Resources
Under this submenu you should be able to locate some valuable resources in the preparation for SWCHSMUN. We are going to post a list of resources that you might want to use for research and preparation.
Education Resources/InstitutionsIncluding UN Agencies
Country Specific Links
General Links for Country Specific Information
AFRICA
ASIA
EUROPE
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
MIDDLE EAST
Search By IssuesHEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Education Resources/InstitutionsIncluding UN Agencies
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) http://www.unicef.org/
- United Nations Institute for Training & Research http://www.unitar.org/
- United Nations University http://www.unu.edu/
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural organization (UNESCO) http://www.unesco.org/
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) http://www.odci.gov/
- Idealist http://www.idealist.org/
- National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- World Bank Education Statistics Database http://www.worldbank.org/education/edstats
- United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) http://www.una-usa.org/
- U.N. Homepage http://www.un.org/
- Center for Civic Education http://www.civiced.org/
- CNN http://www.cnn.com/
- Institute for International Education http://www.iie.org/
- World Education http://www.worlded.org/
Country Specific Links
General Links for Country Specific Information
- Best Delegate Country Research Map bestdelegate.com/researchmap/
- CIA World Factbook http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
- Electronic Embassy http://www.embassy.org/
- Country Watch http://www.countrywatch.com/
- Permanent Missions to the United Nations http://www.un.int/
- Political Resources on the net http://www.politicalresources.net/
- National Government Information http://www.un.org/esa/national.htm
- World Atlas http://www.worldatlas.com/
- United States Department of State http://www.state.gov/
- UN Member States http://www.un.org/members
- FedWorld http://www.fedworld.gov/
- Facts on File http://www.facts.com/
- Foreign Wire http://www.foreignwire.com/
AFRICA
- Economic Commission for Africa http://www.un.org/Depts/eca
- Economic Community of West African States http://www.ecowas.net/english.htm
- Africa News Online http://www.africanews.org
- Africa News Now http://www.africanewsnow.com
- Africa Online http://www.africaonline.com
- Africa Policy Information Center http://www.africapolicy.org
- African Studies Internet Resources http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/area/Africa
- Africa Wire http://www.africawire.com
- All Africa http://www.allafrica.com
- Country Pages from the University of Pennsylvania African Studies Department http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific
ASIA
- Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific http://www.unescap.org
- Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia http://www.escwa.org.lb
- Ask Asia http://www.askasia.org
- Asia Pacific News http://www.asiapacificnews.com
- Asia Society http://www.asiasociety.org
- Asia Times Online http://www.atimes.com
- News Asia http://www.newsasia.com
- South Asian Analysis Group http://www.saag.org
- Asia Source http://www.asiasource.org
- CNN Asia http://www.asia.cnn.com
- Asia Daily http://www.asiadaily.com
- Time Asia http://www.time.com/time/asia
EUROPE
- Europa http://www.europa.eu.int
- European Internet Resources http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/GSSI/eu.html
- European Investment Bank http://www.eib.org
- Economic Commission for Europe http://www.unece.org
- Council of Europe http://www.coe.int
- British Broadcasting Corporation http://www.bbc.co.uk
- EINnews http://www.einnews.com
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty http://www.frerl.org
- Search Europe http://www.searcheurope.com
NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA
- Institute for Central American Studies http://www.mesoamericaonline.net
- Resource Center for the Americas http://www.americas.org
- Latin American Information Network http://www.lanic.utexas.edu
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean http://www.eclac.org
- The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com
- White House http://www.whitehouse.gov
- United States Information Agency http://www.dosfan.lib.uic.edu/usia
- Voice of America http://www.voa.gov
MIDDLE EAST
- Middle East Network Information Center http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/
- Middle East Studies Internet Resources http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/
- Middle East Intelligence Bulletin http://www.meib.org
- Middle East Times http://www.metimes.com
- Middle East Daily http://www.middleeastdaily.com
- Foundation for Middle East Peace http://www.fmep.org/
- Middle East Institute http://www.mideasti.org/
- Kidon Media-Link http://www.kidon.com/media-link/oceania.html
- NewsLink http://newslink.org/nonuso.html
- Center for Pacific and Asian Studies http://www.kun.nl/cps/
- Political Resources on the Net http://www.politicalresources.net/oceania.htm
- Pacific Islands Report http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/news_links_text.htm
Search By IssuesHEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) http://www.unifem.org
- World Health Organization http://www.who.int/en/ WHO
- United Nations High Commission for Human rights http://www.unhchr.ch
- Human rights Watch http://www.hrw.org
- Human rights Resource Center http://www.hrusa.org
- International League for Human rights http://www.ilhr.org
- Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org
- The People’s Movement for Human Rights Education http://www.pdhre.org
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) http://www.unep.org
- World Meteorological Organization http://www.wmo.ch
- Ecolex-Environmental Law Information http://www.ecolex.org
- Earth Watch http://www.earthwatch.org
- North American Commission for Environmental Co-operation http://www.cec.org
- Friends of the Earth http://www.foe.org
- Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org
- World Wildlife Fund (WWF) http://www.worldwildlife.org
- U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change http://www.unfcc.int
- Grassroots International http://www.grassrootsonline.org
- United Nations International Computing Center http://www.unicc.org
- International Telecommunication Union http://www.itu.int
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology http://web.mit.edu/research/index.html
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) http://www.unhcr.ch
- War Torn Societies Project http://www.wsp-international.org
- U.N. Peace & Security http://www.un.org/peace
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)http://www.undp.org
- United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) http://www.unctad.org
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)http://www.unido.org
- World Bank http://www.worldbank.org
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) http://www.imf.org
- Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) http://www.oecd.org