UN Key Sites

• Databases:
  • Intellectual Property Digital Library
    Provides access to intellectual property data collections on patents, trademarks, industrial designs, state emblems, official hallmarks, and emblems of intergovernmental organizations.
  • International Atomic Energy Agency Databases
    Collection of databases on reactors, accelerators, disease, food irradiation, marine radioactivity, mutation and waste management.
  • International Bureau of Education Databanks
    Collection of databases pertaining to education-related information.
• Maps and Geographic Information Resources
  Searchable webpage containing general, thematic, and peacekeeping world maps.
• Millennium Indicators Database
  Searchable database to measure progress towards the Millennium Development goals agreed upon by the United Nations.
• Official Documents of the United Nations
  Searchable webpage containing all types of official UN documentation from 1993 to the present.
• World Population Prospects - 2004 Revision Population Database
  Database covering world population estimates and growth projections divided into basic and detailed data tables.
• Directories:
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
  A directory of political leaders in all nations.
• Directory of Non-Governmental (International) Organizations
  A directory of non-governmental organizations that operate around the world in various capacities.
• Guides and Information Resources:
• CIA World Factbook
  Summary information on population, geography, trade, politics, the environment, transportation, communications, and defense for all of the countries in the world.  Also includes flags and maps.
• Kyoto Protocol
  An international initiative to tackle the growing problem of climatic change due to worldwide pollution.
• Landmark General Assembly Documents
  A selection of landmark documents issued from 1946 to 1992.
• UN Action Against Terrorism
  UN website dedicated to their response of international terrorism.
• UN Chronicle
  Online edition of their quarterly publication which is searchable by topic or issue number.
• UN Population Information Network
  Guide to population information on UN websites.
• UN Security Resolutions
  Organized by year, resolutions serve to declare a formal course of UN action to maintain international peace and security.
• UN Treaty Collection
  Series of collections on multilateral, United Nations, League of Nations and official language treaties; photographs of signature ceremonies, handbooks, monthly statements on agreements, and a cumulative index. User registration and fee-based subscription required..
• UN Webcast
  Four webcast channels covering various meetings and sessions. Also includes links to UN TV, UN Radio, and the UN News Centre.
• International Courts and Law Agencies:
• International Court of Justice
  Principal judicial body of the United Nations serving to settle legal disputes between countries and advise on legal questions referred to it.
• International Criminal Court
  An international court to pursue the persecution of criminal parties between States in the areas of genocide and human rights violations. The ICC strives to provide international justice, end impunity, assist in the closure of conflicts, remedy deficiencies of ad hoc tribunals, to deter future war criminals, and take over when national criminal justice institutions are unwilling or unable to act.
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
  Established by the UN Security Council, the ICTR's role is to bring individuals or parties to justice for violations of international humanitarian law and acts of genocide.
• International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
  Established by the UN Security Council, the ICTY's role is to bring individuals or parties to justice for violations of international humanitarian law and acts of genocide.
• INTERPOL
  An International Criminal Police Organization that coordinates essential services to optimize the international effort to combat crime.