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AN EYE ON THE GLOBAL CONDITION
Of Special Interest:
United Nations|Regional Organizations|IGOs
- United Nations Home Page
- UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
- Official Web Site Locator
for the United Nations System of Organizations
- Member States Portal Pilot
- United Nations Peacekeeping Website
- Embassy.Org: The Electronic Embassy
- Absolutely All Of The World's Embassies In A Searchable Database
- The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
- Exercising Public Authority Beyond the State
an essay by Professor Jost Delbruck
- Global Policy Forum
"We monitor global policy making at the United Nations"
- UNESCO World Heritage Centre
- U. N. Economic and Social Development Web Site
- ECOSOC
U. N. Economic and Social Council
- ESCAP
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
- UNIS
The United Nations International School
- ODCCP
United Nations Office for Drug Conrol and Crime Prevention
- Global Issues of the 21st Century: United Nations' Challenges
- UW Libraries: Government Publications - International Inter-Governmental & Non-Governmental Organizations
- NAM
Non-Aligned Movement
- OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
"Welcome to the OECD, an international organisation helping governments tackle the economic, social and governance challenges of a globalised economy."
- NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- ISAF International Security Assistance Force
- OAS
Organization of American States
- Human Rights Library | University of Minnesota
- United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
- OAU
Organization of African Unity Homepage
- African Union -- Union Africaine
English and French
Perform a search on "integration review"
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- The ECOWAS Commission
Economic Community of West African States
- Arab Gateway: The League of Arab States
- Middle East News and World Report Official Website
- Arab League Page
Arab League, informal name of the League of Arab States, a voluntary association of independent countries whose peoples are mainly Arabic speaking. Its stated purposes are to strengthen ties among the member states, coordinate their policies, and promote their common interests.
- ASEAN
Official Website of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- The Arctic Council
- ISNA
Official Website of the Islamic Society of North America
- MISNA
Missionary International Service News Agency
- Council Of Europe
European Union
- European Union Internet Resources
from Berkeley
- Center for European Studies
from Harvard
- EUFORIC
Europe's Development Policies and Forum on International Cooperation
- OSCE
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- CORDIS: I*m Europe Portal Page
"CORDIS is the official website through which researchers can obtain funding under the main EU research funding programme."
- Beyond Intractability: More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict
- Other Intergovernmental Organizations
WWW Virtual Library
- IGOs: International Intergovernmental Organizations
- Intergovernmental Organizations | Caribbean Centre of Excellence for E-Governance
- The Group of G-77
The Group of 77 is the largest intergovernmental organization of developing states in the United Nations.
- HOME - G-20
The G20 was established in 1999, in the wake of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, to bring together major advanced and emerging economies to stabilize the global financial market.
- What is the G-20?
- G8
The Group of Eight (G-8) is a forum for the leaders of eight of the world’s most industrialized nations, aimed at finding common ground on key topics and solutions to global issues.
International Affairs/Law|Governments
[For specifically US Government Sites, go to the Government Page in the library.]
- United Nations | International Law
- United Nations Treaty Collection
- Electronic Information System for International Law
- THOMAS (Library of Congress)
- International Law | LII/Legal Information Institute
Cornell University
- Law Library of Congress Home Page
- The Guide to Law Online
The Guide to Law Online is an annotated compendium of Internet links; a portal of Internet sources of interest to legal researchers.
- Digest of International Law
from U.S. State Department
- ILO: International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the tripartite UN agency that brings together governments, employers and workers of its member states in common action to promote decent work throughout the world.
- Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.
- World Affairs Council
The World Affairs Council of Seattle, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, is the leading foreign affairs forum in the Pacific Northwest.
- The American Society of International Law
- What is TWAIL -- American Society of International Law
- Project MUSE -- Human Rights Quarterly -- International Territorial Administration
- ARTICLE: "The Disciplines of International Law and Policy"
PDF File
- World Wide Legal Directories
- Kluwer Law International Journals
"Welcome to the Kluwer Law International Journals Online website. With the information needs of legal practitioners, policymakers and academics in mind, Kluwer Law International has built a unique collection of almost 4,000 information sources. This collection includes over 50 journals which span a vast array of topics and which are available in electronic format on this website."
- New York University School of Law
- WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs
- Office of International Affairs | Lehigh University
- Johns Hopkins SAIS
School of Advanced International Studies
- Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs: University of Minnesota
"The University of Minnesota was one of the first public universities in the nation to dedicate itself to educating individuals for public leadership."
- The International Forum
"Our programs combine an in-depth and on-the-ground learning experience of markets and societies in the world that are of strategic importance to our participants, while also providing a time for introspection and learning about oneself as a leader and member of society. "
- Global Politician
Online International Political News Journal, Politically Incorect Analysis
- UT International Network Information Systems
Russian and East European Information Center
The objective of UT International Network Information Systems is to provide international users with access to academic databases and information services worldwide, and to provide area studies scholars around the world with access to information on and from the regions covered by different Centers. Each Center's e-mail contact is posted in its own home page.
- ZNet
ZNet is a World Wide
Web site maintained by Z Magazine and encompassing a diverse collection
of organizations and projects all affiliated with the Institute for Social and
Cultural Communications, plus links to additional projects, notably the
Chomsky Archive.
- New World Village
People-Link is a national on-line organization of progressive activists and a progressive provider of full Internet services.
- Political Geography
"Principles of Cultural Geography" -- PDF File
- OneWorld.net
"OneWorld.net is an online hub publishing news on global issues and providing support to non-profits working to create a better world."
- "The Nation"
Online Magazine
- The Watson Institute for International Studies
- Social Watch Org
An international citizens’ coalition monitoring implementation of the world governments' commitments to eradicate poverty and achieve gender equity.
[Search: RESOURCES]
- Primary Source
"Promotes history and humanities education by connecting educators with people and cultures throughout the world."
- FPRI
Foreign Policy Research Institute
- INDEM: RUSSIAN Version
The mission of the INDEM Foundation, as outlined in the Foundation's Charter, is the conception, cultivation and implementation of projects, initiatives and programs that make a contribution to the development of democratic institutions in Russia. INDEM achieves its mission through research in political science, jurisprudence, economics, sociology, social psychology, information technology and other applied sciences
- Political Resources on the Net
Listings of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world.
- Afghanistan and the U.S.: selected internet resources
- Sociology in Switzerland
- Religious Movements Homepage Project
- The Fundamentalism Project
a series from the University of Chicago Press
- ALA/GODORT International Documents Task Force
The purpose of the International Documents Task Force (IDTF) is to further the mission of the Government Documents Roundtable by focusing attention on the problems and concerns with international and foreign national government information.
- Governments on the WWW
Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web: parliaments, ministries, offices, law courts, embassies, city councils, public broadcasting corporations, central banks, multi-governmental institutions etc. Includes also political parties. Online since June 1995. Contains more than 17000 entries from more than 220 countries and territories as of October 2000. Frequently updated.
Trade|Commerce|Globalization
- United Nations | International Trade
- ITC
International Trade Center
- World Trade Organization (WTO) Home Page
- NTDB | US National Trade Data Bank
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- United States Chambers of Commerce
- ICC: International Chamber of Commerce
- International Trade Administration
- FTAA
Wikipedia
- ICTSD - International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Devolpment
- United States Department of State Home Page
- National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade
- Free Trade Treaties & Agreements
Articles, Videos, Business Tools
- Juris International
"Juris International is a multilingual collection (English, Spanish, and French) of legal information on international trade."
- SICE the OAS Foreign Trade Information System
"SICE - the Organization of American State's Foreign Trade Information System - centralizes information on trade policy in the Americas."
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- "The Effects of Globalization on Trade: Focus on Rural Farmers in Uganda"
PDF File
- Focus on the Global South
"Focus on the Global South strives to create a distinct and cogent link between development at the grassroots and the "macro" levels."
- Venezuela News, Views and Analysis
- CAFTA -- WOLA.org: The Washington Office on Latin America
- Hispanic American Center for Economic Research
- The Latin America Trade Coalition
- Development Gateway
- The Cairns Group
"The Cairns Group of 19 agricultural exporting countries, formed in 1986, has effectively put agriculture on the multilateral trade agenda and kept it there."
- The International Forum on Globalization
"The International Forum on Globalization (IFG) is an alliance of sixty leading activists, scholars, economists, researchers and writers formed to stimulate new thinking, joint activity, and public education in response to economic globalization."
- The Globalization Website: Issues
- Globalization
Research Center
- Public Citizen - Globalization and Trade Initiatives - Trade Watch
- Global Issues
- Global Economy
- IATP -- Trade Observatory
A global source of trade policy information from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- National Law Center for
Inter-American Free Trade
Treaties/Free Trade Agreements/International
Agreements
- Bora Laskin Law Library
University of Toronto, Canada
- ForWorld.com | World Travel | World News
Corporations|Watch Dogs|Economics
- United Nations Development Program
- Economy A-Z: Economics Terms, Topics and Jargon
from "The Economist"
- Economics Glossary: Advanced and Basic Economic Terms Definitions
- Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
- The Center Online (securities glossary)
- UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- Biggest Transnational Companies | "The Economist"
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Statistical Sites on the Worldwide Web
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
"The CFTC is an independent agency of the United States government that prohibits fraudulent conduct in the trading of futures contracts."
- Claiming Human Rights
- Hoover's Online
"The Business Information Authority"
- The International 500 -- Forbes
- Corporate Accountability Project
"Of the world's 100 largest economies, 51 are now global corporations, rather than countries."
- Corporate Accountability International
- CorpWatch
- Corporate Watch (UK): Homepage: Latest News
- Foreign Pharmacies|Foreign Online Pharmacy Watchdog since 1997
- NABP: National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
- Biotech, Biotech Industry, Biotech News,...
- US Drug Watchdog: Pharmaceutical and Drug Company Complaint Center
- Watchdog on Science
List of other links
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- "Health Industry Giving More to Congress Than Thought"
- Onesource|Business Information
- Company Profiles & Company Information
Search more than 63 million companies.
- Corporateinformation.com
Free corporate profiles on 31,000 global comapnies.
- Welcome to Transnationale.org: Analysis of the World's Largest Companies
- Multinational Monitor Online
"The Multinational Monitor tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment."
- Global Politician: Globalization's Watchdogs
- Consumer Watchdog
- Wal-Mart Watch | Fighting for Wal-Mart Workers
- The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights
- AABA
Association for Accountancy and Business Affairs
- UNI -- Global Union Home Page -- International Trade Union
- Citizen Works
"Citizen Works is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization founded by Ralph Nader in April 2001 to advance justice by strengthening citizen participation in power. We give people the tools and opportunities to build democracy."
- Essential Information
Founded in 1982 by Ralph Nader, Essential Information is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization. We are involved in a variety of projects to encourage citizens to become active and engaged in their communities. We provide provocative information to the public on important topics neglected by the mass media and policy makers.
- Global Witness
Resources, Conflict and Corruption
- Dollars and Sense: Real World Economics
The Magazine of Economic Justice
- Is It Oil?
by Arthur MacEwan, Economics Professor at the University of Massachusetts-Boston
- "Alaska Thaws, Complicating the Hunt for Oil"
from New York Times by Andrew C. Revkin; Published: January 13, 2004
- Vincent Ferraro, Resources for the Study of International Affairs and Foreign Policy
- Tax Breaks For Multinational Corporations
- The Official Paul Krugman Web Page
Krugman, a Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University, has written and edited more than 20 books and 200 papers on various issues. His reputation rests largely on his works of international trade and finance.
- Transparency International
Transparency International, the only international non-governmental organisation devoted to combating corruption, brings civil society, business, and governments together in a powerful global coalition.
- Economic Policy Institute
"The Economic Policy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and fair economy."
- Contemporary World Economic Issues
PDF File -- Professor Graham Bird, Summer, 2010
- OECD: Organization for Economic Co-Operation & Development
- Documents Relating to the Global Economy
- Economics and Business --> Economics --> International Economic Issues
- Brookings Institution
- Georgetown Public Policy Review
- Real-World Economics Review
Online Magazine
- The Group of G-77
The Group of 77 is the largest intergovernmental organization of developing states in the United Nations.
- HOME - G-20
The G20 was established in 1999, in the wake of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, to bring together major advanced and emerging economies to stabilize the global financial market.
- What is the G-20?
