Country Studies A Library of Congress web site providing the historical setting, the social, economic, political, and national security systems, and institutions of countries throughout the world.

The Global Legal Information Network A Library of Congress web site providing a database of laws, regulations, and other complementary legal sources.

Human Rights Library Univ. of Minnesota Human Rights Center developed and maintains this site to provide full text access to major international human rights treaties and declarations, along with authoritative citations.

MapMachine Set up by National Geographic.  Similar to Mapquest .

Project Diana An online human rights legal documentation archive set up and maintained by Yale Law School.

The World Factbook 2002 Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US Government officials, and the style, format, coverage, and content are designed to meet their specific requirements.

International Organizations

Council of the European Union (European Council) This is the official site of the council of the member states of the European Union and the president of the European Commission.

European Commission (same as European Union, site name EUROPA) Offers news, institutions, documents, publications, policies, and basic information about the European Union.

Free Trade Area of the Americas process (FTAA) This process was initiated in the 1994 Summit of the Americas to integrate the economies of the Western Hemisphere into a single free trade arrangement.

Global Policy Forum An organization formed in 1993 to monitor global policy making at the United Nations.  This site is divided into the following subsections: UN Financial Crisis, Security Council, Social/ Economic Policy, NGOs, Nations and States, and UN Reform.

International Monetary Fund This IMF official site includes articles of agreement, by-laws, regulations, selected decisions and selected documents.

NATO This North Atlantic Treaty Organisation official web site provides many NATO documents.  Just follow the link to Publications.

Researching WTO and GATT By Jeanne Rehberg, Reference Librarian for International and Foreign Law at New York University School of Law Library.  This is a guide to WTO and GATT sources from the United States.

United Nations Official Web site of the U.N.

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute Coordinates and supports international comparative research; site includes news, publications, and searchable databases related to criminology.

United Nations System Locator The official web site locator of the United Nations system of organizations, providing links to all UN organizations.

World Bank This official site provides documents, reports, and statistical data.  However, its World Development Indicators and Global Development Finance databases are fee-based.

World Intellectual Property Organization This official WIPO site provides the text of its treaties, documents and other intellectual property information.

World Trade Organization Here you can find most of the WTO's public documents.

Courts

Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance Judgments and opinions since June 1997 from the Court of Justice of the European Communities.

International Court of Justice Official web site of the International Court of Justice with basic documents, dockets, and decisions.