LibGuides: Government Information: International

International

Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
Access to tables and citations to statistics produced by the U.S. federal, state and local governments, international governmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations.
ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research This link opens in a new window
ICPSR is the world's largest archive of digital social science data. ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community. UIS is an institutional member of the ICPSR.

UN iLibrary
The United Nations iLibrary is the comprehensive global search, discovery, and viewing source for digital content created by the United Nations.
ODS - Official Documents of the United Nations Search
Search full text official United Nations documentation. Most series begin in 1993, but older UN documents are added to the system on a daily basis, and the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council are available from 1946 onwards.
United Nations System of Organizations
Alphabetic index of websites of the United Nations system of organizations.
United Nations Digital Library
Catalogue of United Nations(UN) documents and publications indexed by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also included are commercial publications and other non-UN sources held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. The coverage of UNBISnet is from 1979 onward, however, older documents are being added to the catalogue on a regular basis as a result of retrospective conversion
United Nations Documentation Centre
Browseable databases of key documents from the General Assembly, such as the Resolutions, the Security Council, and the Economic and Social Council.

International and United Nations Information Provides access to a comprehensive list of resources. Compiled by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Government Documents Library.

United Nations

The United Nations, created in 1945 and comprised of 203 member countries, is composed of the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the Secretariat, and the International Court of Justice; along with the UN System -- twelve independent organizations or "specialized agencies" such as the International Monetary Fund; as well as a whole host of UN offices, programs, and funds such as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. In short, the UN is comprised of many agencies that produce reports and data. Below are some useful websites for finding information produced by any of the UN agencies.