- G8
The Group of Eight (G-8) is a forum for the leaders of eight of the world’s most industrialized nations, aimed at finding common ground on key topics and solutions to global issues.
- The G-8 2010 Muskoka Summit -- An Agenda for Global development
PDF File
- World Economic Forum -- Home
Davos, 2011
- International Statistics Research Guide
- Economic Issues of Developing Countries and the Third World
- Information Clearinghouse
"News you won't find on CNN or Fox"
- CIBC - World Markets
- GOOGLE Directory --> Economics
- European University Institute - Internet Resources for Economists
- Subject Research Guides: Economics: Economics Organizations
Rutgers University Libraries
- SULAIR Economics
Stanford University
- Internet FAQ Archive
- Open Directory -- Economics
- UNU_WIDER: World Institute for Development Economic Research
- Who Rules America: Wealth, Income and Power
- Wealth Distribution
- AFB: Americans Want Fairer Distribution of Wealth: study
- Study: Most Americans want wealth distribution similar to Sweden
- Wealth Distribution in the United States | Business Pundit
- Skewed Wealth Distribution and the Roots of the Economic Crisis
by David Barber, assistant professor of American History at the University of Tennessee
- World Wealth Report | 2009
PDF File
- Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
Central Banks
- International Central Banks
- Mark Bernkopf's Central Banking Resource Center
- Bank for International Settlements
- Banks, International Banks, Bank Directory, Banks Worldwide...
- YAHOO! Directory of Central Banks
- Google Directory -- Society -> Government -> Finance -> Central Banks
- Global Banking Directory
- Asian Development Bank
"Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific"
- The People's Bank of China
- Economy Watch
- China -- English -- People's Daily Online
- China's Trust Sector
PDF File
- Strategic Intelligence for CFOs, Finance Directors, Controllers and Treasurers
- ECB - European Central Bank Home Page
The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) is composed of the European Central Bank (ECB) and the National Central Banks (NCBs) of the European Union and International Organizations of all EU Member States.
- The European Central Bank
European Union Institutions and other Bodies
- International Monetary Fund Home Page
- World Bank Group
- World Bank/IMF Watch
- Joan Veon & The Women's International Media Group, INC.
- WIIS
Women In International Security (WIIS, pronounced "wise") is dedicated to increasing the influence of women in the fields of foreign and defense affairs by raising their numbers and visibility, while enhancing the dialogue about international security issues.
- Export-Import Bank of the United States
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) is the official export credit agency of the United States. Ex-Im Bank's mission is to assist in financing the export of U.S. goods and services to international markets.
- Inter-American Development Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank, the oldest and largest regional multilateral development institution, was established in December of 1959 to help accelerate economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- U.S. FRB Federal Reserve Banks
The Twelve Federal Reserve Districts
- FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- "The Next 433 banks That Could Fail
Article, August 24, 2010
Country Debt|International Development|Migrations
- UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- USAID Home Page
U.S. Agency for International Development
USAID is an independent federal government agency that conducts foreign assistance and humanitarian aid to advance the political and economic interests of the United States.
- DFID -- UK Department for International Development
- AusAID
The Australian Government's Overseas Aid Program
- Embassy.Org: The Electronic Embassy
- OXFAM International
Oxfam International, founded in 1995, is an international confederation of 14 organizations working together in 99 countries and with partners and allies around the world to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice.
- European Commission
- EURODAD
European Network on Debt and Development
- DebtChannel.org
The Global Portal on International Development
- HIPC Web Site
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries [from the World Bank]
- Factsheet under the HIPC Initiative
[from the IMF]
- Migration Dialogue
From UC Davis
- Country Debt - Development - Migrations -- Google Scholar
- Economic Development and International Migrations in Comparative Perspective
PDF File
- Foreign Aid for Development Assistance
- Center for Global Development
- OECD: Statistics
Organization for Economic Co-Operation & Development
- Institute of Development Studies
- Proposal Writing and Government Contracting
- ELDIS: The Gateway to Development Information
- IDE -- International Development Enterprises
- International Development Exchange
- Welcome to World Learning -- International Education and Development Programs
- South Africa's Official Gateway
- CABI
A not-for-profit science-based Development & Information Organization
- Directory of Development Organizations
- Jubilee Research
"This site hosts the work of Jubilee Research @ NEF - the international debt and finance programme of the highly respected, radical think-tank, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) , London. nef was founded in 1986 by the leaders of The Other Economic Summit (TOES) which forced issues such as international debt onto the agenda of the G7 and G8 summits."
- UW Libraries - Government Publications
- Kennedy School: Center for International Development at Harvard University
- CEIFO: The Centre for Research in International Migration and Ethnic Relations
CEIFO's field of work is international migration, ethnic relations and the development of multicultural/ multi-ethnic societies.
- Asylum Support Information
- Refugee Action -- Information -- Asylum Downloads
- IOM: International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.
- ERCOMER WWW VL On Migration and Ethnic Relations
- Migration Information Source
- UNHCR | Refworld | Migration, Human Rights and the United Nations
- GCIM: Global Commission on International Migration
- Forced Migration Online: A World of Information on Human Displacement
- ICVA: International Council of Voluntary Agencies
The International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), founded in 1962, is a global network that brings together humanitarian and human rights NGOs as an advocacy alliance for humanitarian action.
Women Movements/Organizations|Population Studies
- UNIFEM
--- United Nations Development Fund for Women
- National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
- NCPVAW: National Center for the Prosecution of Violence Against Women
- Womens Bureau Home Page
U.S. Department of Labor
- Women's Peacepower Foundation
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
"WILPF works to acheive through peaceful means world disarmament, full rights for women, racial and economic justice, an end to all forms of violence, and to establish those political, social, and psychological conditions which can assure peace, freedom, and justice for all. "
- Reaching Critical Will Initiative
"... is a new disarmament initiative that seeks, through education and imagination, to broaden the debate on the abolition of nuclear weapons."
- DAWN Media Group
- DAWN
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era is a network of women scholars and activists from the economic South who engage in feminist research and analysis of the global environment and are committed to working for economic justice, gender justice and democracy.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600 - 2000
- GFWC - General Federation of Women's Clubs
- Equal Rights Amendment
- EMERALD: Research You Can Use
- British Library of Political and Economic Science
- Bora Laskin Law Library
University of Toronto, Canada
- Open Directory - Society: People: Women: Women's Rights
- MADRE::Demanding Rights, Resources & Results for Women Worldwide
- Global List of Women's Organziations
- List of Women's Organizations Worldwide
from Wikipedia
- Global Fund for Women
The Global Fund for Women is the largest grantmaking foundation in the world focusing exclusively on international women’s rights.
- Welcome to WEDO: Women's Environment & Development Organization
- MINCAVA
Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
- VAWnet:: Home
National Online Resource Center for Violence Against Women
- Welcome to Women's Learning Partnership
For Rights, Development and Peace
- RAWA
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
- Afghan Women
- WAPHA
Women's Alliance for Peace and Human Rights in Afghanistan
- NOW
National Organization for Women
- National Council of Women's Organizations
- Women of Uganda Network
- Palestinian Women's Organization
- Womens.Net: The Women's Network
- KIT - Books By, For And About Women
- SAWNET HOMEPAGE
South Asian Women's Net
- Feminist Majority Foundation
- NARAL: Pro-Choice America
The Abortion Rights Activist Home Page
- IPPF Home Page
International Planned Parenthood Federation
- Parent and Family Resources
- United Nations Population Information Network
- UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund
- News Digest of WOA! World Population Awareness
- Interactive Table of World Nations
- U.S. Census Bureau Home
- World's 50 Most Populous Countries 2010
- List of Sovereign States and Dependent Territories by Population Density
Wikipedia
- The World at Six Billion | United Nations Introduction
PDF File
- Office of Population Research
- IUSSP
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
- National Right to Life
- Women For Women International
Humanitarian Relief for survivors of crisis; helping women survivors of war rebuild their lives
- MiraMed
Helping Russia's Children and Youth
Slavery|Trafficking
- African Human Rights Resources
- End Slavery Now!
Includes Directory of Ant-Trafficking Organizations.
- Human Rights Organizations
- Human Trafficking -- Modern Day Slavery -- Forced Labor & Debt Bondage
- Sex Slavery: Women Trafficking
- Trafficking: Modern Day Slavery
PDF File
- About Slavery and Human Trafficking
- CAST Home Page
Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking
- Anti-Slavery Homepage
- Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking
- NEWW: Network of East-West Women
English Version
- NEWW: Network of East-West Women
German Version
- Women's Network
- Fighting Against Sex Trafficking
TEXT File
- Trafficking in Women from Ukraine
PDF File
- Captive Daughters
Captive Daughters is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending the sex trafficking of children, with special emphasis on the girl child.
Labor|Child Labor|Sweatshops
- Labor Unions and the Internet: Cornell University Library Guides
- International Labor Organization
Specialized Agency of the United Nations
- International/Comparative Labor and HR
from Cornell University Library Guides
"The International/Global Information links are designed to lead the researcher and practitioner to the most reliable and fundamental information sources available in matters related to Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR)."
- Legal Organizations, Centers, Institutes, and Associations
- National Labor Committee
"The
National Labor Committee's mission is to educate and actively engage the U.S.
public on human and labor rights abuses by corporations. Through this
education and activism, our goal is to end labor and human rights violations,
ensure a living wage tied to a basket of needs, and help workers and their
families live and work with dignity."
Walmart blocks Bangladeshi Garmet Workers from receiving a minimum wage of thirty-five cents an hour.
- US Retailers Responsible for Global Sweatshop Crisis
PDF File
- WalMart Watch
- NO SWEAT: Fighting Sweatshop Bosses Around The World
- Social Accountability International
"Promoting the human rights of workers around the world."
- Sweatshop Watch: Featured Articles, News and Other Resources
- USLEAP: U.S./Labor Education in the Americas Project
"Fighting For Worker Justice in the Global Economy."
- International Labor Rights Forum
- Women Thrive Worldwide: International Labor Rights Fund
- LabourNet -- U.S.
- Global Labor Directory
- GEFONT
General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) is a Confederation of 15 National Federations dedicated to the rights, welfare and dignity of the workers as a whole. GEFONT represents over 300,000 workers.
- International Federation: terre des hommes
Terre des Hommes works for the rights of the child and promotes equitable development without racial, religious, cultural or gender-based discrimination.
- Global March Against Child Labor
- SACCS
South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude, or SACCS, as it is commonly called, is a conglomeration of more than 400 organizations working on child labour related issues including child rights in the South-Asian region.
- UFCW 141 Nurses
UFCW works with many labor organizations in the quest to end of child labor and exploitation. In addition to global abuses, labor pushes to secure and enforce legislation protecting American and Canadian children from workplace hazards.
- Welcome To The National Consumers League
- Child Labor and the Global Village: Photography for Social Change
- Welcome to the International Justice Mission
- Concerned for Working Children (CWC), Karnataka state, India
Indigenous Peoples
- UNPFII: United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
- List of World's Indigenous/Aboriginal/Native People
Wikipedia
- List of Ethnic Groups
- Fourth World Documentation Project Home Page
- OHCHR: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- Human Rights Nightmare | UN Watch
- Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
IWGIA: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
- Global Exchange
Global Exchange is a human rights organization dedicated to promoting environmental, political, and social justice around the world.
- Intercontinental Cry -- Reporting on the World's Indigenous Peoples
- The Human Rights Center
University of Minnesota
- Native American Law -- Guide to Minorities Law
- Aboriginal Law/Indigenous Peoples & Native Peoples Law
- Global Issues
- Welcome to Indigenous Peoples Literature
- The Peoples of the World Foundation
Education for and about Indigenous Peoples
- Cultural Survival
Partnering with Indigenous Peoples to Defend their Land, Languages and Cultures
- UNPO: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
- Indigenous People
Wikipedia
- AIPP: Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
An Organization of Indigenous Peoples' Movement in Asia
- Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples' Network
- Asia Indigenous Portal
- The South Asian: Indigenous People Archives
- AIWN: Asian Indigenous Women's Network
- Web Guide for Native American Religions
- Best Indigenous Peoples Websites
- Central Institute of Indian Languages
- Endangered Languages
- Languages Directory
Alpha Dictionary Language Directory
- Native American Languages Net
- Native American Home Pages - Music and Art
- American Indian Library Association Home
- Native American Home Pages
- Homework Links: Indian Tribes/Native Peoples
- American Indian Quotes
- Native American Wisdom, Sayings, Quotes, Philosophy
- Native American Quotes & Proverbs
- Information on Native Americans: FAQ for Kids
- Indigenous Knowledge and Peoples
IKAP Network in MMSEA
- Third World
Traveler
"THIRD WORLD TRAVELER publishes magazine articles and book excerpts that offer an alternative view to the mainstream media about the impact of the policies of transnational corporations, international financial and trade institutions, the corporate press, and the United States government and its national security establishment on democracy, human rights, social and economic justice and the environment, in the Third World, and in the United States."
