Model UN Research
The Research page is divided into five sections:
- Committees
- Countries
- Topics
- News Sources
- Think Tanks
For effectiveness, here are tips to researching your committee (ten questions guide), country (country research and country profiling) and topic (four-step guide). Delegates are advised to compile their research into a Research Binder.
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Committees
The United Nations
- United Nations Main Page
- UN Charter
- UN Systems
- UN Overview
- UN Treaties
- UN Library
- UN Members
- UN Journal
- UN Wire
- UN Research Guide
- UN Cyber Schoolbus
- Permanent Missions to the UN
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Issues on the UN Agenda
- WWW Virtual Library: the United Nations
Main Organs of the United Nations
- General Assembly
- First Committee: Disarmenent and International Security
- Second Committee: Economic and Financial
- Third Committee: Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural
- Fourth Committee: Special Political and Decolonization
- Sixth Committee: Legal
- Economic and Social Council
- Security Council
- Security Council Resolutions
- International Court of Justice
Specialized Agencies
- UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- UN Development Programme (UNDP)
- UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- UN Center for Regional Development
- UN Commission on International Trade Law
- UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- UN Commission for Social Development
- UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ)
- UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
- UN Commission on Sustainable Development
- UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
- UN Commission on Population and Development
- Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
- International Criminal Court (ICC)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Labor Organization (ILO)
- International Maritime Organization (IMO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- International Telecommunication Unit
- UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
- UN Center for Human Settlements
- UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- UN Information Center
- World Bank
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Trade Organization (WTO)
- UN Statistics Division
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Countries
General Research on Countries
- CIA World Factbook
- US State Department Background Notes
- List of Governmental Websites
- List of International Governmental Organizations
- Foreign Governments Comprehensive Web Site Listings
- Library of Congress Country Studies
- The Lincoln Library
- The Electronic Embassy
- Country Watch
- The Economist Country Briefings
- Government and Legal Structure by Country
- UN Maps
- Atlapedia
- InfoNation
- BBC Country Profiles
- Group of 20
- World Bank Data and Statistics
- NGO Global Network
- Wikipedia
African Countries
- African Union (AU)
- African Development Bank
- The Economic Community of West African States
- The Economic Community of Central African States
- South African Development Community
- WWW Virtual Library: Africa
Asian & Middle Eastern Countries
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
- League of Arab States
- Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- WWW Virtual Library: Asia
European Countries
- European Union (EU)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
- Council of Europe
- Western European Union
- Policies of the European Union
- WWW Virtual Library: European Union
North & South American Countries
- Organization of American States (OAS)
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- South American Common Marke
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Latin American Economic System
- Pan American Health Organization
- Small Islands Developing State Network
- Caribbean Community and Common Market
- Andean Community
- Council of Canadians
- WWW Virtual Library: Latin America and the Caribbean
United States of America
- UNA-USA
- The White House
- US Senate
- US House of Representatives
- Library of Congress
- Americans for UNFPA
- Friends of WFP
- USA for UNHCR
- US Committee for UNIFEM
- US Fund for UNICEF
- WWW Virtual Library: American Foreign Policy
Topics
Peace and Security
- UN Peace & Security Page
- UN Disarmament Page
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- UN Institute for Disarmament Research
- Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- Nuclear Threat Initiative
- UN Peacekeeping
- UNODC and Terrorism Prevention
- UN Terrorism Page
- Global Security
- Carnegie Endowment
- Crisis Group
- United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs
- United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
- US National Counterintelligence Executive
- US National Security Agency
- International Relations and Security Network
- UN Mine Action Service
- Adopt-a-Minefield
- International Campaign to Ban Landmines
- WWW Virtual Library: Peace and Security
Development: Economic and Environmental
- UN Development Page
- UN Development Programme
- World Trade Organization
- International Monetary Fund External Country Information
- World Bank External Country Information
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- UN Conference on Trade and Development
- UN Global Issues
- Division for Sustainable Development
- International Labor Organization
- UN Industrial Development Organization
- High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States
- Council for a Community of Democracies
- Debt AIDS Trade Africa (DATA)
- UN Environmental Programme
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- UN Convention to Combat Desertification
- UN-Habitat
- Ecolex- Environmental Law Information
- EcoNet
- European Environmental Law Page
- Geneva Environment Network
- United Nations System- Wide Earth Watch
- World Resources Institute
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
- WWW Virtual Library: International Development
Development: Humanitarian and Health
- UN humanitarian affairs page
- UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- UN Division for the Advancement of Women
- UN International Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
- Americans for UNFPA – One Woman Can
- Child Rights Information Network
- Database on Research and Information on Children’s Rights
- Childwatch International Research Network
- Save the Children
- UN Children’s Fund
- Children in Conflict
- UN Youth
- Women Watch
- UNAIDS
- United Nations Population Fund
- Population Action
- World Health Organization
- Global Health
- Oxfam
- World Food Programme
- Food and Agricultural Organization
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- Doctors Without Borders
- UN High Commissioner on Refugees
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- UNICEF in Emergencies
- Relief Web
- Federation of American Scientists
- WWW Virtual Library: Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
Human Rights
- UN Human Rights Page
- UN High Commissioner on Human Rights
- Human Rights Watch
- Amnesty International
- Freedom House
- Human Trafficking
- US Department of State Human Rights Reports
- Bayefsky List of UN Human Rights Treaties
- Project DIANA at Yale – Human Rights Documents
- Center for the Study of Human Rights
- Human Rights First
- Human Rights Internet
- International Human Rights Law Institute
- International League for Human Rights
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
International Law
- UN International Law Page
- International Court of Justice
- International Criminal Court
- International Law Commission
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- World Trade Organization’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
- WWW Virtual Library: International Law
News Sources
- UN News
- Google Scholar
- Google News
- Google News Alerts
- Al-Jazeera
- BBC
- CNN
- Financial Times
- International Herald Tribune
- Le Monde Diplomatique
- New York Times
- The Economist
- The Times of London
- The Wall Street Journal
- Washington Post
- WWW Virtual Library: News Sources
- WWW Virtual Library: International Radio and Television
- WWW Virtual Library: International Relations Journals and Magazines
Think Tanks & Policy Groups
- WWW Virtual Library: Research Institutes
- 9/11 Commission
- American Progress
- Asia Society
- Aspen Institute
- Brookings
- Carnegie Endowment
- CATO Institute
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Chatham House
- Council of the Americas
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Crisis Group
- Council on Foreign Affairs
- European Council on Foreign Relations
- Federation of American Scientists
- For the Record
- Foreign Affairs
- Foreign Policy Association
- Foreign Policy in Focus
- Gallup WorldView
- Global News Bank
- Heritage Foundation
- Institute for Global Communications
- Institute for Policy Studies
- International Institute for Strategic Studies
- One World
- Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
- Transparency International
- UNA-USA
- UN Democracy
- UN Foundation
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