Getting Started
United Nations: an Introduction
http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/unintro/unintro.asp
A brief introduction to the United Nations.
Research Preparation for MUN
http://web.mit.edu/mun/mun-research.html
Includes tips on preparation questions and guidelines for writing
a position paper
UN Information
United Nations
http://www.un.org/english/
UN Chronicle
http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/
Selected articles from the UN Chronicles
UN Pulse
http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf
A blog which provides access to recently published UN reports and
documents.
U.N. Documentation Center
http://www.un.org/documents/
Includes the full text of General Assembly resolutions (1963- present),
Security Council resolutions (1946-present), and Economic and Social
Council resolutions (1982-present).and decisions (1995-present).
Also includes full text of records of plenary sessions of the General
Assembly, 55th session (2000) - present.
United Nations Research Guide
http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/resguide/scact.htm
Full text record of meeting of the Security Council and actions
taken by the Security Council since 1994.
UNBISNET
http://unbisnet.un.org/
Includes voting records
Country information
CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Country Studies
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
“ This website contains the on-line versions of books previously
published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the
Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army.”
United States Department
of State. Background Notes.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
This information includes facts about the land, people, history,
government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations.
Portals to the World
http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
“ Portals to the World contains selective links providing authoritative,
in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.”
Country Reports
http://www.countryreports.org/
Statistical Information
Numeric Data for UN Information
http://www.library.yale.edu/un/un2d.htm
Statistical Information
UN Statistics Division
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/
U.S. Census Bureau. Statistical Agencies (International)
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
Lists the official statistical website for many countries.
Other Organizations
United Nations Association for the United States of America and
the Business Council for the United Nations
http://www.unausa.org/site/pp.asp?c=fvKRI8MPJpF&b=260414
UNAUSA is “a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization that
supports the work of the United Nations and encourages active civic
participation in the most important social and economic issues
facing the world today.”
The World Wide Web Virtual Library http://vlib.org/
International Government Organizations
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/igo.html
Includes government information, maps and statistical data.
News
BBC http://www.bbc.org/index.php
CNN http://www.cnn.com/
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
World Press http://www.worldpress.org/
Online Newspapers.com http://onlinenewspapers.com/
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