SELECTED SITES FOR INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

United Nations - links to UN sites.

      World Digital Library - a website that features unique cultural materials from libraries and archives from around the world. The site includes manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, prints and photographs. It provides unrestricted public access, free of charge, to this material.

Canada - links to Canadian government sites and document sites on Canda and its government..

Council on Foreign Affairs - offers international information by region, by issue, and by publication type (interviews, books, analysis reports, testimony...)

Countries of the World -- Foreign Information  ( The Government Publications Library at the University of Colorado at Boulder) 

Alphabetical country and territory guides.  Although some of the links are limited to CU-Boulder because of license restrictions, most of the links are to freely available resources.

Europa (the European Union online)

     English version                                           

European Comission and European Environment Agency - produces The European Pollution Emission Register (EPER) - a European Counterpart to the U.S. Toxic Release Inventory - EPER had information on industrial emissions into air and water for 15 EU countries in 2001 and and 25 EU countries in 2004. Data was also provided on individual facilties.

Foreign Government Resources on the Web - University of Michigan site provides extensive links to foreign government sites.

International Criminal Court (English and French versions) - ICC was established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 17 July 1998.  It is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes do not go unpunished.

International Publications of Interest

International Survey Databanks - aids in finding economic survey data on developing countries of the world

     Demographic and Health Surveys         

     International Food Policy Research Institute   

     International Household Survey Network (IHSN)  

     UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys           

     World Bank Living Standards Measurement Surveys        

International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC) - UNESCO section that develops relationships with scientific research and academic institutions, civil defense organizations, and the general public to mitigate the hazards associated with tsunamis.

     Publishes Tsunami Newsletter

Library of Congress - Portals to the World -  links to embassies, travel tips, directories, and news for many countries. 

        Provides a link to the Library of Congress Global Gateway.

Library of Congress - Country Studies

Our Planet - international site maintained by the UN Environmental Program - actually a web-based, bimonthly magazine covering topics on the environment and sustainable development - the changing climate, ozone, water, population, food, energy, etc.

PARLINE  -database contains information on the structure and working methods of 265 parliamentary chambers in all of the 189 countries where a national legislature exists.

STATISTICS

   International Statistical Agencies - from the U.S. Census Bureau

   United Nations Statistical Agencies  

Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC) - an independent international commission initiated by the Swedish Government

    see WMDC Report

NGOs - links to Non Governmental Organizations - international in scope
    IGC Internet - Nonprofit resource for other NGOs, this site links to many NGOs by broad and subdivided topics.