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.

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

The Group of 77 comprises 130 countries and is the largest intergovernmental organization of developing states in the United Nations. The group serves to promote the collective economic interests of member Governments within the United Nations system.

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

The World Heritage center manages the World Heritage List of over 800 sites, monuments, or buildings around the world that have been deemed to be culturally, historically, or ecologically significant. Also contains World Heritage-related news and information.

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.org/

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

Contains the proceedings of the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held from 5-13 September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. Covers background information and materials related to the conference such as photos and press releases, etc. and the "final programme of action" agreed upon at the end of the conference.