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Links to other sites: United Nations
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Main site and index
    23-2-2005
    Site locator for the UN
    Index, by alphabetical order and subject, of websites in the UN system. UN system chart.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    United Nations
    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.
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    Other site

Weapons
    31-10-2008
    United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)
    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.
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    Other site

    19-1-2007
    UNOG - United nations office at Geneva
    Disarmament - The Biological Weapons Convention
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    UN Institute for Disarmament Research
    Institute activities. Publications available on-line or can be ordered. Press releases. Weapons-related links (UN, institutes, etc.).
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
    Mission statement. Information on the Chemical Weapons Convention plus Convention text in the official UN languages. Press releases. Information on chemical disarmament.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    International Atomic Energy Agency
    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.
    (Info resources\Other sites\United Nations)
    Other site

Aid
    23-2-2009
    UN High Commissioner for Refugees
    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.
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    Other site

    23-2-2009
    UNICEF – UN Children’s Fund
    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.
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    Other site

    7-3-2008
    Refworld - The Leader in Refugee Decision Support (UNHCR)
    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.
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    Other site

    7-9-2007
    Inter Agency Standing Committee
    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.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
    Reports on recent emergencies. On-line publications. News. Press releases. HATI database on training for humanitarian staff.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    UNESCO – Organization for Education, Science and Culture
    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).
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    Global IDP Project
    Information on internal displacement. Database with displacement-oriented country profiles. News.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    UN Population Fund
    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.).
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    Other site

Children
Economics and development
    23-2-2005
    International Trade Centre
    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).
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
    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.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    International Finance Corporation
    Database of IFC projects by country, sectors and region, products and services. Annual report on-line. Corporation activities by country. Press releases.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    World Trade Organization
    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.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    Global Programme for Globalization, Liberalization, and Sustainable Human Development
    Activities listed by regions. News and press releases. Calendar of events. Discussion forum. On-line publications. Links to both core agencies (UNDP and UNCTAD).
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    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.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    World Bank Group
    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.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    UN Economic Commission for Europe
    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).
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    International Monetary Fund
    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.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    UN Development Programme
    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
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    Other site

Health
    10-9-2007
    World Global Fund
    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.
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    23-2-2005
    World Food Programme
    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.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    Food and Agriculture Organization
    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.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    World Health Organization
    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.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
    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.
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    Other site

Women
Other site
    4-2-2008
    United Nations Mine Action Co-ordination Centre in South Lebanon (UNMACC SL)
    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.
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    Other site

    24-9-2007
    UNHCR's Refworld
    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.
    (Info resources\Other sites\United Nations)
    Other site

    19-1-2007
    United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs information on the Biological Weapons Convention
    Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction
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    4-4-2005
    The United Nations Studies Center of Yale University
    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.
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
    Link to the UNESCO site
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    Other site

    23-2-2005
    UN Office of the High Commissionner for Human Rights
    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).
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