DELEGATE PREPARATION

DELEGATE PREPARATION

“RECOMMENDED WEB SITES”

• COUNTRY PROFILE

v CIA World Factbook

http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

This web site will give general information regarding different aspects of your country.

v Chiefs of State

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/index.html

In this web site you will find the names of the heads of state of your country.

• UNITED NATIONS

v United Nations Organization – Official web site

http://www.un.org

v Permanent mission of the United Nations

http://www.un.int

Here you will find the link of the web site of your countries’ permanent mission of the United Nations and also several speeches, proposals, action, etc; made by the ambassador of your country.

v The UN in Brief

http://www.un.org/overview/brief.html

In this web page of the United Nations you will find a summary of the works and composition of the United Nations.

v United Nations Cyberschoolbus

http://www.un.org//Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/index.asp

In this official UN web site you will find general information about the United Nations, about what Model of United Nations is. And also, you will have the opportunity to ask the “ambassor of the month” or even de Secretary General.

v United Nations Peacekeeping Operation

http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/home.shtmr

Links to UN peacekeeping operationS around the world.

• GOVERNMENT WEB SITES

v Worldwide Governments on the WWW

http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/world.html

This web site contains a list of countries and the links to their respective govermente websites.

v Government Web sites.

http://www.lexscripta.com/legal/authorities/international.html

Links to select government’s web sites and important organizations.

v European Government On-Line

http://www.europa.eu.int/abc/governments/index_en.html

In this web site you will fin links to the government’s web sites of the European Countries.

• TREATIES AND PROTOCOLS

v Links of Lists of Treaties

United Nations Treaty Collection

http://untreaty.un.org/English/treaty.asp

NYU School of Law Library- International Treaties

http://www.law.nyu.edu/library/foreign_intl/treaties.html

v Human Rights Treaties

Office of the high Commissioner of the Human Rights- Site Map

http://www.unhchr.ch/map.htm

University of Minnesota- Human Rights Library

http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/

v Convention and Terrorism

UN Treaty Collection-Conventions on Terrorism

http://untreaty.un.org/English/terrorism.asp