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Institution
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- Asian Development
Bank (ADB)
A development finance institution, promoting the economic
and social progress of its developing member
countries in the Asian and Pacific region.
- International Monetary
Fund (IMF)
Gives general information about IMF's activities,
its publications and press releases.
- World Bank
The World Bank Group consists of five organizations
(which are listed separately in the ISN database).
This site provides an extensive list of publications,
including the annual World Bank Report.
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| Health
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- World Health Organization
(WHO)
Home page of the World Health Organization, which
has as its definition of health: Health is a
state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
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| Human
Rights/ Crime
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- Human Rights Watch
Addresses human rights practices of governments of
all political types, geopolitical alignments, ethnic
and religious persuasions.
- Amnesty International
Independent global human rights movement working for
the release of all prisoners of conscience, for fair
and prompt trials for political prisoners, and for
an end to torture and executions.
- Asian Human Rights
Commission
It is an independent, non-governmental body, which
seeks to promote greater awareness and realisation
of human rights in the Asian region, and to mobilise
Asian and international public opinion to obtain relief
and redress for the victims of human rights violations.
- Lawyer's
Committee for Human Rights
This is a group of attorneys working to promote respect
for human rights by law and in enforcement of laws
relating to human rights.
- Transparency
International
A non-governmental coalition dedicated to curbing
both international and national corruption.
- United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees
The official home page for the UNHCR. Contains refugee
and nationality legislation from over one hundred
countries, a huge number of international conventions,
such as the Rights of the Child, etc.
- US
State Department Human Rights Practices Reports
The United States government's human rights reports.
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| International
Organizations Locators
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- International
Organizations / Associations / NGOs
[Union of International Associations]
Contains an alphabetical listing of international
organizations/associations and NGOs. Access
to the list, arranged by subject area, is also available
upon free registration.
- Abbreviations
of International Organizations and Treaties
[Central Intelligence Agency]
The abbreviations and acronyms of international
organizations and selected international treaties
are tabulated alphabetically.
- International
Governmental Organizations
[Northwestern University Library]
An alphabetical listing of International Governmental
Organizations.
- Governments
on the WWW: Multi-Governmental Organizations
A listing of multi-governmental
organizations, arranged by continent.
- International
and Regional Organizations [Central Intelligence
Agency]
Does not link to the respective Web-sites of organizations,
but gives information on aim, membership, date of
establishment.
- Idealist
[Action Without Borders]
A clearinghouse of nonprofit and volunteering resources
(eg. NGOs, action groups). Searchable by name,
location or mission, with much information on volunteering.
- NGO Global
Network [United Nations]
Leads to the Web-sites of non-governmental organizations
associated with the United Nations.
- NIRA’s
World Directory of Think Tanks
A directory, renewed every 3 years, listing research
institutes indexed alphabetically and by region.
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