This list provides
search engines and online directories to
International governments (IGO) and non-governmental
organizations (NGO). Non-government organizations
are agencies like the International Red
Cross or United Nations. Some engines are
created by the US Government while others
are from universities or other reputable
organizations.
Africa: Country Pages
From the University of Pennsylvania
Asian
Studies (including Oceania)
Part of the WWW Virtual Library, hosted
at the Australian National University,
scroll down to the Individual Countries
and Select Areas section.
Canada,
Government of
The official site for the Canadian
government.
Chiefs
of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign
Countries
Assembled by the Central Intelligence
Agency and updated monthly, this is a
list of who is in what position in foreign
governments. Note addresses and contact
information is not provided.
Commonwealth
A wealth of links to information on
the association of 53 nations through
the Secretariat for the Commonwealth based
in London.
Countries
in Latin America and the Caribbean
Provided by the University of Texas,
click on "Countries" in the
directory to access a list of nations.
Country
Studies
Electronic version of formerly hard
copy texts on developing nations of the
world. The information is updated approximately
every 12 years by experts at the Library of Congress.
Foreign Governments
Part of Northwest University's International
Documents Page, this site lists nations
of the world with links to the official
agencies. Many of these sites will be
in a language other than English, but
an English-language alternative may be
available.
Governments
on the WWW
While not updated frequently, this site
is a wealth of information about governmental
institutions including parliaments, ministries,
courts, and city councils from over 200
countries.
InfoNation
While designed for younger users, this
site offers data comparison between up
to seven selected UN member nations.
Mexico,
Republic of The official website for
Mexico, only in Spanish. The President
of Mexico's site offers an English
language version for some information.
Middle
East Network Information Center
Provided by the University of Texas.
Russian
and East European Network Information
Center
Provided by the University of Texas.
World
Factbook From the Central Intelligence
Agency, used for a variety of resource
topics on each nation.
Europa
The search engine for the European
Union site. Also see University of California
Berkeley's extensive site
on the EU.
International
Committee of the Red Cross Activities,
legal information and more from the worldwide
humanitarian organization.
NGO
Cafe An organization of organizations,
this site is a means for non-government
organizations to share information. The
easiest way to navigate the page on your
first visit is to open the site map and
drill down to see the different categories
of information available.
United Nations
The largest international organization
of governments. Search their document system through
this portal.
World Trade
Organization Information on international
trade negotiations, agreements, meetings
and official business of the organization.
Be aware there is a hoax site at http://www.gatt.org/
that uses the WTO website look, for the
purpose of protesting the WTO.
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