- Welcome to the Third World
Network
- IPACC -- Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee
- People of Africa -- The Diversity of African People
- African People and Culture
- Wade Davis on endangered cultures | VIDEO
- Indigenous Peoples' Issues & Resources
- WORLD NEIGHBORS
World Neighbors works with the rural poor in 18 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America to strengthen the ability of individuals and communities to solve their own problems of hunger, poverty and disease.
- CWIS: Center for World Indigenous Studies
"Access to knowledge and peoples' ideas reduces the possibility of conflict and increases the possibility of cooperation between peoples on the basis of mutual consent."
- Peoples | The WWW Virtual Library
- Aboriginal Studies WWW VL
- World Public Library: Fourth World Documentation Project
- Mythology's Mything Links: Indigenous Peoples -- Latin America
- Indigenous Portal
- LANIC: Latin America Network Information Center
- Into The Amazon @ National Geographic Magazine
- ISA :: Instituto Socioambiental
- Amazon Indian Native Tribes Photos | Videos
- Amazon Tribes - Indigenous People of the Rainforest
- Welcome To The Amazon -- Vicious Fishes and Other Riches
- Welcome To My Jungle -- Leslie Taylor's Personal Website
- Exploring The Vast Amazon
- Amazon People
- Tribes of the Amazon
- Survival International
The Movement for Tribal Peoples
- NativeWeb
Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World
- American Indians of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean
- Maya, Aztec & Inca
- Web Sites Related to the Inca, the Aztecs & the Maya
- Hands Around The World
Native American Indian Cultures -- Mexico South America
- Indian Legends
- Native American Cultures
- Native American History and Culture
- Aboriginal Peoples of the Russian and European Norths
- Kamchatka, Native People Koryaks, Itelmens, Evens, and Evenky
- The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
- Ethnicity in the Caucusus: Ethnic Relations and Quasi-Ethnic Conflicts
- CHECHNYA FREE RU: Chechen News, History, Traditions, Economics
- Center for Strategic Research -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey
- Indigenous Peoples of the World -- Australia's Cultural Portal
- Aboriginal Australia: History, Culture and Conflict
- Australian Aboriginal History
- Australian History: TIMELINE
- Impacts of WTO on the Environment, Cultures and Indigenous Peoples
- "Indigenous Peoples' Seattle Declaration"
On the occasion of the Third Ministerial Meeting of the WTO.
- "Indigenous Peoples' Seattle Declaration"
- Circumpolar People | The WWW Virtual Library
- Polar Conservation Organization
- The Arctic Council
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- Arctic Indigenous Peoples
-- Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
- Arctic Indigenous Languages
Food|Hunger|Agriculture|Sustainable Development
- United Nations World Food Programme
- FAO
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
- WSSD | World Summit on Sustainable Development
- WSSD | Johannesberg, August 26 - September 4, 2002
- UNCSD 2012 Rio + 20 | United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
- Strategies for Sustainable Development
PDF File from Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
- USAID
- WHO -- Food Safety
- INFOSAN -- Food Safety Online
- INFOSAN
PDF File
- International Food Safety and Quality Network (IFSQN)
- USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
- Insects, Bees and Entomology
National Agricultural Library
- Honeybees, Colony Collapse Disorder
PBS Video -- Full Episode
- Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) | Honeybees Dying by the Millions
- Honeybee colony collapse disorder | Pesticides | US EPA
- PlantFiles: The Largest Plant Identification Reference Guide
- Botany.Com: Plant Encyclopedia to Identify Plants, Flowers, Trees & More
- CRIS/USDA
"CRIS (Current Research Information System)/USDA provides access to information on federal and
state supported research in agriculture, food and nutrition, forestry, and related fields."
- AGRIS INTERNATIONAL [FILE 203]
"The AGRIS International database serves as a comprehensive inventory of worldwide agricultural
literature which reflects research results, food productions, and rural development to help users
identify problems involved in all aspects of world food supply."
- NASDA: National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
NASDA is the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture founded in 1915, and is a nonprofit organization. It's members are made up of Commissioners, Secretaries, and Directors of Agriculture in all 50 states and the 4 U.S. territories.
- FDA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- CFSAN
US FDA/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- FOOD
- EFSA -- European Food Safety Authority
- EUFIC -- The European Food Information Council
- Foods Standards Agency -- UK
- Food Safety Authority of Ireland -- HOME
- French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety
- Europa -- Food Safety: From the Farm to the Fork
DG Health and Consumers Overview
- IATP: Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
- LII: Law about - Index of /topics
The Legal Information Institute of Cornell University
- Healthfinder.org
"Your source for reliable health information.
- World Economic Forum
- GM_Free Organic Agriculture to Feed the World
From The Institute of Science in Society
- UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- Organic Food and Farming
Genetic Engineering
- Take action to ban GM foods
- Genetically Modified Foods: Harmful or Helpful
- Maize Fl-cDNA Outreach Project
- Organic Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association is a public interest organization dedicated to building a healthy, safe, and sustainable system of food production and consumption. We are a global clearinghouse for information and grassroots technical assistance.
[Typing "Monsanto" into the search window returns a very interesting list.]
- Genetically Engineered Food
- Genetically Engineered Food - A Serious Health Risk
- Monsanto UK, a food biotechnology company
- Monsanto Under Attack: Setbacks from Brazil, to Canada, to the UK
- Monsanto -- SourceWatch
- Monsanto Watch
- "The World According to Monsanto" -- FULL Documentary
- "The World According to Monsanto" -- Watch Free Documentary
- Mindfully.Org
- Index of /Food
[This is a DIRECTORY listing that may take some intuition to navigate.]
- The True Food Network
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) provides leadership in legal, scientific, and grassroots efforts to address the increasing concerns about the impacts of our food production system on human health, animal welfare, and the environment.
- Can Agricultural Biotechnology Be Green?
- Bio-Tech Info Net
- ODI
The Overseas Development Institute is Britain's leading independent think-tank on international development and humanitarian issues.
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Soil Science Society of America | HOME
- Seafriends
- Soil Erosion Site
The Soil Erosion Site brings together reliable information on soil erosion from a wide range of disciplines and sources. It aims to be the definitive internet source for those wishing to find out more about soil loss and soil conservation.
- Conservation, biodiversity, sustainable environmental issues,...
- Drip Irrigation - Greenhouse - Agriculture Guide
- Agriculture and Rural Development - European Commission
- Earth and Environmental Science
- The Weather Doctor
- Soil Erosion - Causes and Effects
from the Canadian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- Environmental History Timeline
- Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy
- Earth Summit 2002
- Earth Network for Sustainable Development -- GOOGLE Scholar
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development
- National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Conservation, Energy & Environment
- Sustainable Agriculture -- National Geographic
- Earth Council Alliance
- The Envirolink Network
- Earth Day Network
- SRISTI
Society for Research and Sustainable Technologies and Institutions
- CGIAR
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
- ISNAR
International Service for National Agricultural Research
- IFPRI
International Food Policy Research Institute
Identifying and analyzing policies for sustainably meeting the food needs of the developing world.
- FAPRI
The Food and Agricultural Research Institute
- International Development Research Center, Ottawa, Canada
The International Development Research Centre is a public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research.
- Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development (NSFD)
- 5th World Water Forum
World Water Conference -- 16-22 March 2009
PDF File
- "Resurgence of Large Dams Threatens Tribal People Worldwide"
National Geographic Magazine Blog by David Braun
- UN Economic Commission for Africa
- ADP: Asia Development Bank: Fighting Poverty in Asia and the Pacific
- The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development
A comprehensive list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development, including organisations, projects and activities, electronic journals, libraries, references and documents, databases, directories or metadatabases.
- Global Ministries - United Methodist Church
- Burma: Starving in Chin State -- a set on Flicker
BBC World Service Collections
- America's Second Harvest
America's Second Harvest is the nation's largest hunger relief organization, distributing food to 26 million hungry Americans each year.
- The Hunger Site
- World Hunger Notes Homepage
- Food for The Hungry
World Crisis Network
- YAHOO!: Issues_and_Causes
- The Hunger Project
Effective Action To End World Hunger
- Wokai -- Microfinance in China
Wokai is an organization that allows people to contribute directly to microfinance institutions in China, which in turn lend the money to entrepreneurs in rural China. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Oakland, with core operations in Beijing, supported by individual donors, corporate sponsors, fundraising events and grants.
- Kiva -- Loans that Change Lives
It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization[3] headquartered in San Francisco, supported by loans and donations from its users and through partnerships with businesses and other institutions.
- Rang De -- make a social investment
Rang De is a non-profit organisation that allows Indians to lend money to fellow Indians that require a small amount of money (microloans) to start or grow a business.
- Innovations for Poverty Action
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a nonprofit organization that creates and evaluates solutions to social and development problems, and works to scale up successful ideas through implementation and dissemination to policymakers, practitioners, investors, and donors.
- ACCION -- Microlending & Microfinance Organization
Established in 1961 and a leader in microfinance since 1973, ACCION has over 45 years of experience in the field of international economic development.
- Microfinance Organizations
from Wikipedia
- CGAP > Advancing Financial Access for the World's Poor
- Microfinance Gateway
- Microfinance Organizations
Columbia University -- School of International and Public Affairs
PDF File
Health|Epidemics|Humanitarian Aid
- WHO
World Health Organization
- International Organizations, International Health Organizations...
- International Health Organization (IHO)
Non-Profit
- PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
- Global Health Council -- The Voice for Global Health
- National Institutes of Health
They include the National Institute on:
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Aging; Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Cancer; Child Health and Human Development; Dental Research; Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases;
Drug Abuse; Environmental Health Sciences; Mental Health; Nursing Research; and the National Center for Research Resources.
- CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- FDA -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- International Women's Health Coalition
- Open Directory -- Women's Health Organizations
- Women'shealth.gov
The Federal Government's Source for Women's Health Information
- Emerging and Reemerging Viruses: An Essay
by Alison Jacobson, Department of Microbiology, University of Cape Town
- Education Development
Center
"Education Development Center's projects span the globe, joining
research with practice to meet today's and tomorrow's challenges in education,
health, technology, human rights, and the environment. While the issues we
confront are complex, all that we do is united by one simple conviction:
Learning is the liberating force in human development."
- News About Epidemics
- Epidemics and Pandemics -- New Scientist
- CARE
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
- International Committee of the Red Cross:
- IFRC
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
- Doctors
Without Borders USA, Inc
- United Kingdom Association of International Doctors
- Direct Relief International
- Disaster Relief Agencies and Non-Government Organizations
- Top Disaster Relief Organizations
Christian Groups
- NIAID
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- CFAR
Centers for Aids Research
There are 17 CFARs located at academic and research institutions throughout the U.S.
- Action -- Advocacy to Control TB Internationally
- International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea
- DNA Vaccine.com
"Your Global Platform for Vaccine Research and Development"
- IAS
The International AIDS Society, IAS represents the world’s professional society for scientists, health care and public health workers, and others engaged in HIV/AIDS prevention, control and care.
- International Aids Vaccine Initiative
- U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
- UNAIDS
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
- Eastern Europe & HIV/AIDS
- HIV and AIDS in Russia, Eastern Europe & Central Asia
- Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
- Stephen Lewis Foundation
The Stephen Lewis Foundation supports community-based organizations working to turn the tide of HIV/AIDS in Africa.
- MSF International
MSF [Medecins Sans Frontieres] is an independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to two objectives: providing medical aid wherever it is needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the people we help.
- The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Through their Media and Public Education program, it works to broadly communicate information about health care
issues to audiences and to give people information that can help improve their health.
- Mercy Corp, Emergency Relief, Civil Society, Economic Development & Microenterprises, Health
Mercy Corps is a not-for-profit organization that exists to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping people build secure, productive, and just communities. The agency now operates in more than 25 countries reaching 4 million people worldwide.
