Index, by alphabetical order and subject, of websites in the UN system. UN system chart.

Main issues on UN agenda listed in alphabetical order (disarmament, peace and security, question of Palestine, etc.). Press releases and other news. UN structure. Sites in UN system. Documents from secretary-general and General Assembly, Security Council, etc. Maps and other sources of geographical information. Publications available on-line or can be ordered. UN webcast.

The Office promotes the goal of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and the strengthening of the disarmament regimes in respect to other weapons of mass destruction, chemical and biological weapons. It also promotes disarmament efforts in the area of conventional weapons, especially land mines and small arms, which are the weapons of choice in contemporary conflicts.

Disarmament - The Biological Weapons Convention

Institute activities. Publications available on-line or can be ordered. Press releases. Weapons-related links (UN, institutes, etc.).

Mission statement. Information on the Chemical Weapons Convention plus Convention text in the official UN languages. Press releases. Information on chemical disarmament.

Agency programmes. Calendar of meetings organized by Agency. List of publications (most available on-line). Annual reports. Treaties on atomic energy, etc. Access to many Agency databases, in particular Nuclear Data Services.

Refworld is the leading source of information necessary for taking quality decisions on refugee status. Refworld contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks. The information has been carefully selected and compiled from UNHCR's global network of field offices, Governments, international, regional and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and judicial bodies.

The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) is the primary mechanism for inter-agency coordination of humanitarian assistance. It is a unique forum involving the key UN and non-UN humanitarian partners. The IASC was established in June 1992 in response to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182 on the strengthening of humanitarian assistance.

Reports on recent emergencies. On-line publications. News. Press releases. HATI database on training for humanitarian staff.

News. List of partners. General statistics on refugees worldwide. On-line reports. Geographical maps. Entire text of main legal instruments for the protection of refugees (special features on women and children). UNHCR chart.

Press releases. On-line research catalogue for all UNESCO documents (photos, books, brochures, videos, periodicals, maps). List of documentation centres relating to areas of UNESCO concern. International instruments relating to UNESCO activities. Statistics. Information by subject (education, communication and information, culture, social sciences).

Information on internal displacement. Database with displacement-oriented country profiles. News.

Information and news by country and subject (weapons, children and war, AIDS, sanitary education, etc.). UNICEF activities. Catalogue of publications. Statistics. Press releases and declarations. Annual reports on-line.

Activities by region. Press releases. World population. Annual report on-line. List of publications by topic and by type. Information by subject (supporting adolescents and youth, AIDS, development and population, etc.).

Description of development programmes by product (coffee, “artisan products”, technology, textiles, etc.). Activities by country. List of publications. News. Bibliographical and website database. Worldwide directory of import associations (search by product).

Calendar of events (meetings of the Trade and Development Board, etc.). On-line publications (studies, annual report, accounts of UNCTAD conferences and annual meetings, reports on least developed countries, etc.). Presentation of UNCTAD technical cooperation work. News and press releases. Links.

Database of IFC projects by country, sectors and region, products and services. Annual report on-line. Corporation activities by country. Press releases.

News and press releases. Information by subject. Agriculture. GATT agreements. Sanitary measures. Dumping. International trade statistics. WTO publications (annual reports, legal texts, analyses, videos, etc. – orders possible). Forum allowing the media, NGOs and general public to state their views on the WTO and its activities.

Activities listed by regions. News and press releases. Calendar of events. Discussion forum. On-line publications. Links to both core agencies (UNDP and UNCTAD).

Environment for development - The mission of UNEP is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.

Activities. On-line documents. Current projects. List of publications. Data and statistics (world development indicators, etc.). Statistical maps by subject (population, forest area, infant mortality, life expectancy, etc.). On-line documents (reports, etc.). News. Project descriptions and strategies.

Press releases. Economic analyses. Population analyses. Information on transport, trade and industry, development, etc. Calendar of events. List of publications by subject. International instruments on a range of subjects (population, environment, agriculture, wood industry, sustainable energy sources, etc).

IMF statutes and decisions. List of members. Annual report. Activities by country. List of publications (orders possible). Calendar of IMF-organized meetings. On-line library catalogue. Financial activities. Press releases.

UNDP activities by country. Information on development policy. List of partnership. Netaid project to raise child literacy. News and press releases. Access to UNDP publications by subject and region

The Global Fund was created to finance a dramatic turn-around in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. These diseases kill over 6 million people each year, and the numbers are growing. To date, the Global Fund has committed US$ 8.4 billion in 136 countries to support aggressive interventions against all three diseases.

Details of operations (crisis response, food aid for economic and social development, operational logistics, etc.). List of appeals for donations. WFP policy and strategy. Annual report on-line.

Activities, news and reference documents by subject (agriculture, economy, nutrition, forests, fisheries, biotechnology, desertification, etc.). Statistical database with subjects such as water, nutrition, agriculture and forestry.

Aid programmes by country and activity. Projects and information on AIDS, bioterrorism, infant mortality, environmental pollution, smoking, etc. On-line library catalogue. Epidemiological information guide with statistics. Atlas of infectious diseases.

Information on HIV by country and subject (general points and country reports, causes of the epidemic, etc.). Press releases. Speeches. On-line publications by subject (orders possible). Statistical graphics and maps.

Description of UN programmes for women. International instruments concerning women’s rights. Information on women and disarmament. Reports on UN conferences on women. News. Database of UN documents on women. List by country of organizations active in the domain.

News. Research and training programmes. Library catalogue. Annotated list of Institute publication’s links.

The role of MACC SL is to provide a planning, coordination and quality assurance capability that ensures landmine and unexploded ordnance clearance undertaken within the mandated area is done in the most effective, safe and time efficient manner, and in accordance with National Technical Standards and Guidlines, developed from International Mine Action Standards.

Refworld contains a vast collection of reports relating to situations in countries of origin, policy documents and positions, and documents relating to international and national legal frameworks.

Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction

United Nations Studies at Yale is now uniquely qualified to operate as a policy-relevant "think-tank" on key issues concerning the future of the UN. It serves as a sustained and cumulative source of ideas about the role of international organizations in a transforming international system.

Link to the UNESCO site

Universal Declaration of Human Rights in over 300 languages. Other human rights treaties. Links to specialized UN agencies concerned with human rights. Specific issues (indigenous peoples, HIV, women's rights, human rights and biotechnology, children's rights).