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Kresge Library > Library Information > Services > Government Documents > International Government Documents

Government Documents Home Page

International Documents:

Comprehensive Sites
United Nations and other International Organizations
Census/Demographics
Miscellaneous Links

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Comprehensive Sites

Foreign Government Information (Northwestern University site of official foreign government home pages including links to individual agencies and departments)

Foreign Governments Resources (a nicely comprehensive page of  links to foreign government sources by broad subject area, brought to you over the internet by the University of Colorado libraries; note:  access is restricted to those links marked UC)

International Affairs Resources (a section of the vast and wonderful WWW Virtual Library, this source has over 1500 links dealing with a wide array of governmental and nongovernmental topics)

International and Area Studies (an annotated list of international organization and area studies web sites)

International Organizations Web Site (the definitive listing of over 12,000 web sites of international  governmental and nongovernmental organizations)

International Relations Research Resources on the Web (an annotated guide to international relations research by subject or type of material)

Inter-Parliamentary Union (web site for world organization of parliaments of sovereign states)

Political Resources on the Net (sites available on the Internet sorted by country with links to parties, organizations, governments and media)

University of Michigan Documents Center, International (the world's your informational oyster with this comprehensive site)

World Political Leaders (this website includes biographical data and thumbnail photographs of many world leaders past and present)

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The United Nations and other International Organizations

United Nations(a link to the official web site locator for this vastly complex system of international organizations; plus here's a link to UNESCO, one of the more frequently visited UN sites)

 Audiovisual Library of International Law (contains documents and audiovisual material relating to aspects of international law)

Europa/European Union (basic information plus links to the home pages of various EU institutions)

International Court of Justice/World Court (site for the United Nations principal judicial body)

International Monetary Fund (direct link to the site of the 182-member organization which seeks to voluntarily  cooperate in order to maintain stability in the area of currency exchange)

NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (the Cold War may be over, but this alliance of independent nations committed to each other's defense remains a vital force for world peace)

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (the OCED provides a forum for member countries to discuss and perfect economic and social policy)

World Bank (the world's largest source of development assistance for needy countries)

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Censuses/Demographics/Statistics

International Population Data Base (U.S. Census Bureau site giving demographic information on all countries and regions)

Population Reference Bureau Country Statistics & Reports(quick access to essential information on population, health and the environment for over 200 countries)

Global Statistics (from the UN Statistics Division, this site provides data compiled from various sources dealing the demographics, energy, the environment and other important topics)

Nationmaster.com (a massive central data source for all types of country statistics)

Statistical Agencies/International (links to all of the official governmental statistical agencies throughout the world)

United Nations Population Information Network (a guide to population information available on UN system web sites)

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Miscellaneous Links

Constitution Finder (constitutions, charters, amendments and other related documents for all nations)

Election World (this site leads you to election results in many countries)

Embassy World (an exhaustive listing of the world's embassies and consulates)

Universal Currency Converter (use this site to convert the currency of one country to another's; updated on a daily basis)
 

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