- Eurochild
The Centre for Europe's Children was set up in September 1997. It is the documentation and information centre for the European Strategy for Children which the Council of Europe, in co-operation with UNICEF, intends to serve as inspiration and guidance for senior policy-makers and all those who actively support children's causes in their respective activities.
- UNICEF
United Nations Children Fund
- Plan International
Founded over 70 years ago, Plan is one of the oldest and largest children's development organisations in the world. We work in 48 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty.
- ChildFund International
Dedicated to helping children in need.
- World Vision International Home
World Vision International is a Christian relief and development organisation working for the well being of all people, especially children.
- CRIN -- Child Rights Information Network
- "Save the Children"
- GAVI
The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization is a partnership dedicated to ensuring that all children, however poor, have equal access to these vaccines.
- Malaria Foundation International Home
- PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- UK Research Councils
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
- Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
Freedom from infectious disease
- Pharmweb
Pharmaceutical Information on the Internet
Since its launch in 1994 PharmWeb has developed into the premier online community of pharmaceutical and healthcare-related professionals with approximately 25,000 self-registered users. The first pharmaceutical portal on the Internet has developed into an invaluable directory of information, including a library of archives from over 100 moderated discussion forums.
- Fifth Global Forum on Pharmeceutical Counterfeiting
- Pharmeceutical Counterfeiting
PDF File -- by Anil K. Deisingh
- Combatting Counterfiet Pharmeceuticals from China
Science Daily
- General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church
- USCRI Committee for Refugees
- Refugees International
- The International Rescue Committee
The International Rescue Committee was founded at the request of Albert Einstein to assist opponents of Hitler. The IRC helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic persecution, as well as those uprooted by war and violence.
- ReliefWeb Home Page
- Map Center
Reference and thematic maps concerning current and past humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters.
- The International Website of the Salvation Army
- Concern Worldwide
Concern Worldwide works with the poorest people in the poorest countries of the world to enable them to transform their lives.
- ECHO Tackles Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid
- Social Sciences and Humanitarian Efforts
from Speakeasy.org
- MISNA
Missionary Service News Agency
- Fides International Service
Human Rights|Watch Dogs|War Crimes
Special Attention
- Daw Aung San Su Kyi's Pages
- The Burma Campaign - UK
- A Biography of Aung San Su Kyi
- Nobel Peace Prize goes to Liu Xiaobo
The Guardian
- China's Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Washington Post
- Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize
Al Jazeera
- Biography of Liu Xiaobo
Wikipedia
- HOME - Sydney PEN Centre
- Chapter 08: A Blueprint for China
- Chapter 08 | PDF File
- United Nations Human Rights Website
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- UNOCHA: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- UNICEF
United Nations Children Fund
- Plan International
Founded over 70 years ago, Plan is one of the oldest and largest children's development organisations in the world. We work in 48 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty.
- Youth for Human Rights Organization
- UNHCR -- The UN Refugee Agency
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- EchrNet: The European Convention on Human Rights
- The European Convention on Human Rights
UK Law Online
- The Aire Center
Advice on individual rights in Europe.
- ACHPR -- African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
- African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
Wikipedia
- African International Courts and Tribunals
- AIHRC: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
USEFUL LINKS
- EIN News -- World News Media Monitoring
- Burma News International
- KWAT: Kachin Women's Association Thailand
- The Burma Campaign
- The History of Burma
- Burma
Compliments of the State Department
- Brief Modern History of Burma
from Berkeley
- Political and Economic History of Myanmar
San Jose State University
- Online Burma Library
Annotated and classified links to more than 20,000 full-texts documents on Burma/Myanmar
- New Taigress
- Blood Foundation
- Free Burma Rangers
The Free Burma Rangers regularly produce reports on the situation inside Burma.
- Democratic Voice of Burma
An independent Burmese news organization
- Karen News
- Tai4Freedom -- Freedom & Justice for Shan States, Burma
- Human Rights in Myanmar
- The Burma Campaign UK
For Human Rights, Democracy and Development in Burma (Myanmar)
- CCHR|Cambodian Center for Human Rights
- U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
- UPI Asia
- Open Democracy Net
- Foreign Prisoners Support Service
- Physicians for Human Rights
- Welcome to the Hague Tribunal
- NetAction's Virtual Activist Training Guide
- The Human Rights Center
University of Minnesota
- Human Rights Organizations
Wikipedia
- The Noam Chomsky Website
- World Court Project
The World Court Project is an international citizens' coalition.
- International Court of Justice
The principle judicial organ of the United Nations
- ICTY
International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- War Criminal Watch
Coalition for International Justice
- New England Center for International Law and Policy
- GHRC-USA
Guatemala Human Rights Commission
- Amnesty International USA
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Tracking the positive and negative impacts of 5100 companies worldwide.
- Derechos - Human Rights
The World Organization Against Torture
- APT
The Association for the Prevention of Torture
- Rights & Democracy
Formerly: International Centre for Human Rights
- Human Rights Internet
- Human Rights in South Asia: Selected Internet Resources
- Human Rights Web Home Page
- OneWorld.net (US): Beyond Your Own Borders
- Human Rights Forum
News service dedicated to Human Rights all over the world.
- NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- SPLC
Southern Poverty Law Center
- Discoverthenetworks.org
SPLC: Activities, Agendas and Worldview by Jacob Laskin
- "The Civil Rights Act of 1964"
- ACLU
American Civil Liberties Union
- BHHRG
British Helsinki Human Rights Group
- Interights -- The International Centre For the Legal Protection of Human Rights
- The Center for International Human Rights Law
From Northwestern University
- Human Rights Watch
- *Human Rights Monitor*
News, Analysis and Research on Land Reform and Agrarian Change Around the World
- Human Rights Monitor
Western Africa
- Homepage of Wolfgang Plarre
- The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School
- Genocide.org: genocide, holocaust and democide studies
- Genocide Intervention Network
- Genocide Watch
- Web Genocide Documentation Centre
Resources on Genocide, War Crimes and Mass Killing
- Genocide Research Project | Northern Arizona University
- Centre for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights
Webster University
- Resource Center of the Americas
- Maxwell Air Force Base
- Latin America Lens
- Colombia Support Network
The Colombia Support Network is a non-governmental organization striving to improve the human rights situation in Colombia and build solidarity between the peoples of North America and Colombia.
- Revolutionary and Popular Movements in Colombia
Links to News and Analysis
- Ethnic Cleansing in Progress: War in Nagorno Karabakh
- United Human Rights Council
- Taliban, Hindu Kush and the Hindu Genocide
April, 2001
- Statistics of Turkey's Genocide and Mass Murder
By R. J. Rummel
- Hellenic Resources Net
- Turkish Crimes
- Kurdistan Web
- Armenian Assembly of America
- Human Rights Server
also in French and German
Electronic Communications|Censorship|Intellectual Freedom & Protection
- FCC | Federal Communications Commission
- List of Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) & CIS Telecom Regulatory Authorities
- List of Telecommunications Regulatory Bodies
Wikipedia
- Telecommunication Policy Overview in Sweden | NewAmerica.net
Open Technology Initiative
- Intellectual Security
Intellectual Property News
- U.S. Bill of Rights
- The National Security Archive
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Patent, Trademark and Trade Secret
FindLaw - for legal professionals
- U.S. Copyright Office
- Public Knowledge | Fighting For Your Digital Rights in Washington
- WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization
- The European Commission >> Internal Market >> Copyright
Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
- Find Legal Information | Worldwide Legal Directories
- Researching Intellectual Property Law in the Russian Federation
- Copyright and Intellectual Protection for Indigenous Heritage
- Intellectual Property Office -- Copyright -- UK
- WTO | TRIPS
Trade related aspects of intellectual property rights
- WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization
- The International Telecommunication Union
ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues, and the global focal point for governments and the private sector in developing networks and services.
- VII Virtual Institute of Information
"The Source for Telecommunications, Cybercommunications and Mass Media Research."
- American Communication Association WWW
"The AMERICAN COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION is the national professional organization of scholars, students, and practitioners in the field of communication studies. This site provides information about the ACA, a collection of materials on communication law and
First Amendment issues, resources for teaching and research in communication studies, and an extensive reference resource page for scholars and activists."
- Technology Policy Institute -- Studying the Global Information Economy
- The Internet and Computer-Mediated Communication
- The Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC)
Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) is a non-profit activity that has worked since the late 1980s to help develop and deploy networking technology in various projects throughout Asia/Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the New Independent States.
- The Global Information Highway Limited
"To Promote the Information Highway on a Global Scale."
- IGC: The Progressive Community
Institute for Global Communications
- A San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory
A highly cross-indexed guide to about 1200 organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area that may be of interest to progressive activists, plus links to other progressive web sites elsewhere.
[There are 400 index keywords listed at this site, *government* is just one of them:]
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
On their home page are two search engine windows, top and bottom. Typing "government" will return a long list of very interesting results.
- Electronic Frontiers Australia
- Internet Society (ISOC)
- Internet Censorship: List of Countries with No Press Freedom
The Kassandra Project: freedom against disinformation
- Top Ten Countries Censoring the Web
- Reporters Without Borders
- Press Freedom Online: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Welcome to Freedom House
Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports the expansion of freedom around the world.
- FISA | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- FISA | Wikipedia
- Domestic Surveillance: The History of Operation CHAOS
- NSA Questioned on Scope of Domestic Surveillance
- "Pentagon to Increase Domestic Surveillance for Counterterrorism"
Fox News
- NetWitness
NetWitness® Corporation is the world leader in real-time network forensics and automated threat intelligence solutions, helping government and commercial organizations detect, prioritize and remediate complex IT risks.
- DOD: Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support
PDF File
- The Freedom Forum
Free Press, Free Speech, Free Spirit | News & Information
- Intellectual Freedom Manual
PDF File -- Prepared by the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the New York Library Association
- Library Journal: Library News, Reviews and Views
- EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center
"The Electronic Privacy Information Center is a public interest research center in Washington, DC. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues relating to the National Information Infrastructure, such as the Clipper Chip, the Digital Telephony proposal, medical record privacy, and the sale of consumer data."
- BORDC: Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Perform a search on FISA for congressional debate among other things.
- Global Internet Liberty Campaign HOME
- Amnesty International USA
Try performing a SEARCH on "censorship".
- Humanitas International
Free news translations
- How Internet Censorship Works
"Internet Censorship at the International Level"
- Index on Censorship
Britain's leading organization promoting freedom of expression
- Internet Censorship: Law & Policy Around the World
- Protectionism Online: Internet Censorship and International Trade Law
PDF File
- Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression
- World Socialist Web Site
- Information for Social Change Journal
Information for Social Change is an activist organisation that examines issues of censorship, freedom and ethics amongst library and information workers.
- EDRI | Digital Civil Rights in Europe
- European Civil Liberties Network
"Oppose the Stockholm Programme" -- PDF File
- EUROPA | Committee on Civil Liberites, Justice and Home Affairs
- ACLU
- disinformation | project echelon
- Cryptome
- ECHELON Watch
- ECHELON
from FAS: Federation of American Scientists
- ECHELON Satellite Surveilance Raises Fears of Big Brother
- Inside ECHELON
- ALA|Filters & Filtering
- Internet Filters -- NCAC
National Coalition Against Censorship
- Internet Filters
"Library Access Issues in a Cyberspace World" -- PDF File
- American Library Association
- The "New economy" and Information Technology Policy
by Pamela Sanderson and Hal Varian of UC Berkeley -- PDF File
- "The Freedom of Information Act"
"Below is the full text of the Freedom of Information Act in a form showing all amendments to the statute made by the "Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996." All newly enacted provisions are in boldface type."
- Personal Infomediary Center
"Your resource for personal privacy and identity protection"
- Intellectual Freedom Subject Guide
- Intellectual Freedom & Censorship Q & A
- Intellectual Freedom Manual
Virginia Library Association
- Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK)
- NARA
U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
- National Lawyers Guild
"The National Lawyers Guild is an association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. The Guild unites lawyers, law students, and legal workers as an effective political and social force in the service of the people."
- People for the American Way
- Right Wing Watch
- PublicEye.org: Public Research Associates
Political Research Associates is an independent, nonprofit research center that studies antidemocratic, authoritarian, and other oppressive movements, institutions, and trends. PRA is based on progressive values, and is committed to advancing an open, democratic, and pluralistic society. PRA provides accurate, reliable research and analysis to activists, journalists, educators, policy makers, and the public at large.
