United Nations Information
UN Home Page ~ Alphabetical Site Index ~ Official U.N. web directory
Main Bodies of the UN ~ Departments of the UN Secretariat Use these links, and the "Site Index" listed above, to access the major departments and agencies of the UN.
UN Publications ~ UN Online Publications There is no single, best site for online, UN publications. To access them all, the individual agencies within the UN must be accessed first, and then the publications site, such as the Publications site of the UN Development Programme.
UN Documentation Center provides the best online access to General Assembly and Security Council sessional documents, as well as materials from other UN organs.
Dag Hammarskjold Library The United Nations Library has United Nations documents and materials from member and non-member states. Through the UN System Pathfinder, users can locate UN publications by topic areas. Davis Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a UN Depository Library.
Economic and Social Development Also links to specific issue sites such as trade, the UN Statistics Division, International Statistics, and Human Rights, and the important Women Watch site, which promotes global women's issues. Also a very useful National and international data sources and links, arranged by nations
FAOSTAT Food And Agriculture Organization statistical database site. Food production and trade, fertilizer use, land use and irrigation, forest and fishery production and much more.
International Trade Centre International Trade Centre Sitemap provides contacts and trade statistics, among other information. Choose Product approach or Country approach or Aggregated Trade Statistics approach to trade statistics. There is also COMTRADE database of trade statistics at the national and product level (Off campus access only for UNCG community).
The World Health Organization (WHO) ~ WHO HIV/AIDS/STI Programme A global HIV/AIDS/STI surveillance website to provide current reports and statistics on the HIV/AIDS epidemic and links to resources on prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STI).
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) The goal of the organization is to reduce international trade obstacles. UNCITRAL texts as well as links to other trade law documents are available from the site.
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Deals with issues of trade, finance, technology, investment, and sustainable development. The Publications site is useful.
United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN) POPIN is a community of population institutions organized into regional and national networks in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Northern America. The goals of POPIN are to coordinate population information activities at international, regional and national levels.
United Nations Trade Analysis System Instructions concerning campus access. Available to UNCG students and staff on campus ONLY.
United Nations Treaty Collection Unfortunately, only a limited amount of this collection is available online, free of charge.
Universal Postal Union The organization has evolved into an agency of the United Nations. The agency's mission is to enhance international postal service and to guarantee transmission of postal materials.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) As an agency of the United Nations, WIPO advocates the protection of intellectual property rights in the forms of trademarks, inventions, and copyright. The website is a link to the agency's publications and guides.
