ASEAN
Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BICC Bonn International Centre for Conversion

Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Links to many international relations sites.

Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies
Established in 1976, the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies (CISS) has gained wide recognition as the nation's foremost source of independent and balanced information and research on a broad range of issues affecting Canada. It satisfies a need for a body of informed opinion on defence and security issues and stimulates greater public awareness of national and international developments.

Carnegie Council
The Carnegie Council's mission is to be the voice for ethics in international policy. It convenes agenda-setting forums and creates educational opportunities and information resources for a worldwide audience of teachers and students, journalists, international affairs professionals, and concerned citizens.

CEIP The Carnegie Endowment for Int. Peace

Center for Defense and International Security Studies
CDISS is an interdisciplinary research center in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom.

CIDOB Center of Int. Relations and Int. Cooperation

CITS Center for Int. Trade and Security

CRED Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

Crisis Group International Crisis Group

Europa European Union
Basic information on the European Union, citizens rights, key issues such as the euro and employment; access to official documents, legal texts, publications and databases, and sources of information.

FOI Swedish Defence Research Agency

FfP The Fund for Peace

GRC Gulf Research Center

Index of International Governmental Organizations
Maintained by Northwestern University Library.

International Governmental Organizations
Includes a comprehensive list of international government organization web sites, foreign government sites, and guides for users of international information.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
The IMF is an organization of 184 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty.

Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) was established as a registered society in New Delhi on November 11 1965. It is considered to be the premier strategic and security studies Think Tank in India. Over the years the Institute has enlarged its focus of research from Defence Studies to cover issues of National and International Security. The Institute is funded by the Indian Ministry of Defence, but functions autonomously. Apart from research, the Institute also provides training programmes to civilian and military officers of the Government of India. The Indian Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence frequently utilises the expertise of the Institute.

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis
IFPA is an independent, nonpartisan research organization specializing in national security, foreign policy, and defense issues. Publications
Available at: http://www.ifpa.org

International Search Engines

IPU The Inter-Parliamentary Union

ISIS Institute for Science and Int. Security

Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
The Forum is the region’s premier political and economic policy organisation. Forum Leaders meet annually to develop collective responses to regional issues.

TI Tranparency International

NISAT Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers

NPSIA Norman Paterson School of Int. Affairs

OFDA Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance

SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
The main goals of the SCO are strengthening mutual confidence and good-neighbourly relations among the member countries; promoting their effective cooperation in politics, trade and economy, science and technology, culture as well as education, energy, transportation, tourism, environmental protection and other fields; making joint efforts to maintain and ensure peace, security and stability in the region, to move towards the establishment of a new, democratic, just and rational political and economic international order.

Union of International Associations
Links to International Organizations. Lists over 12,000 organizations by name, subject, or region. Selected from the Yearbook of International Organizations.

UN Pulse: Connecting to UN Information
"The information on this site is provided by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library at the UN. UN Pulse alerts you to selected just-released UN online information, major reports, publications and documents."

United Nations Official Document System
ODS covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards. The system does not contain press releases, UN sales publications, the United Nations Treaty Series or information brochures issued by the Department of Public Information.

United Nations Official Website Locator
Alphabetic Index of Websites of the United Nations System of Organizations  

United Nations High Command for Refugees (UNHCR)

United Nations Research Guide
Mississippi State University Libraries selective guide designed to assist researchers and students in gaining access to United Nations materials available within the library’s collections and databases, and via the Internet.

UNSD United Nations Statistics Division

UoT The Perry-Castaneda library, University of Texas at Austin

Worldwide Web Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
Over 1800 annotated links in a range of international affairs topics. Sites are chosen because of long-term value, favoring those with cost-free, high-quality information and analysis online. Many are gateway sites or have internal search engines.

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