Government & Media Watchdogs
[For specifically US Government Sites, go to the Government Page in the library.]
- Watchdog.org
- Activism: Government: Watchdog Organizations
- FDLP | Federal Depository Library Program
- Government Accountabilty Project
"The Government Accountability Project’s mission is to promote corporate and government accountability by protecting whistleblowers, advancing occupational free speech, and empowering citizen activists."
- The Project On Government Oversight
"The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) is an independent nonprofit that investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct in order to achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ethical federal government."
- Government Accountability Project
from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University
"The Government Accountability Project has a strong interest in identifying how effectively various federal programs accomplish their intended results. We are now focusing our efforts on three key program areas of the U.S. Environmental Agency: Clean Air, Clean Water, and Ecosystem Health."
- Congress.org
This site allows
Internet users to access a complete and reliable directory of information
about the members of the U.S.House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
- Common Cause
"Holding Power Accountable"
- WashingtonWatch
- Judicial Watch
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
- OMB Watch
A nonprofit research, educational, and advocacy organization that focuses on budget issues, regulatory policy, nonprofit advocacy, access to government information, and activities at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
- Watchdog Institute
- The First Amendment Coalition
The First Amendment Coalition is an award-winning, nonprofit public interest organization dedicated to advancing free speech, more open and accountable government, and public participation in civic affairs.
- OpenSecrets.org: Money in Politics
- The Concord Coalition
The Concord Coalition is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization advocating fiscal responsibility while ensuring Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are secure for all generations.
- The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Not actually a 'watch dog,' but is a source of valuable information on health care issues.
- Center for American Progress
"Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest"
- Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
The Center is an independent opinion research group that studies attitudes toward the press, politics and public policy issues.
- From The Wilderness Publications
Created by a former agent of LAPD narcotics, this site examines the double game of the U.S. government in its policy of a war on drugs and exposes, with the support of documents, the involvement of the CIA in the drug traffic….
- CPI
Center for Public Integrity
(a non-profit public interest group based in Washington, D.C.)
- CapitolStrategy.Com
Washington's Political Portal
A comprehensive news source, all medias
- Journalism and Hidden Agendas | NPR
- Propaganda
Analysis Home Page
- Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
The National Media Watch Group
- Mondo Times - Media Watchdogs
- Palestinian Media Watch
- Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Watch is an independent, non-profit, non-government organisation comprising a network of journalists, academics, teachers, lawyers, editors, media workers and others, dedicated to examining issues of ethics, accountability, censorship, media freedom and media ownership in the Pacific region.
- Google Directory - Media Watchdogs
- The Libertartian Party: Home Page
- What is Libertarian? Institute for Humane Studies
- Rutgers University Libraries
INGOs & NGOs|Foundations
- Union Of International Associations
[Clearing house for information on over 40,000 international non-profit organizations and constituencies.]
The UIA is committed to the dissemination of information concerning the network of world problems, the strategies advocated to deal with them, the values guiding such initiatives, and the different understandings of human potential from which these values derive. It is especially concerned with providing information on the networks of relevant international bodies in each case.
- Official Sites of our World - 123World
- Worldwide NGO Directory
- NGO Databases & Directories
- Online Directory of World NGOs
- NGO Global Network
- NGONET
An electronic resource for NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
- Directory of Development Organizations
- The Foundation Center
"Your Gateway to Philanthropy on the World Wide Web."
- Foundations and Grantmakers
- International Grants & Funding
- CABI
A not-for-profit science-based Development & Information Organization
- Philanthropy News Network
The Philanthropy News Network links nonprofits & technology through PNN Online, Nonprofits & Technology Conference and Seminar Series and Nonprofits & Technology, a free monthly newspaper.
- Internet Resources for Nonprofit Organizations
Funding resources for organizations and sponsored individuals.
- Guidestar
Database of Nonprofit Organizations. Something of a watchdog.
"You see, we gather and publicize information about nonprofit organizations. Our reach is far and wide. Our database is broad and deep."
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy
The Newspaper of the Non-Profit World
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- The Iraq Foundation Website
- Iraq Watch
Iraq Watch is published by the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control.
As of August 2006, Iraq Watch is no longer being updated.
- International Volunteer Programs Association
- Welcome To Idealist.org
"Action Without Borders" is a global network of individuals and organizations working to build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives in a healthy environment.
Think Tanks|Networks
- National Political Index
The National Political Index is a web site which provides an index of substantive political information for voters, political activists, political consultants, lobbyists, politicians, academicians, and media editors with a wide range of products, information, services, simulations, games, and polling in an interactive communications environment.
- NIRA
National Institute for Research Advancement (Japan)
- The National Center for Public Policy Research - A Conservative Organization
The National Center for Public Policy Research is a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today's public policy problems.
- State Policy Network
State Policy Network (SPN) is the professional service organization for America's state-based, free market think tank movement.
- The Reflection Cafe | World's Best Think Tanks
UPENN Rankings
- State Policy Network | Right Wing Watch
- The Progress & Freedom Foundation
The Progress & Freedom Foundation is a market-oriented think tank that studies the digital revolution and its implications for public policy. Its mission is to educate policymakers, opinion leaders and the public about issues associated with technological change, based on a philosophy of limited government, free markets and civil liberties.
- CRITO: Center for Research Technology & Organizations
From Univeristy of California - Irvine
- EDIRC
Economics Departments, Institutes, and Research Centers in the World
University of Connecticut, Department of Economics
- Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
- WheretodoResearch.com
- World Press Review
- World Think Tank Directory
- Explore Government Documents
- Think Tanks and Research Institutes
compilation by Colgate University
- ippr
the leading UK independent think tank on the centre left
- RAND
- The Jamestown Foundation
- The CATO Institute
Public Policy Analysis, Limited Government, Free Markets
- CSIS
Since 1962, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has been dedicated to providing world leaders with strategic insights on — and policy solutions to — current and emerging global issues.
- CIAO
Columbia International Affairs Online
- Center for the New Europe
- Policy Experts
"The Insider Guide to Public Policy Experts and Organizations"
- Think Tanks & Policy Centers
- IPN: International Policy Network
International Policy Network (IPN) is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation whose mission is to encourage the sharing of ideas by intellectuals and others interested in public policy issues, especially those having international implications.
- The Arab American Institute
The Arab American Institute (AAI) is a nonprofit organization committed to the civic and political empowerment of Americans of Arab descent. AAI represents the policy and community interests of Arab Americans throughout the U.S. through two primary focus areas: campaigns and elections, and policy formulation and research.
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars aims to unite the world of ideas to the world of policy by supporting pre-eminent scholarship and linking that scholarship to issues of concern to officials in Washington.
- World Policy Institute
- Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network
The Open Society Institute (OSI) is a private operating and grantmaking foundation based in New York City that serves as the hub of the Soros foundations network, a group of autonomous foundations and organizations in more than 50 countries. OSI and the network implement a range of initiatives that aim to promote open societies by shaping government policy and supporting education, media, public health, and human and women's rights, as well as social, legal, and economic reform.
- American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
"The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research is dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of freedom-limited government, private enterprise, vital cultural and political institutions, and a strong foreign policy and national defense-through scholarly research, open debate, and publications."
- Discovery Institute
A Seattle based public policy think tank
- The Brookings Institution
- The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Founded in 1985, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is a public educational foundation dedicated to scholarly research and informed debate on U.S. interests in the Middle East.
- The Middle East Institute
George Camp Keiser Library
- Religious Tolerance.org
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
- The Religious Freedom Page
- The Middle East Institute
PDF File
- Welcome to Profnet
"Good sources are hard to find. That's why we created ProfNet, a collaborative of information officers linked by Internet to give journalists free, convenient access to expert sources."
- IPCRI
Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information
The only joint Palestinian-Israeli public policy think tank in the world.
- bitterlemons.org - Palestinian - Israeli Crossfire
- The Israeli Government's Official Website
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Policy in Focus Home Page
A Think Tank Without Walls
- Speakout.com
Politics, Activism, Political Issues, Government & Elections
- FreeTheWorld.COM
The Economic Freedom Network
- Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government
- Carter Center
"The Carter Center, in partnership with Emory University, is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering; it seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health."
Science|Scientists
[For more Science sites, go to the Science Page in the library.]
- UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- Office of Science and Technology | The White House
- Welcome to TWNSO: Third World Network Of Scientific Organizations
The Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1988 by ministers of science and technology and higher education and heads of science academies and research councils in developing countries to promote science-based sustainable economic development in the South.
- COMSATS SECRETARIAT
The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) is an inter-governmental organization, with its Headquarters in Islamabad, Pakistan.
- NASA
- Center for International Science and Technology Policy
The Center for International Science and Technology Policy (CISTP) is a world leader in international public policy research and education in science, technology, and innovation.
- ICSU
International Council for Science Union
- Welcome to Council for a Livable World's Home Page
The Council was founded in 1962 by physicist Leo Szilard to combat the menace of nuclear war. Council later expanded our program to include other weapons of mass destruction, both chemical and biological. In the aftermath of the Gulf War, the Board of Directors decided
to create two new programs to work against arms sales to other governments and to build support for U.N. peacekeeping operations.
- Department of Energy -- The Office of Science
The Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, providing more than 40 percent of total funding for this vital area of national importance. It oversees – and is the principal federal funding agency of – the Nation’s research programs in high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and fusion energy sciences.
- The National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is an honorific society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare.
- National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…"
- European Science Foundation (ESF)
The European Science Foundation acts as a catalyst for the development of science by bringing together leading scientists and research funding agencies to debate, plan and implement pan-European initiatives.
- NATO Science for Peace and Security Home
- The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
- Open Directory - Science: Organizations
- Association of Science-Technology Centers
The Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC) is an organization of science centers and museums dedicated to furthering public engagement with science among increasingly diverse audiences.
- AAAS
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is a nonprofit professional society dedicated to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence across all disciplines, and to the public's understanding of science and technology.
- The Loka Institute
The Loka Institute is a non-profit research and advocacy organization concerned with the social, political, and environmental repercussions of science and technology.
- Science For Peace
Science for Peace is a Canadian organization consisting of natural scientists, engineers, social scientists, scholars in the humanities and people from the wider community.
- The International Association of Science & Technology for Development
The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) is a non-profit organization devoted to promoting economic and cultural advancement.
- Home|WIGSAT Women Technology Society
WIGSAT is a consulting group which promotes innovation, science and technology strategies that enable women, especially those living in developing countries, to actively participate in technology and innovation for development.
- TWOWS: The World Organization for Women in Science
TWOWS is the first international forum uniting women scientists from the South with the objective of strengthening their role in the development process and promoting their representation in scientific and technological leadership.
- Welcome to the Association for Science Teacher Education
The Association for Science Teacher Education is a non-profit professional organization composed of over 800 members from countries across the globe.
- Institute for Science and International Security
ISIS is a non-profit, non-partisan institution dedicated to informing the public about science and policy issues affecting international security.
- The National Academies: Advisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering and Medicine
In 1863, the United States Congress created the National Academy of Sciences to advise the government in scientific and technical matters.
- Board on International Scientific Organizations
The Board on International Scientific Organizations (BISO) oversees a network of more than 20 U.S. National Committees (USNCs) corresponding to the various International Council for Science (ICSU) scientific member bodies in an effort to strengthen U.S. participation in international scientific, engineering, and medical organizations.
- Union of Concerned Scientists
Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions
- Merchants of Doubt
In their new book, Merchants of Doubt, historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway explain how a loose–knit group of high-level scientists, with extensive political connections, ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades.
- An Overview of the Scholarly Societies Project
- Scientists For Global Responsibility
Promoting Ethical Science, Design and Technology
- A Global Science Corp for Developing Countries
PDF File
- Federation of American
Scientists
"The Federation of American Scientists is engaged in
analysis and advocacy on science, technology and public policy for global
security."
