, photos of refugee life, press releases and other timely information, a clickable image map linking to data by region, publications, an issues forum, and a curriculum guide for teachers. A link is also provided to WITNESS, a site offering online dialogue with refugees.

United Nations International Conference on Population and Development
http://www.iisd.ca/cairo.html

"The United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was held from 5-13 September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. During this two week period world leaders, high ranking officials, representatives of non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies gathered to agree on a Programme of Action." Contains agenda, United Nations documents and agency statements, as well as final programme agreed to in Cairo.