LibGuides: International Studies: International Organizations

United Nations

United Nations System
Find the websites of organizations under the UN umbrella. Use the Thematic Index to locate relevant organizations by subject.
UN Global Issues
An excellent portal to international resources on a variety of contemporary issues.
UNData
Use this search engine to locate a variety of country-level statistics produced by organizations under the UN umbrella.
UN Documents
Use the links on this page to find documents from the General Assembly and various UN councils.
Yearbook of the UN
The official compendium describing the UN's activities and programs in each year. Find the yearbooks for 1946-2015.

These organization websites are worth checking when your topic involves a particular region.

For a listing of significant NGOs, see the following:
NGO Database (Duke Univ.)

Below are some of the prominent NGOs that could be relevant to research in international relations:

Democracy
Freedom House
National Endowment for Democracy

Development
Global Development Network
Overseas Development Institute

Environment
Resources for the Future
World Resources Institute

Human Rights
Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch

Policy Research
Council on Foreign Relations
RAND Institute