Defense|War|Intelligence Agencies|Terrorist Groups
- ISAF International Security Assistance Force
- DefenseLINK
Official Website of the U.S. Department of Defense
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Joint Chiefs of Staff Official Website
- United States Armed Forces
- USCG -- United States Coast Guard
- Basics of the United States Military Branches
- The United States Army Special Forces Command Website
- Special Operations Center -- Military.com
- Special Forces | Delta Force | Seals | Rangers
- SpecialForces.Net
- Special Operations.Com
- How Delta Force Works
- The WWW VL: Logisitcs: U.S. Government and Military Logistics
- Federation of American Scientists
- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- FISA | Wikipedia
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- NSA: National Security Agency - NSA/CSS
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security Home Page
- MI5 | UK Home Page
- MI5 | UK
from Wikipedia
- MOSSAD Official Website
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Welcome to the United States Department of Justice
- Wikipedia:
- NCIS | Naval Criminal Investigative Service
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- ICE | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Office of Intelligence Contacts
Field Intelligence Groups (FIGs) are established to receive intelligence information from the public, law enforcement agencies and other sources and provide actionable leads and intelligence products to ICE law enforcement units.
- U.S. Border Patrol -- America's First Line of Defense
- United States Secret Service
- U.S. State Department
- U.S. State Department List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
from Wikipedia
- Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
- United Nations: PoA-ISS
"United Nations Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects."
- IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
- Canadian Forces College
- Center for Security Policy
- The Religion of Peace
Islam: Making a True Difference in the World -- One Body at a Time
- Sharia Law | World News | guardian.co.uk
by Susie Steiner | August 20, 2002
- International Relations and Security Network
"The International Relations and Security Network (ISN) is the world’s leading open access information service for international relations and security professionals."
[Doing a search on ISN's database for the words "middle east" returned 12,625 items. And there's a number of other databases.]
- The NEFA Foundation
"The Foundation plays a role in the fight against terror through cohesive and comprehensive efforts to research, analyze, and disseminate information pertaining to past and current terrorist activities."
- NDCF
"The National Defense Council Foundation (NDCF) is a 501(C)(3) non-profit think tank studying defense and foreign affairs issues that face the United States of America today."
- Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
"The American Educational Trust (AET) is a non-profit foundation incorporated in Washington, DC in 1982 by retired U.S. foreign service officers to provide the American public with balanced and accurate information concerning U.S. relations with Middle Eastern states."
- CDISS
The Center for Defense and International Security Studies
- Institute for the Study of War
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) is a non-partisan, non-profit, public policy research organization. ISW advances an informed understanding of military affairs through reliable research, trusted analysis, and innovative education. We are committed to improving the nation’s ability to execute military operations and respond to emerging threats in order to achieve U.S. strategic objectives.
- The History Guy
- List of Ongoing Military Conflicts
Wikipedia
- List of Ongoing Political Conflicts
Wikipedia
- Uppsala Conflict Data Program
- Worldwide Conflicts and Wars
- Wars in the World
- Water Wars Worldwide
- Religiously Based Civil Unrest and Warfare
- GlobalSecurity.org
- Private Military Companies, Private Security Companies
- PMC-PSC-Your Portal to Private Military Contractors
- Private Miltray Contractors
Brooking Institution
- Foreign Policy Blogs
- XE Services LLC Home
formerly Blackwater Worldwide
- Private Military Corporations
SourceWatch
- Blackwater Watch
- No Private Armies
- WashingtonWatch
- Amnesty International USA
- International Security Agency
"Government, Corporate and Industrial Security on a Multinational Level"
- International Security Agency
"Worldwide Security Enforcement and Dignitary Protection Services"
- Nuclear Threat Initiative
- Research Library: Country Profiles
"Click on the country buttons to the right for short overviews and in-depth profiles of each country's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and missile development programs, policies and activities, including chronologies, maps, facility descriptions and assessments."
- Smuggling: New World Encyclopedia
- Global Issues: social, political and environmental issues that affect us all
- Dealing and Wheeling in Small Arms
- allAfrica.com
- The Illicit Arms Trade
- The Fund for Peace
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- CDI: Center for Defense Information -- Security Policy Research Organization
- World Statesmen.org
"World Statesmen.org is an online encyclopedia of the leaders of nations and territories."
- CSTPV
Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence
- The Terrorism Research Center
- World War 4 Report | Deconstructing the War on Terrorism
- ICT: International Institute for Counter-Terrorism
- Dudley Knox Library
Naval Postgraduate School
- Terrorist Group Profiles
This is a DIRECTORY listing of Terrorist Group Profiles from around the world. It may take a bit of intuition to decipher.
- Terrorist and Hate Groups
Spies Online - Privacy Information - Includes Directories of Computer Security/Privacy and Investigative Resources
- United States Extremist Groups | Radical Groups | Domestic Terrorists
Terrorist and Insurgent Organizations -- July 2000
- Rightwing Extremism
Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment
PDF File -- FAS | Department of Homeland Security
- Homeland Security omits "right wing" threats
Wikipedia
- Domestic Sources of Terrorism
by Michael J. Whidden
- PublicEye.org -- The Website of Political Research Associates
"Groups Promoting Oppression or Right-Wing Agendas"
- The Radical Religious Right
- Jane's Information Group
"Jane's
Information Group is the ultimate source for information in the world on the subjects of defense, geopolitics, transport and police."
- AJAX
U.S. & International Government Military, Intelligence & Law Enforcement Agency Access
- Interpol <---> Europol <---> Eurojust
- Becoming a Police Officer: An Insider's Guide for a Career in Law Enforcement
- Loyola Homepage on Strategic Intelligence
- Intelligence Search - Spy Agencies of the World
- Master Index Page for Spylopedia
- List of Intelligence Agencies
Wikipedia
- World Intelligence and Security Agencies
from Federation of Amercian Scientists
- Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security
- Air War College Gateway to the Internet
USA Veterans
- Department of Defense: USA.gov
Access links to all forces and defense related agencies including the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Joint Chiefs of Staff Official Website
- United States Armed Forces
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA Watchdog dot Org HOME
- Committee on Veterans Afairs
- Directory of Veterans Service Organizations
View All Organizations
- Veterans Affairs National Facilities Locator
- Directories: MedlinePlus
- Veterans Hospital Phone Book & Phone Directory
- Shepherd Center, Atlanta -- Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Rehabilitation
- Philanthropist, not Pentagon, bankrolls promising TBI therapy
Stars & Stripes
- Operation Healing Freedom
PDF File
- Navy Hospital Directory Search
Includes All Services
- Veterans History Project -- Library of Congress
- Welcome To The WWII U.S. Veterans Website
- National WWII Memorial
- World War II Slave Labor
- KWVA: Korean War Veterans Home Page
- Korean War Veterans National Memorial
- Korean War Project
- Vietnam Veterans of America on the
Internet
- The Constitution of Viet Nam Veterans of America
PDF File
- Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation
- VIETNAM VETERANS HOME PAGE
- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- TheWall
- American Gulf War Veterans Association
- National Gulf War Resource Center Inc.
- Desert-Storm.com
- Gulf War Veterans Resource Page
A Web page to assist Persian Gulf War veterans, explains Gulf War Syndrome and offers support for veterans and their families. It also has links to related government information for veterans of other wars.
- The Gulf War Veterans Memorial
- GulfLink Home
Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses
- IAVA -- Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans of America
- Coalition for Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans
- National Initiatives: Operation Homecoming
- Military Health System
U.S. Department of Defense
- ALL POW-MIA Statistics All Wars
- Discovering Family Histories
Environment|Conservation|Endangered Species
[For Geosciences websites, go to the Geosciences Page in the library.]
- UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
- United Nations - DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- IPCC
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- Europa -- Official Website of the European Union
- European Environment Agency's Home
- EIONET: European Environment Information and Observation Network
- Unweltbundesamt (The Federal Environment Agency) Home
- NRCS | Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Federal Register
The Daily Journal of the United States Government
- U.S. Department of Interior
- NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- NESDIS
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
- NCDC
National Climatic Data Center -- "World's Largest Archive of Climate Data"
- NOAA's National Ocean Service: Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
"...to protect human health and to safeguard the environment..."
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Google Directory --> Regional --> Polar Regions --> Arctic --> Science and Environment
- CLIMATE CHANGE: Native Peoples Sound Dire Warning
IPS Inter Press Service
- The Arctic Council
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- The Arctic Portal
- NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- A Graphic Look at the State of the World - Earth Web Site
- NASA
- Oceanology International 2010: Marine Science and Ocean Technology Event
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission HOME
UNESCO
- The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Oceanography
- International Journal of Oceanography
- YAHOO: Oceanography Related
- Environmental Resources
Sheldon Margen Public Health Library -- UC Berkeley
- Information Center for the Environment (ICE)
The Information Center for the Environment is a cooperative effort of environmental scientists at the University of California, Davis and collaborators at over thirty private, state, federal, and international organizations interested in environmental protection.
- GES DISC HOME PAGE -- Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
- 150 'dead zones' in world's oceans -- U.S. news -- Environment
updated 3/29/2004
- Causes of Ocean Pollution Dead Zones
March 11, 2010
- The Ecology Global Network | Ecology News and Information
- Climate Progress
Blog Project of "Center for American Progress Action Fund"
- League of Conservation Voters
- Conservation and Environmental Science News
- Clean Air Task Force
- American Meteorology Society
- "Clean Air Act"
A History of the Clean Air Act; a guide to legislation past and present.
- Top Ten Worst Polluted Places on Earth
- World Environmental Organization
- Glossary of Air Pollution Terms
- The Air & Waste Management Association
The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional organization that provides training, information, and networking opportunities to thousands of environmental professionals in 65 countries.
- 5th World Water Forum
The World Water Forum, organized every three years by the World Water Council in close collaboration with the authorities of the hosting country, is the largest international event in the field of water.
- World Water Council
The World Water Council was established in 1996 in response to increasing concern from the global community about world water issues.
- Pure Water for the World
- World Bank report ponders new water strategies
International Business Times
- International Year of Freshwater: 2003
The United Nations General Assembly in resolution 55/196 proclaimed the year 2003 as the International Year of Freshwater.
- UNESCO | Water
- WSSCC
Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council
- AWRA
American Water Resources Association
- The Envirolink Network
The EnviroLink Network is a non-profit organization founded in 1991. EnviroLink maintains a database of thousands of environmental resources and provides internet services to non-profit organizations.
- ENERGY
Includes links to EESI, ISEO and other organizations
- Worldwatch Institute
Worldwatch is a non profit public policy research organization dedicated to informing policymakers and the public about emerging global problems and trends and the complex links between the world economy and its environmental support systems.
- CIESIN
Center for International Earth Science Information Network
- National Geographic
- Carnegie Institution for Science
- The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) is an international organisation with a mission to assist in solving environmental problems. The REC fulfils this mission by promoting cooperation among governments, non-governmental organisations, businesses and other environmental stakeholders, and by supporting the free exchange of information and public participation in environmental decision making.
- GCRIO
U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
- GreenNet
GreenNet is part of the only global computer network specifically designed for environment, peace, human rights and development groups.
- NCSE: National Council for Science and the Environment
The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) has been working since 1990 to improve the scientific basis of environmental decision making.
- Climate.org - A Project of the Climate Institute
- GlobalWarming 101
- World View of Global Warming
The Photographic Documentation of Climate Change
- GFISnet: Global Forest Information Service
- EarthRights International
- The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
- Forests Protection Portal
Rainforest, Forest and Biodiversity Conservation News and Information
- Reptile & Amphibian Ecology International
Reptile and Amphibian Ecology International is a conservation and research organization striving to discover, document, and preserve the rich diversity of living reptiles and amphibians.
- Rainforests, Rainforest Animals, etcetera
- World Rainforest Movement
The World Rainforest Movement (WRM) is an international organization that, through its work on forest and plantation related issues, contributes to achieving the respect of local peoples’ rights over their forests and territories.
- Action For Our Planet
- Liza's Reef
- List of Deserts Worldwide
from Wikipedia
- List of Mountains Worldwide
from Wikipedia
- Euratlas World Atlas
- Regions, Ranges and Subranges -- World Mountain Encyclopedia
Spectacular photos and MAPS
- Amazon Watch
Works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin
- Forest Trends Home Page
Forest Trends is a Washington D.C.-based international non-profit organization that was created in 1999 by leaders from conservation organizations, forest products firms, research groups, multilateral development banks, private investment funds and philanthropic foundations.
