This page contains links to web sites and pages having to do with International
Public and NGO Management. They have been selected because of their intrinsic
importance or because they have links to other sites of a similar nature. The
information is divided into the following categories:
The inner structure of many sites is changed frequently with links being removed
and, as a result, links may not always work. In that case, go to the organization's
main page and see if the link has been re-named.
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As a result of the Internet, the organizations of the United Nations
system are more accessible than ever before. Each organization has
a web site that contains invaluable information about its work as well
as some information about its management. The following are key links
to the System
- United Nations. This is the main
United Nations page, focussing on the work of the Secretariat mostly
in New York.
- United Nations System web locator.
This is a master page containing links to all of the Organizations
of the United Nations system.
- World Bank. This is a complex,
but user friendly portal to the World Bank Group. It has different
types of material according to interest, including NGO's and journalists.
- World Trade Organization. This
is a new and very important organization whose web pages include
the results of dispute
resolution, providing an insight into processes that is unique.
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A number of sites contain work about or links to work about the United
Nations system by scholars. These are some of the best sites.
- Foreign
Affairs On-line. A site at the University of Virginia organized
by a Professor at Tufts University in Massachusetts with excellent,
well-organized links to many international organization sites.
- The Global Public Policy
Project " is part of the United Nations Foundation's "Visioning
the UN" program, which aims to support the UN as it prepares
for the coming millenium. Our objective is to prepare a report that
outlines the challenges of globalization for public policymaking
and examines the potential contribution of trisectoral global public
policy networks (comprising government actors, nongovernmental organizations,
and for-profit companies). Relying on traditional research as well
as a comparative analysis of a number of case studies of existing
networks, the report will present a set of actionable recommendations
on how the UN could employ global public policy networks in its efforts
to address global challenges." It is directed by Francis Deng
(who is/was a Special Rapporteur for the UN Commission on Human Rights)
and Wolfgang Reinicke (author of Global Public Policy, a text used
in the course).
- Academic Council on the UN System.
This is a group of academics and international officials who basically
support the organization. Its site has extensive links to others as
well as copies of the studies made by ACUNS.
- Journal of International Organizations Studies. A relatively new academic journal founded by members of ACUNS.
- International Relations and Security
Network (ISN). A site set up by the Swiss Government but maintained
by academic researchers.
- International Political Science
Association has links to all of the national political science
associations affiliated with IPSA .
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Non-governmental organizations, or civil society, is an important
part of international management. These links are to sources about the
role of NGOs as well as the work of specific NGOs of particular interest
in the course.
- Global Policy
Forum NGO links. The Global Policy Forum is an NGO working at
UN Headquarters. This page provides links to much of the UN material
on the role of NGOs as well as to general issues of NGO participation
in work of the United Nations.
- UN Wire, a service provided
by the United Nations Foundation established as a result of the $10
billion grant from Ted Turner has news clippings about the United Nations
from all over the world, categorized by subject. You will have to register
to become a user, but it is free.
- United Nations Association of the
USA is a major pro-UN NGO. It has news stories on the UN that
often are hard to find in the media.
- NGO Global Network is a gateway
whose "aim is to help promote collaborations between NGOs throughout
the world, so that together we can more effectively partner
with the United Nations and each other..." Contains links to web sites of a large
number of NGO's classified by main issue interest.
- Amnesty International is an
important human rights NGO.
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In addition to the United Nations System and its universal-membership
organizations, there are a number of major international organizations
with limied membership. Many are regional, others are subject matter
specific. Here are some links to a few of the major one.
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Press releases are one of the best ways to keep current about activities
in the United Nations System. However, each UN headquarters and UN system
organization has their own site for publishing press releases.
- UN News. This is the site of
the Department of Public Information at UN Headquarters, which covers
the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Economic and Social
Council and their subsidiary bodies, as well as the Secretariat. The UN now does extensive webcasting and includes
an archive of previous webcasts as well as signalling upcoming ones.
- United
Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) covers meetings there, including
those dealing with human rights, disarmament and refugees. (Go to
the main page and click on news and media.
- United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV)
covers meetings relating to crime, drugs, outer space and the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty.
- International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) press releases cover the main meetings
dealing with nuclear energy.
- Press coverage of the UN is spotty. The New York Times usually has one story
per day. The Washington
Post has a section in its site on international organizations.
The BBC gives good
coverage of UN activities, especially in developing countries.
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