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National Governments
Comprehensive
Lists
- Adminet - World
- Meta index to information for over 200 countries
- Includes government, defense, sports, cities, health, industries,
environment, universities
- Arranged by country with separate indexes for subjects and
regions
- Although Adminet is French, the text for this segment is English
- Foreign
Governments (Intl.Docs.Task Force)
- Approximately 400 links to agencies in about 80 countries
- Focus on ministries, parliaments, and statistics
- Foreign
Governments via Yahoo
- Foreign government web sites
- Google Web Directory:
Regional
- Annotated guide to the best web sites by and about countries,
arranged alphabetically by country and/or region
- Coverage varies depending on country
- Includes some government web sites as well as business, society,
culture, entertainment, and news
- Governments on the
WWW
- Comprehensive listings of national, regional, and municipal
government sites as well political party information for most
Eastern and Western European Countries
- Includes language of site and name of government
agency translated into English
- Lengthy sections for African, American, Asian, and Oceanic
governments with national web sites and embassies
- Table in each section lists number of entries and when last
updated
- Independent States of the World (State Dept)
- List of independent countries
- Includes short and long form of name, capital, and official two-digit
abbreviation
- Symbols note diplomatic relations with the U.S. and United Nations
membership
- Keele Guides to Government
and Politics on the Internet
(University of Keele)
- Foreign government officials, constitutions, election results,
flags, anthems and web sites
- Links to political theory web
sites and the full text of
publications
- Nations of the World
(Law Library of Congress)
- Separate web page for each country of the world links to
constitutions and laws available on the web
- Links to executive, legislative and judicial branch web sites
- General sources include area studies, human rights reports, refugee
reports, travel advisories
- Search Engines
Worldwide
- List of over 850 internet search engines around the world
- Arranged by country and region
- Includes classified and keyword search engines
- Subject
Index to Foreign Government Information (U. Colo.)
- Annotated subject index to foreign and international web sites and
publications
Regional
Lists
- Eurasia
Research Center
- Geographic coverage: Russia and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Middle
East, Central and South Asia
- Links to country home pages (some produced outside the country) and
news sources, including the Clarinet News
- Links to international and human rights organizations with interests
in the area
- United
Nations and Decolonization
- Eighty colonies have gained independence between 1945 and 1999
- Web site documents the United Nations efforts with history, original
sources, and a description of the Trusteeship Council
- Reports on the economic, social, and political status of the 17
remaining
colonies, including American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Maps of the world in 1945 and 1999
Ministry
Lists
- Archives
Portal (UNESCO)
- Directory of national, state, and local archives with web links
- Also includes subject lists, such as parliamentary, diplomatic or
family archives
- No annotations; project under development as of 2007
- Environmental
Ministers (UNEP)
- Pull-down list of countries provides and name, address, telephone,
email and web site of ministers of the environment in most countries
- International Chamber of Commerce
Directory
- Search chambers of commerce by city, province/state, or country
- Links to web sites and provides e-mail addresses
- International
Directory of Utility Regulatory Institutions
- World Bank directory of transportation, energy, and water/sewage
regulatory agencies
- Arranged by country and by sector (e.g. aviation)
- Each entry includes agency contact information and regulatory
responsibilities
- Accurate through 2000
- Military
Watch
- Links to armed forces web site around the world
- Military Watch is a lobby group
- Ministries of
Education (UNESCO)
- Arranged by region and country
- Address, phone, fax, e-mail and web site as available
- National
Health Related Web Sites
- National
Libraries (IFLA)
- Links to national libraries on the web, arranged by country
- Related list of all national libraries, addresses, and phone
numbers
- Parliaments
of the World (IPU)
- List of all countries with a parliamentary system
- Links to their web sites if available
- PARLINE
provides basic parliamentary and
electoral information (e.g. constituencies, voter qualifications) for all
countries as well as the latest election results (voter turnout;
statistics on elected officials by party, profession, sex, and age;
textual analysis
- Political Resources
on the Net (Italy)
- Hundreds of links to parties, movements, elections, political
organizations, government, and embassy web sites arranged by country
- Searchable by country or world region
- Web site has outstanding coverage and merits its high ratings
- Statistical
Agencies (Census Bureau)
- Links to web sites of national statistical agencies by country
Foreign
Embassies
- Diplomatic
List (U.S. State Department)
- Personnel and contact information for foreign embassies in the
United States
- Embassy
Pages (Escape Artist)
- Embassies worldwide, consulates, and United Nations missions for most
countries
- Escape Artist has also made links to meta sites, news, and
map sources for many of the countries included
- Foreign
Consular Offices in the United States
- Contact information for consular offices, arranged by foreign country and then U.S. location
- Foreign Embassies in
Washington, D.C.
- Foreign embassy addresses in Washington, D.C.
- Links to travel information abroad
- Foreign
Embassies Worldwide
- Links to foreign embassy web sites and gophers in the United States,
Canada, and other selected countries
- Includes web pages of U.S. embassies and USIA outposts abroad
- Permanent
Missions to the United Nations (UNDP)
- Links to web sites of UN missions from various countries
- United States
Representatives
Abroad
Local Governments
European Local Government Officers Data Base
- Web site primarily an advertisement for a commercial data base not available at the
University of Michigan
- Links to national and international organizations of local governments on the
web site free-of-charge
International Chamber of Commerce
Directory
- Search chambers of commerce by city, province/state, or country
- Links to web sites and provides e-mail addresses
Official City Web Sites
- Extensive list arranged by state
- Foreign cities arranged by region and country with some
annotations
Sister Cities
International
- List of sister cities by U.S. state and city and by foreign
government
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