- ChevronToxico Homepage
The campaign for justice in Ecuador
- Amazon Rain Forest, Deforestation, Forest Conservation
National Geographic
- Rainforest Action Network | Environmentalism With Teeth
Amazon, South America, Asia, Africa
- Welcome to Illegal Logging.info
- International Rivers Network
Linking Human Rights and Environmental Protection
- Burma Rivers Network
- Living on Earth
Sound Journalism for the Whole Planet
- The Changing World
[A weekly series of documentaries] -- A special collaboration between the BBC World Service, Public Radio International and PRI's The World.
- AFEAS
Alternative Fluorocarbons Environmental Acceptability Study
- U.S. National Science Foundation
- ESRL Global Monitoring Division
- South pole Observatory
The CMDL South Pole Observatory maintains monitoring programs in greenhouse and other trace gases, atmospheric aerosols, solar radiation variability, stratospheric ozone and meteorological parameters, and conducts field programs to understand chemical changes in the Antarctic region that might impact climate and global change.
- AAD: Australian Antarctic Division
- SeaWiFS - JASON - Ocean Planet
- McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)
The McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER project is an interdisciplinary study of the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in a cold desert region of Antarctica.
- Pacific Institute: Research for People and the Planet
The Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security is an independent, non-profit center created in 1987 to conduct research and policy analysis in the areas of environment, sustainable development, and international security.
- Sierra Club Home Page
Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been working to protect communities, wild places, and the planet itself. We are the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States.
- Encyclopedia of Life
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an unprecedented global partnership between the scientific community and the general public. Our goal is to make freely available to anyone knowledge about all the world’s organisms.
- DIVERSITAS -- an international program of biodiversity science
- IISD Reporting Services
The International Institute for Sustainable Development – Reporting Services Division – provides a variety of multimedia informational resources for environment and sustainable development policymakers, including daily coverage of international negotiations, analyses and photos.
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Home -- Conservation International
- Home -- Biodiversity Hotspots
- Census of Marine Life Portal
The Census of Marine Life is a global network of researchers in more than 80 nations engaged in a 10-year scientific initiative to assess and explain the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the oceans. The world's first comprehensive Census of Marine Life - past, present, and future - will be released in 2010.
- Catalogue of Life -- 2010 Annual Checklist
- NBII Home | National Biological Information Infrastructure
The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources.
- Encyclopedia of Earth
Welcome to the Encyclopedia of Earth, an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society.
- Physical Geography
Online Text Book
- Virtual Geography Department Project
- What is Geography?
- Resources for Science Learning at the Franklin Institute
- Ecosystems of our World
"Everyone can help save the environment! This comprehensive, searchable site presents facts about all things ecological, including the food chain, endangered animals, the greenhouse effect, biomes (such as rain forests and grasslands), and much more."
- Community and Ecosystem Dynamics
Compliments of Estrella Mountain Community College; Avondale, Arizona
- Earth Island Institute
Innovative Action For The Environment
- World Wildlife Fund
Wildlife Conservation -- Species Conservation
- Biomes
From Wikipedia
- The World's Biomes
- Blue Planet Biomes
- Biomes of the World - Biome Map
- ENCHANTED LEARNING HOME PAGE
- Coral Reef Facts and Information
- Endangered Species
- Endangered Species Committee
- EE-Link: Environmental Education on the Internet
- Endangered Species Coalition
- "MMPA"
"Marine Mammal Protection Act"
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service HOME
- Endangered Species Act | Office of Protected Resources | NOAA Fisheries
- Summary of ESA | Laws & Regulations | U.S EPA
- Environment & Conservation
U.S. State Department
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- IUCN - The International Union for Conservation of Nature
- Wildlife Smuggling
Wikipedia
- Bush Warriors -- A Global Voice for Wildlife
- Asian Scientist Magazine
a search [bottom of page] on "wildlife smuggling" will return pages of stories.
- TRAFFIC - Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network
- Welcome to CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna
- The Ecological Society of America
- UNECE: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- Orangutan Foundation International
Research, Conservation, Education
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Rhino Sanctuary Fund -- Uganda
- Illegal Logging Driving Lemurs to Extinction in Madagascar
- Lost Tiger Population Discovered in Bhutan Mountains
September 19, 2010
- The Living Edens: Bhutan -- Animal Archive
- Panthera: Tiger Corridor Initiative
- Indian Tiger Welfare Society
- AMNH - American Museum of Natural History
- Tigers in Crisis
- White Tigers - Habitat, Information, Pictures
- List of Top 10 Endangered Species in Asia
- Some Endangered Animals of Asia
- WWF: World Wildlife Fund
- Learn About Mangroves -- Mangrove Action Project
- NRDC - Natural Resources Defense Council
- Endangered Species
- Mass Extinction Underway | Biodiversity Crisis | Global Species Loss
- Endangered Animals Hotlist
Utah Education Network
- Realm of Animals - Vanishing Species
- The World's Vanishing Bees
PDF File
- Breakthrough on Mystery of Vanishing Bees
from IPS Inter Press Service
- American Beekeeping Federation
Doing a search on "CCD" will return the latest news on "Colony Collapse Disorder"
- One Planet -- 1.4 Million Species
- All About Wildlife
Top Ten Endangered Species
- Seaworld/Busch Gardens ANIMALS
- Losing Paradise
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- NWF: National Wildlife Federation
- Polar Bears - Global Warming
- Vital Ground - Preserving our Wild Places
Protecting Habitat and Landscape Linkages for Grizzly Bears
- Endangered Antarctic Animals
- Earth Watch
- Friends of the Earth
- CGES
The Centre for Global Energy Studies is a leading authority on the economics and politics of energy, oil and gas.
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Rainforest and Endangered Species Being Destroyed by Palm Oil Industry
- NCSE: National Council for Science and the Environment
- Committee on Environmental Health
- Master Environmental Library
"MEL is a distributed environmental data access system which allows users to search for, browse, and retrieve environmental data from distributed sources. MEL provides a simple point of access for all DoD [Department of Defense] environmental data."
- Chemical Safety and Security/Environmental Health Watch
- Concerning the Dust Storm from Western China
- World Environmental Organization
- Environmental Defense
"Environmental Defense is a leading national nonprofit organization representing more than 300,000 members."
- Defenders of Wildlife - Protection of Endangered Species
- The Rewilding Institute
The Rewilding Institute Website is the essential source of information about the integration of traditional wildlife and wildlands conservation with conservation biology to advance landscape-scale conservation.
- Greenpeace International USA
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace. It comprises 28 independent national/regional offices in over 40
countries across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, as well as a co-ordinating body, Greenpeace International.
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- US-EPA
- EWG: Environmental Working Group
"The Power of Information"
- Pesticide Action Network North America
- Environment & Society
An Internet Resource Guide compliments of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Energy
[This section was originally included in the one on environment. But, because of its multifaceted nature, it could also be placed in the sections on economics, health, international affairs and sustainable development among others. It represents the underlying strata in this overall picture of the world and expresses the theme of this endeavor: the interdependence and interconnectivity of events and their consequences.]
- IAEA: International Atomic Energy Agency
- IEA: International Energy Agency
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an intergovernmental organisation which acts as energy policy advisor to 28 member countries in their effort to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for their citizens.
- World Energy Council
Our network of 93 national committees represents over 3000 member organizations including governments, industry and expert institutions.
- NEI: Nuclear Energy Institute
NEI's Mission: The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) is the policy organization of the nuclear energy and technologies industry and participates in both the national and global policy-making process.
- Global Wind Energy Council (GLEC)
- UN -- Energy
- Europa | Official Website of the European Union
- Sustainable Energy | Europe Campaign
European Commission
- EER European Energy Regulators: CEER & ERGEG
- US National Energy Policy -- May, 2001 -- Complete
PDF File
- Energy Policy of the United States
Wikipedia
- CSA -- Proquest
- U.S. Energy Policy -- Expert Discussion on Climate Change and Energy Security
- Energy & Environment | The White House
- U.S. Department of Energy Home Page
- ITA Office of Energy
International Trade Administration
- Platts: Overview
- DOE - Announcement of US-China Clean Energy Research Center
- US-China Clean Energy Forum
- Consumer Energy Report - Energy News, Crude Oil, Gas Prices, Alternative Energy
- "The Nuclear Energy Option"
by Professor Bernard Cohen, University of Pittsburgh, published 1990
- Study Says Coal Plant Pollution Kills 30,000 a Year
- Center for Radiological Research
The raison d'etre of the Center for Radiological Research of Columbia University is to foster a multi-disciplinary approach towards understanding the biological consequences of ionizing radiation exposures.
- Energy, Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear, Gasoline, Solar, Wind
- "Coal Ash is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste"
from Scientific American, December 13, 2007, by Mara Hvistendahl
- Fossil Fuels versus Renewable Energy
- Fossil Fuels
University of Michigan
- Fossil Fuel Facts
- Interesting Energy Facts
- Alternative Energy Sources
U. of Utah
- Alternative Energy
-- What are the most common sources of alternative energy?
- Alternative Energy News
News and information resources about renewable energy technologies
- Alternative Energy Resources
Site by Chad Brosius
- Alternative Energy Sources
An information website discussing the advantages and disadvantages of many of the world's alternative energies.
- Renewable Energy Sources
Latest trends in research and development
- Renewable Energy Resources
A Research Guide for Students
- Renewable Energy Nonprofit Organizations in the World
- Industry: Renewable Energy
- Wind Power
from Union of Concerned Scientists
- GreenNet
GreenNet is part of the only global computer network specifically designed for environment, peace, human rights and development groups.
- The Whirled Bank Group
- Oil Watchdog
- OilWatch
"Oilwatch is a resistance network that opposes the activities of oil companies in tropical countries."
- SolveClimate | Daily Climate News and Analysis
- List of Animals Endangered by the Gulf Oil Spill
- Congressman Polis Introduces Bill to Force DOI, OIL Industry to Abide by Endangered Species Act
Press Release, July 27
- SEEN
Sustainable Energy & Economy Network
Peace
- Pathways To Peace
- Peace Corps
- Peace Brigades International
Promoting non-violence and protecting human rights defenders since 1981.
- GlobalCorps
GlobalCorps, a division of XL Associates, is dedicated to our mission of matching the most qualified professionals in the development, humanitarian and disaster relief field with organizations looking for these individuals.
- CEIP
Founded in 1910, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a private nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cooperation among nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization publishes Foreign Policy magazine, conducts research, publishes books and policy papers, and sponsors conferences on international topics. Founded in 1910 by Andrew Carnegie, the organization has a long history of studying war and promoting peace and international cooperation.
- "Foreign Policy"
A magazine devoted to global politics, economics and ideas
"Our mission is to explain how the world works—in particular, how the process of global integration is reshaping nations, institutions, cultures, and, more fundamentally, our daily lives."
- Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs
- The Fund for Peace
The Fund for Peace is an independent, nonpartisan research and educational organization that works to prevent war and alleviate the conditions that cause conflict.
- Peace.Org
A resource for peace and co-existence
- USIP: United States Institute of Peace
- All Nobel Peace Prizes
- The International Day of Peace
September 21, 2010
- Seeds of Peace
Founded in 1993 by journalist John Wallach, Seeds of Peace is dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence.
- Principia Cybernetica
Sytems Theorists; this page is philosophically oriented.
- Simon Wiesenthal Center: Museum Of Tolerance
- The Talk.Origins Archive
Exploring the Creation/Evolution/Intelligent Design Controversy
- THE WELL
"The WELL is an online gathering place like no other. Since 1985 this literate watering hole has drawn thinkers from all walks of life -- people who like an intelligent and uninhibited conversation in a members-only environment."
- Religion -- World Religions -- Comparative Religion
just the facts
- Religious Tolerance
Over 5300 essays
- Maps of War:: Visual History of War, Religion and Government
- Virtual Religion Index
from Rutgers University
- Peace and Justice Studies Association
- HREA: The Global Human Rights Education Network
- lists.essential.org
DIRECTORY of mailing lists
- Tile.net - Email List Directory
- Listservs/Mailing Lists
- American University Listserv
Server
Conflict Resolution
- U.S. Institute of Peace
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) provides the analysis, training and tools that help to prevent, manage and end violent international conflicts, promote stability and professionalize the field of peacebuilding.
- Dispute Resolution Organizations
- Association for Conflict Resolution
- Alliance for International Conflict Resolution and Prevention
- CRI
Conflict Resolution Research and Resource Institute
"Our Mission is to teach and practice the prevention, management and resolution of conflict in the community, the nation and the world through the utilization of time-tested theories, processes and techniques which ensure equitable, practical and lasting agreements."
