International Resources

United Nations

United Nations Home Page

Charter of the United Nations

Documents, Treaties and Conference Information available at the UN Site

• Conferences and Events
• Documents
  
  • United Nations Documentation : Research Guide
• United Nations System, Organization Chart
• United Nations Treaty Collection
• United Nations Yearbook

The Six Main Organs of the UN

• General Assembly
• Security Council
  • Provisional Rules of Procedure
• Economic and Social Council
• Trusteeship Council
• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
  • Statute of the Court
  • Summaries of judgments, advisory opinions, and orders
  • Cornell's ICJ page
    Created with the documentary assistance of the ICJ. Site includes full text of all decisions of the Court since 1946
• Secretariat

Specialized Agencies of the UN

• The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• The International Labour Organization (ILO)
• The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• The Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• The World Health Organization (WHO)
• The World Bank
• The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• The World Trade Organization (WTO)

Official WEB Site Locator for the United Nations System of Organizations

Other United Nations Sites By Subject

Banks and banking, International

• The World Bank

Biotechnology

• Biosafety Information Network and Advisory Service (BINAS)
  BINAS monitors global developments in regulatory issues in biotechnology
  ***under construction as of 7.28.11***

Children's Rights

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Criminal Law

• United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (UNCJIN)
• United Nations Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

Human Rights

• United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Legal Publications

• United Nations Legal Publications
• United Nations Legal Publications Global Search

Law of the Sea

• Oceans and Law of the Sea
  In English (also available in French)

Money Laundering

• UN Global Programme Against Money Laundering

Narcotics, Control of

• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Population

• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Social Planning

• UN Research Institute on Social Development

Sustainable Development

• UN Development Programme (UNDP)
  "Sustainable Human Development"
• United Nations Sustainable Development Web Site