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Issues and Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)

Issues on the UN Agenda
www.un.org/issues

Avalon Project at Yale - Legal and Historical Documents
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon

Brookings Institution
www.brookings.org

Foreign Affairs
www.foreignaffairs.org

Council on Foreign Relations
www.cfr.org

Foreign Policy
www.foreignpolicy.com

Global Policy Forum
www.globalpolicy.org

International Relations and Security Network
www.isn.ethz.ch

Council for a Community of Democracies
www.ccd21.org

Child Rights Information Network
www.crin.org

Childwatch International Research Network
www.childwatch.uio.no

Database on Research and Information on Children's Rights
http://child-abuse.com/childhouse/childwatch/cwi/RI-DB/info.html

Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org

UNICEF
www.unicef.org  

Federation of American Scientists
www.fas.org

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
www.ceip.org

International Crisis Group
www.icg.org

Canadian Security Intelligence Review Committee
www.sirc-csars.gc.ca

United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs
http://disarmament.un.org

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
www.unidir.org

US National Counterintelligence Executive
www.ncix.gov

US National Security Agency
www.nsa.gov

Ecolex--Environmental Law Information
www.ecolex.org

EcoNet
www.igc.org/home/econet/index.html

European Environmental Law Page
www.eel.nl

Geneva Environment Network
www.environmenthouse.ch

United Nations System--Wide Earth Watch
http://earthwatch.unep.net

World Bank
www.worldbank.org/environment

World Resources Institute
www.wri.org

Development

United Nations Development Programme
http://www.undp.org


United Nations Development Programme--Human Development Report
http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data

 Human Rights

Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org

Bayefsky List of UN Human Rights Treaties
www.bayefsky.com

Project DIANA at Yale - Human Rights Documents
www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diana/index.html

Center for the Study of Human Rights
www.columbia.edu/cu/humanrights

Human Rights First
www.humanrightsfirst.org

Human Rights Internet
www.hri.ca

Human Rights Watch
www.hrw.org

International Human Rights Law Institute
www.law.depaul.edu/institutes_centers/ihrli/index.asp

International League for Human Rights
www.ilhr.org

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
www.udhr.org

University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
www.umn.edu/humanrts

United Nations Homepage--International Law
www.un.org/law

Center for International Legal Studies
http://cils.net

Library of Congress--Global Legal Information Network
www.glin.gov 

International Law Association
www.ila-hq.org

International Trade Law
www.uncitral.org/en-index.htm

Law of the Sea
www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm

United Nations Treaty Collection
http://untreaty.un.org

Adopt-A-Minefield
www.landmines.org

United Nations Mine Action Service
www.mineaction.org

International Campaign to Ban Landmines
www.icbl.org

Women Watch
www.un.org/womenwatch

UN Division for the Advancement of Women
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw

UN International Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
www.un-instraw.org

Americans for UNFPA - One Woman Can
www.americansforunfpa.org/getinvolved

"Friends of..." Organizations

Americans for UNFPA
www.americansforunfpa.org

Friends of WFP
www.friendsofwfp.org

USA for UNHCR
www.unrefugees.org

US Committee for UNDP
www.undp-usa.org

US Committee for UNIFEM
www.unifemusa.org

US Fund for UNICEF
www.unicefusa.org