- IISS
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), founded in 1958, is an independent centre for research, information and debate on the problems of conflict.
- ELDIS: The Gateway to Development Information
- Beyond Intractability -- More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflicts
- Peace and Conflict Home on the Web
- College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
University of Maryland
- CIDCM
Center for International Development and Conflict Management at University of Maryland
- International Crisis Group Home Page
The International Crisis Group (ICG) is an independent, non-profit, multinational organisation, with 90 staff members on five continents, working through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict.
- "The International Study of Peace/Conflict Resolution Organizations"
PDF File
- International Conflict Resolution: Information Sources
- World For World Organization
- Legacy International | Conflict Resolution Organization
- Center for Nonviolent Communication
- PCCP from Potential Conflict to Cooperation Potential
Water Conflicts
- FMCS: Agency Departments -- International Dispute Resolution
- INCORE
The Initiative on Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity: This is a catalogue of
major data resources in ethnic conflict.
- Search for Common Ground
- Conflict Resolution in the YAHOO Directory
- The History Guy
Countries|Cultures|Infrastructure|MAPS
- Absolutely All of the World's Embassies in a Searchable Database
- U.S. Department of State
Websites of U.S. Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions
- CIA
- Countries of the World
Twenty-two years of CIA World Fact Books
- Europa World Online
Europa World Plus is the online version of the Europa World Year Book and the nine-volume Regional Surveys of the World series.
- The Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
This growing collection contains more than 230,000 maps world-wide from the University of Texas, Austin.
- World Political Maps, Physical Maps, Satellite Images
From Geology.Com
- Library of Congress
- Global Gateway: World Culture & Resources
- Country Studies: Area Handbook Series
(Library of Congress/Federal Research Division)
"The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world and examines the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors."
- Historyteacher.net
- Nations Online Project
- Geographia -- World Travel Destinations, Culture and History guide
- Encyclopedia of the Nations -- Information about Countries of the World
"The Encyclopedia of the Nations is a complete source for detailed information about one hundred ninety three countries in the world, information about the United Nations and the associated agencies, and World Leaders."
- Open Directory
- List of U.S. States and Territories by area
Wikipedia
- Infoplease.com
- GOOGLE Directory-->Regional
- mappage
Geographical Directory of World Paper Money
- Maps Of World
- History Central
- NationMaster
From Mission Statement: "To promote education and understanding about the world. To make it easy to engage with the indicators that shape global commerce, health, politics and ecology. To make the facts easily accessible and meaningful. To bring the works of academics, public agencies and private researchers to a wider audience."
United Kingdom Politics
- Global Irish Network
Asia|India
- Map of Asia, Asian Countries, and Asian Landforms and Rivers -- World Atlas
- Maps of Asia: Political Maps
- Political and Physical Maps -- Satellite Images
- Japan Information Network
- Web Japan
- Tokyo Information Network
- The Star Online: Malaysia News Center
- China Gateway
U. S. Department of Commerce
- U.S. Embassy in Beijing
- Human Rights in China
- General China Information
- The Cardinal Kung Foundation
- Center for Studies on New Religions
- Falun Dafa Home Page
- American Consulate General Hong Kong & Macau
- Taiwan Security Research
- American Institute in Taiwan
- The Heritage Foundation
Conservative policy research and analysis
- World Wide Web Virtual Library
- Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions
- Paris Principles
PDF File
- The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda on Actiona
PDF File
- YAHOO! NEWS
- FORUMASIA
Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development
- AsiaOne
- Asian Search Engines and Directories
- Asian Search Engines
- Internet Search Engine Guide
- ABS_CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines
- Philippines News
- East Timor & Indonesia Action Network
- Welcome To Virtual Bangladesh
- Free Tibet
- Tibet Online
- Nepal NEWS
- The Himalayan Times
- The Hindu
Online Edition of India's National Newspaper
- Embassy of India, Washington, D.C.
- IDRF
India Development and Relief Fund
- Expressindia.com
Latest NEWS
- The Lanka Academic
Sri Lanka NEWS Updated 24 Hours a Day.
Russia|Caucasus|Central Asia
- Russia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture
From Infoplease
- On the Formation and Development of Civil Society in Russia
- Political Maps of Russia
- Map of Russian Federation, Political Map
- Russian and the Former Soviet Republics: MAPS
- Russian Caucasus
- Caucusus and Central Asia: Regional Maps
- Caucusus and Central Asia Political Map
- Map of Georgia
Includes European Countries
- Lehigh Around the World: Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Russia and the Caucuses
- A Global View of the Russian Far East
- The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
- The Kamchatka Page
- Koryak Texts
- Koryak Language and Culture
- Kamchatka Peninsula Maps
- Aboriginal Peoples of the Russian North
- Siberian Shamanism
- Shamanism in Siberia
A Study in Social Anthropology by M. A. Czaplicka
- Soviet/Russian Intelligence Agencies
- F & P Friends and Partners
Welcome to Friends and Partners, jointly developed by friends in the US and Russia to promote better understanding between the people of our countries.
- Russinfo -- RESOURCES
- MEMORIAL
International historical-Enlightment-Human Rights and Humanitarian Society
- Window-to-Russia Home Page
- EurasiaNet.org
News and Analysis from Central Asia and the Caucusus
- CaucasusWatch.Com
- Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites
- Romanian Newspapers
- Romainian Newspaers & News Sites
- Romainian Newspapers
- Ziare.COM
Romanian Newspapers in Romainian, no less.
- BosniaLINK
Welcome to BosniaLINK, the official Department of Defense information system about U.S. military activities in Operation JOINT FORGE, the NATO peacekeeping mission in Bosnia.
- MediaFilter Org
- Special and Alternative News Sources on Kosovo
- Afghan Network Interactive
- Afghanistan On-Line
- IDEE
The Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE) is a not-for-profit tax-exempt corporation begun in 1986 to support the growing opposition movements in Eastern Europe seeking democratic change and an end to communism.
Middle East
- Global Studies: Middle East | Nations
- Nations Online Project
- The Jewish Virtual Library
- IranNewsWatch
News about Iran
- Israel Forum
- DAWA
- MENIC
Middle East Network Information Center
- Afghanistan Information Center
- Middle East Directory
- Middle East Internet Resources
- Antique Maps of Entire Middle East
- Antique Maps of the Middle East
- Antique Maps of the Mid East/Holy Land
- Columbia University Libraries
- lookLexic: Africa and Middle East
- Minaret of Freedom Institute
- The Middle East Internet News Network
Insiders' news analysis information from North Africa the Levant, Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Central Asia.
- Arab News
- Jordan Times
- Haaretz - English
- The Gulf Daily News
The Voice of Bahrain
- Middle East News & World Report Offical Website
- MEMRI
The Middle East Media Research Institute
- WorldLinkTV Mosaic
Mosaic features selections from daily TV news programs produced by national broadcasters throughout the Middle East. The news reports are presented unedited and translated, when necessary, into English.
- Al-Jazeera
Arabic
- Watch Al-Jazeera TV in English
- Arabic News
- Beirut NEWS
Includes links to other area news sources, Guides and Directories, World News by Continent in a drop-down menu under REGIONAL
- The Daily Star
The Lebanese Newspaper in English
- Israel News from the Jerusalem Post Internet Edition
- Home Birzeit University | Palestine
- The Palestinian Information Center
- Alternative Information Center
- Palestine Links
Inclides links to other area news sources.
- Palestinian Media Watch
- HOME Arab News
Africa
- Nations Online Project
- African Embassies in the US
- US Embassies in Africa
- Absolutely All of the World's Embassies in a Searchable Database
- African Studies: Embassies, Flags and Missions
Columbia University
- Africa Action: Activism for Africa
- Africa Policy Institute
- African Studies Home Page
from Columbia University
- Africa South of the Sahara - Breaking News
- National Museum of African Art
- EIN News -- World News Media Monitoring
- Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa
- Royal African Society
The Society was founded in 1901 to commemorate and continue the work of Mary Kingsley, an extensive traveler of the continent and a writer and scientist on the study of Africa. It promotes relations between the UK and Africa as a whole - raising understanding and interest in all issues relating to Africa.
- African Studies
WWW (U. Penn)
- Norwegian Council for Africa
- AllAfrica.COM
AllAfrica.com is updated throughout the day with hundreds of stories from more than 80 African news organizations
- Welcome to the Embassy of the Republic of Angola
- Daily Mail & Guardian Home Page
Zimbabwe
- Algeria-Watch.org
German, French and English
- Sudan
- Congonline
in French
Latin America
- MAPS of Latin America
- Maps of South America, South American Countries, Landforms, Rivers, etcetera
From World Atlas
- LatinoWeb
- CiberCentro
Most complete guide for the 20 Spanish speaking countries
- LANIC
Latin American Network Information Center
- Mexican Academy
for Human Rights
Choice of Spanish or English
- Information on the Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico
- Republic of CUBA
WWW HOME PAGE
- CubaNet News
Alternative News & Information|Events
- Disinformation: Everything You Know Is Wrong
- Project Censored
- MHz Networks
"MHz Networks is an independent, non-commercial television broadcaster delivering international, educational programming and providing diverse cultural perspectives for a globally-minded audience."
- The Observers | de France 24
- RT Latest News
RT is the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global news.
- NHK World English -- Latest News
- International News | euronews, latest international news
- indymedia
- Stripes -- Independent US Military News from Iraq, Afghanistan and Bases Worldwide
- Alternative News Net
- EIN News -- World News Media Monitoring
- World Newspapers & Magazines
- People's Agenda for Alternative Regionalisms
- Alternet
- Conspiracy Planet -- The Alternative News & History Network
- The Raw Story -- Investigative News & Politics
- AboveTopSecret.Com -- Conspiracy Theories, UFOs, Politics, etcetera
- Common Dreams | News & Views
- Breaking News | Alternative Media
- World Transformation
- Alternative News Sources
"I hope you don't believe that what they show on the 9 o'clock news is really what goes on in the world. Here are some links to frequently updated sites with different kinds of news."
- The Independent | News | UK and Worldwide
- The Real News Network
- Mathaba: Independent News Agency
- Media Alliance
Training and resources for media workers, activists and community organizations
- Alternative News Sources
Alternative Press Stories and Articles Publications [from "Whole Again"]
- Alternative Insight - Foreign Policy and Politics
- Rainbow Family of Living
Light Unofficial Home Page
- Executive Intelligence Review
- CNN.COM: WORLD NEWS
Not an alternative news source but, here it is to compare.
- The Christian Science Monitor
daily online newspaper
- Myanmar News
- Yangon Globe
Latest news stories and top headlines from Myanmar, Burma
Includes list of other news sources; for example:
- Burma News International
- Kachin News Group
- The TIMES of Central Asia
- SOHU.COM
- Common Courage Press
- ClandestineRadio.com
"Clandestine Radio is a field encompassing journalism, diplomacy, espionage, & war. Created to disseminate propaganda, clandestine radio has played a major role in every conflict around the world. ClandestineRadio.com keeps the pulse on these fascinating radio stations & the groups who sponsor them."
- Alternative Radio
- The Environment Report
- Public Radio International
- Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
- National Geographic
Online
- Asia Pacific News
Business to Business Travel Websites Group
- International News | Global News from Around the World
- The Progressive Review
An online journal of alternative news & information.
NEWS SERVICES
- The World Press
192 countries -- 5,204 daily newspapers
- All Newspapers | Newspapers from all Countries
- Thousands of Newspapers on the Net
- World Newspapers & Magazines
- Newspapers.com | Search Over 10,000 Newspapers Online
- WorldNet Daily
- Daily Times of Pakistan
- YAHOO! has News Services
- BBC HOME
- The Associated Press
- Bloomberg.com
Financial News
- Getty Images
"The world's leading provider of imagery, film and digital services."
- Reuters Group PLC Home
- UPI - United Press International
- UPI Asia
- Voice of America
- Cristian Science Monitor
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC News Online
- Harrold and Related Roots Online Database
- NewsLink
- 1 World Commuication
- News.com.au
From Australia
- Mother Jones.com
- Mideast Web Gateway
Mideast web for middle east peace, education and dialogue
- World News Network
Top stories from world online news services
- The News Lab
- New America Media
- IPS
Inter Press Service: The Global News Agency
- International News | Global News from Around the World
A Sampling of Newsgroups
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