World Issues Project Resources
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What is the UN doing about my world issue? Can the UN resolve my issue? Thanks to Ms. Jorgensen for this great list of specific United Nations agencies and programs that tackle specific issues.
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Racial, Ethnic, Cultural Discrimination: UN International Convention, 1960s
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Terrorism: Global Terrorism Database
This University of Maryland site collects reported incidents of terrorism around the world into one database:
"The Global Terrorism Database (GTD) is an open-source database including information on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2014 (with additional annual updates planned for the future). Unlike many other event databases, the GTD includes systematic data on domestic as well as transnational and international terrorist incidents that have occurred during this time period and now includes more than 140,000 cases...Statistical information contained in the Global Terrorism Database is based on reports from a variety of open media sources. Information is not added to the GTD unless and until we have determined the sources are credible...The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) makes the GTD available via this online interface in an effort to increase understanding of terrorist violence so that it can be more readily studied and defeated."
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Note: This counts as a periodical, not a website!
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Climate Change: New York Times
Note: This counts as a periodical, not a website!
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Terrorism: What the UN is doing
This UN site is more geared towards solutions (better for later in the project).
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the international organization to which the American Red Cross belongs. They work on health issues in most countries of the world. Will be of use to those studying infectious diseases and some of the other topics as well.
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This cultural organization affiliated with the United Nations works internationally on education, science/tech/progress issues, freedom of expression, and cultural diversity. Their goal is to promote peace between countries by increasing intercultural understanding.
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Will be of use to those studying infectious diseases and some of the other topics as well.
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International Bureau of Education (may help Gender and Discrimination topics)
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Advocacy Letter: List of embassies OF the U.S. in other nations
These are American diplomats living in other countries to represent U.S. interests there and maintain communication between us. They also know a lot about issues in that country.
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Advocacy Letter: List of Embassies TO the United States
This site lists the embassies TO the United States. These are diplomats from other countries who come TO the United States to represent their nation. Find your country!
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A really nice clear chart that covers tons of countries, very recent data
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UNESCO IBE (Education, may help gender and discrimination topics)
Put your country name in the Search box of this site. Great education data!
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Imports and Exports: MIT Atlas
The Observatory of Economic Complexity is a Master's project by an MIT graduate student that creates visual representations of economic data. Choose your country from the drop-down box, and you'll see what they import and export, and a lot more.
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Unicef's country pages have a lot of helpful information, especially the Statistics section! Click on your country name, then on the left, click on "Statistics" to find current stats on education, health care, etc. The really nice thing about this site is that if you click on "Definitions and Data Sources" below each table of stats, it will explain what each statistic means and how recent the data is! Wow!
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An organization against human trafficking
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A respected international nonprofit organization that works for human rights.
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OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
This organization of countries whose economies are heavily based on oil production has included at various times: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Qatar, Indonesia, Libya, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Algeria, Nigeria, Ecuador, Gabon and Angola.
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The official website of the European Union, which includes the countries of: Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark, the U.K., Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Finland, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, and Bulgaria.
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World Bank country-specific info
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State Department Background Notes
Information on all countries compiled by the State Department, the agency of the U.S. government that deals with diplomacy and international relations.
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You will need this if you're doing Economics for your Country Profile.
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a web resource for students studying world issues
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