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International Governmental Organizations (IGOs) - List and Links:

A-E: African Development Bank Asian Development Bank (ADB) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council of Europe Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) | Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) European Union

F-L: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) G8 Information Centre Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD/World Bank) International Court of Justice International Labour Organization (ILO) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)

M-R: Nordic Council North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) | African Union [formerly known as Organization of African Unity (OAU)] Organization of American States (OAS) Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

S-Z: Secretariat of the Pacific Community United Nations I United Nations II United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) U N Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) U N Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) U N Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) U N Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) U N High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) World Bank (IRBD) World Health Organization (WHO)

More comprehensive lists of links to International Governmental Organizations (IGOs):

• International Agencies and Information on the Web--Univ. of Michigan Documents Center
• International Governmental Organizations --Northwestern Univ.
• International Organization Web Sites--Union of International Associations--most comprehensive list

United Nations

• United Nations--UN Dept. of Public Information--overview, global issues, news, documents, departments, information resources, and publications

• Official Web Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations and other related International Organizations--search by agency or official UN classification; also covers frequently requested information and what's new

• Bureau of International Organization Affairs--U.S. Dept. of State--statements, communiques, speeches, and testimony, United Nations (U.N.) reform, U.S. participation in the UN and international organizations, U. N. peacekeeping, and related sites

• The European International Model United Nations--simulate the United Nations

• United Nations WWW and Gopher Servers and Other Related Links--United Nations International Drug Control Programme--includes model UN sites

• United Nations CyberSchoolBus--projects and resources about the United Nations, including data for all member states, model U.N. discussion area, and curriculum corner

• United Nations Economic and Social Development--environment, human settlements, population, social development, sustainable development, human rights, narcotic drugs, prevention of crime, statistics, and trade

• United Nations Sustainable development web site--Commission on Sustainable Development, related UN bodies, major groups, global agreements and commitments, national information, and indicators of sustainable development

• The United Nations Scholars' Workstation at Yale Univ.

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Other international organizations

• International Organization Web Sites: Index Page--Union of International Associations (UIA)--links to: international organizations by name, by subject area, and by regional groupings and IGO list; selected from the Yearbook of International Organizations

• Commodity Price Data: The Pink Sheet--World Bank--annual, quarterly, and monthly averages of commodity prices, 1993-

• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)General information; recent reports and resolutions, meetings, overview of major publications (in cluding some electronic versions), projects, data bases, news

• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

  • FAOSTAT Statistical Data Base--Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)--1 million time-series records covering international statistics in on Production, Trade, Food Balance Sheets, Food Aid Shipments, Fertilizer and Pesticides, Land Use and Irrigation, Forest Products, Fishery Products, Population, Agricultural Machinery

• Geneva International--Forum--very basic information about international organizations

• Government Resources on the Web--U.S. and Foreign Governments and International Organizations--Univ. of Michigan Document Center

• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

• International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights

• The International Court of Justice--Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School--decisions and information about the court and justices

• International Monetary Fund

• Lycos: Government: Multilateral

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)--includes information about member countries

• OECD Online--Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development--forum for governments of the industrialized democracies to develop cooperative economic and social policies

• Operation Joint Endeavour (IFOR)--NATO in Bosnia

• Organization of American States

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

• Standard Eurobarometer--European Union--in-depth studies on different current affairs topics

• UNICEF--United Nations Children's Fund

• The World Bank Group

• World Health Organization (WHO)

• Yahoo! Government: International Organizations

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