NGOs, IGOs: International Organizations

Information, publications, documents, events and more on the G8 group of countries.

"Welcome to the website of the GATT Digital Library. This site provides access to documents and information of and about the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), an organization that promoted international commerce and the reduction of trade barriers among member states from 1947-1994."

"Canadian Crown corporation that works in close collaboration with researchers from the developing world in their search for the means to build healthier, more equitable, and more prosperous societies." Offers Free online books. Examples of titles: Research for Development in the Middle East and North Africa (2000) edited by Eglal Rached and Dina Craissati; Managing Water Demand: Policies, Practices, and Lessons from the Middle East and North Africa Forums(2005) by Ellysar Baroudy, Abderrafii Abid Lahlou, and Bayoumi Attia; and Water Management in Islam (2001) edited by Naser I. Faruqui, Asit K. Biswas, and Murad J. Bino.

"The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organization of 186 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world." Website has information about the IMF, news, country info, data and statistics, and publications.

Extensive annotated list of international government organizations (IGOs) and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). University of Michigan.

"The Organisation provides a setting where governments compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and coordinate domestic and international policies." Extremely good source statistics and publications, some free and some subscription.

Click the "i" button for a table of contents.

"We are not a bank in the common sense; we are made up of two unique development institutions owned by 186 member countries: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA)." Very important source of data on development.

"Essentially, the WTO is a place where member governments go, to try to sort out the trade problems they face with each other." Includes an introduction, legal texts, structure, agreements, and more.

"This guide presents the essential sources for researching the former GATT system and the current system under the Uruguay Round agreements and the World Trade Organization."

AccessUN is the online index to the microfiche collection of UN documents, 1945 through 1995, held at the Audio Visual Section - Reference Department.
On subscription.

A catalogue of United Nations (UN) documents and publications indexed by the UN Dag Hammarskj?ld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also included are non-UN sources held in the Dag Hammarskj?ld Library. The database also includes:
Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Security Council from 1946 onward.
Voting records for all resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Security Council from 1946 onward.
Citations to speeches made in the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Security Council from 1983 onward. Links to the full text of speeches are provided.

Covers all types of official UN documentation, beginning in 1993