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Country Information & International Relations
Updated 1/26/04
Country Information
- Library of
Congress: Country Studies
- Library of Congress offers this series of online books which provide
extensive information on all aspects of the country, its society, natural
resources, economy, history, and international relationships.
- Countries:
From Washington Post
- Search the Washington Post for articles and
other information about the countries of the world.
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U.S.
State Department Country Background
- Background information about
the countries of the world. First select a geographic region, then a
country, and background information on that country will be displayed.
- Lonely Planet
Travel Guides
- Information on many countries of the world, of interest to people who
would travel there.
- USAID Regional Information
- Information about the various countries provided by the US Agency for
International Development (USAID).
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Maps Collection
- The Perry-Castaneda collection of online maps is very large,
including maps from the U.S., its states and cities, and many countries
of the world.
- CDC Travel
Information
- The U.S. Center for Disease Control offers background information on
regions and countries of the world. Select the region or continent you
want information about, and the information will be displayed.
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African Countries Information
- Links to information on the countries of Africa. Provides data on social,
political and cultural affairs.
- INCORE a current list of links to information
about countries and regions of the world which are at war, have the threat of
war, or have the need of peacekeeping forces to keep them from warfare.
- Red
Cross: Operations By Country
- Maps, facts and figures, reports, news releases and publications on
the countries (over 50) in which the International Committee of the Red
Cross is currently actively involved. The ICRC acts to help all victims
of war and internal violence, attempting to ensure implementation of
humanitarian rules restricting armed violence.
- Ongoing Wars:
Children as Casualties, etc.
- The Demographic, Environmental and Security Issues Project catalogs
and reviews current wars, conflicts, military occupations and oppression
of minority groups by force.Be sure to check the "Addendum #3 --
September 1997" for the latest update.
- U.S. State
Department Travel Warnings
- "Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department decides, based
on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to
a certain country. Countries where avoidance of travel is recommended
will have Travel Warnings as well as Consular Information Sheets."
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International Relations Resources
- The United Nations
- Home Page of the United Nations Organization, with its headquarters
in New York.
- U.N. Security
Council
- The U.N. Security Council has primary responsibility, under the
Charter, for the maintenance of international peace and security. It is
so organized as to be able to function continuously, and a representative
of each of its members must be present at all times at United Nations
Headquarters.
- Introduction
to the United Nations
- A helpful overview of the purpose,
organization and history of the United Nations.
- United Nations On the Internet
- This page contains information links to some United Nations and other
related international organizations, arranged in alphabetical order.
Please note that this page is NOT an official entry point for access to
United Nations information servers; it is simply an unofficial list
provided for the convenience of UNDCP staff, member states and other
interested parties.
- Department of State
Foreign Affairs Network (DOSFAN)
- The U.S. Department of State is
the lead U.S. foreign affairs agency and is responsible for implementing
the President's foreign policies. The U.S. has diplomatic relations with
more than 170 countries and maintains about 260 embassies, consulates, and
missions around the world.
- The Embassy Page
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Information about the embassies of countries that conduct foreign
relations with the U.S.
- Chiefs of
State
- This directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign
Governments is updated monthly. It is intended to be used primarily as a
reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is
considered practicable, some of them not officially recognized by the
United States. Regimes with which the United States has no diplomatic
exchanges are indicated by the initials ``NDE''. (More information from
the CIA>)
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