Environment
European Forest Ecosystem Research
Network A pan-European network initiative which aims to
promote co-ordination of forest ecosystem research and to improve
communication among scientists working in that field.
http://efern.boku.ac.at/
The International Institute
for Environment and Development is an independent, non-profit
organisation that promotes sustainable patterns of world development
through collaborative research, policy studies, consensus building
and public information. http://www.oneworld.org/iied/
International Institute for Sustainable
Development tries to move sustainable development from concept
to practice in business, trade, community adaptation and
security. http://iisd1.iisd.ca
LEAD (Leadership for Environment
And Development) intends to inspire a course of development
that is defined as environmentally responsible, culturally acceptable,
economically viable and politically feasible. The LEAD Program trains
mid-career professionals using a combination of interdisciplinary
methods, interactive skills building and global networking. http://www.lead.org/
The
Sustainable Development
Web site of the European Foundation for the Improvement
of Living and Working Conditions aims to address the needs of social
partners at all levels in their activities to promote sustainable
development, from company level to policy level. http://susdev.eurofound.ie
The World Conservation
Union (IUCN) seeks to influence, encourage and assist societies
throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of
nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable
and ecologically sustainable. http://w3.iprolink.ch/iucnlib/
World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF),
the world's largest independent conservation organization, aims
to stop, and eventually reverse, the degradation of our planet's
natural environment, and to help build a future in which humans
live in harmony with nature. http://www.panda.org
Gender
BRIDGE (Briefings on Gender
and Development) provides tailor-made briefings on gender
issues on request. The briefings present state of the art research
findings, review current policy debates, synthesize best practice
and evaluate strategies for translating gender policies into practice.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge
Computer Professionals
for Social Responsibility (CPSR) is a network providing
links to information and resources, grants and opportunities for
women. http://www.cpsr.org/program/gender
Gender and Sexuality
provides links to texts focusing on discussions of sex, gender,
sexual identity and sexuality in cultural practices. http://eserver.org/gender/
Gender, Science and
Technology: International Policy Issues links to the IFIAS
Gender, Science and Development Program, which aims to improve the
overall quality of life for women through research and policy advocacy.
http://www.ifias.ca/gsd/gsdinfo.html
Gender in Development
Programme provides an overview of the policies and programmes
of the United Nations Development Programme for gender equality
and the advancement of women at the global, regional and national
levels. http://www.undp.org/undp/gender/
Gender
Issues provides gender-related links ranging from communications
issues to sexuality from the Faculty of Language and Culture in
Nagoya University, Japan.
http://ernie.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~ctan/gender.html
Global Fund for Women
is the only US-based organization that exclusively supports international
women's rights groups. GFW's three areas of concern are female human
rights, women's access to media and communications technology and
women's economic autonomy. http://www.igc.apc.org/gfw/
International Centre for Research
on Women (ICRW) is a private, non-profit organization dedicated
to promoting social and economic development for women in developing
and transition countries. http://www.icrw.org
London School of Economics
and Political Science Gender Institute provides information
about the Institute, its courses, staff, research interests and
postgraduate programmes. Established in 1993, the Institute addresses
the major intellectual challenges posed by contemporary changes
in gender relations. http://www.lse.ac.uk/depts/gender/
The Gender
Research Network links CGIAR centres, national research
institutes and universities involved in gender and intra-household
research. The network includes Gender-CG, an e-mail network; a newsletter;
and Gender-Prop, an e-mail conference on gender and property rights.
http://www.cgiar.org/ifpri/gender/gender.htm
United Nations Division
for the Advancement of Women is the focal point for gender
issues in the UN system. DAW services the main UN policy-making
body on women's issues and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women, which monitors the implementation of the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
http://www.undp.org/fwcw/daw.htm
Women and International Development
Program, Michigan State University (WID-MSU)
carries out teaching, research and service by bringing together
faculty and students from a broad spectrum of university departments
and units interested in processes of global transformation and relations
of gender, class, race and nationality. http://www.isp.msu.edu/wid/
Women
and Population is part of the Sustainable Dimensions Web
site, which is a service of the Sustainable Development Department
of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. This page
focuses on women in rural development. http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/
SUSTDEV/WPdirect/WPhomepg.htm
Women's Issues - 3rd
World discusses different aspects of women lives in order
to explore the advancement of women in society. The site includes
information about the role of women in Latin America, the Middle
East, Asia and Africa. http://women3rdworld.miningco.com/
WomensNet
supports women's organizations by providing and adapting telecommunications
technology to enhance their work.
http://www.igc.apc.org/igc/womensnet/index.html
The
Association
for Progressive Communications is a network of Internet
providers serving NGOs and citizen activists. APC provides a wide
range of services and support to link people, issues, resources
and tools for action. http://www.apc.org/
Africa News Online
provides up-to-date information on all of Africa, with reports from
Africa's leading newspapers, magazines and news agencies. http://www.africanews.org/
Panos Institute London
is a source of news, opinions and perspectives from developing countries
on a wide range of topics about the developing world. The subjects
covered are often complex, controversial and neglected by the mainstream
media. http://www.oneworld.org/panos/
NGOs
The
Coalition to Stop the
Use of Child Soldiers has been created by seven international
NGOs - Amnesty International, Defence for Children International,
Human Rights Watch, International Federation Terre des Hommes, International
Save the Children Alliance, Jesuit Refugee Service and Quaker UN
Office (Geneva) - convinced that the appalling situation faced by
child soldiers should no longer be tolerated. http://www.child-soldiers.org/
The Development Group for
Alternative Policies (The Development GAP) works to ensure
that the knowledge, priorities and efforts of the women and men
of the South inform decisions made in the North about their economies
and the environments in which they live. The Development GAP collaborates
with citizens' organizations to demonstrate practical alternatives
to prevailing policies and programs. http://www.developmentgap.org/
Développement International
Desjardins (DID) maintains a Web site that describes the
institution's mission, history, areas of expertise and projects,
as well as its partners, clients and activities. http://www.did.qc.ca
Education with Enterprise Trust
(EWET) is a South African non-profit organization with a
mission to "enable communities through development assistance for
them to become the masters of their own destinies." http://www.ewet.org.za
Global Policy Forum (GPF)
addresses issues related to the United Nations and to social and
economic policy at the global level. The GPF Web site is designed
to be used by the general public as well as by students and specialists.
GPF, which works in partnership with many NGOs around the world,
seeks to broaden citizen voices within the UN system. http://www.globalpolicy.org/
InterAction is a coalition
of US-based nonprofit organizations working to promote human dignity
and development in countries around the world.
http://www.interaction.org/
International Council on Social Welfare
(ICSW) is a global non-governmental organization which represents
a wide range of national and international member organizations
that seek to advance social welfare, social justice and social development.
http://www.icsw.org
Instituto del Tercer Mundo (ITeM)
is a citizens' organization concerned with building democracy by
strengthening citizens' organizations; promoting respect for human
rights, especially encouraging free expression and access to information;
and contributing to research, diagnosis and resolution of problems
that affect the Third World. http://www.item.org.uy/
Oxfam is a development
and relief agency working to put an end to poverty world-wide.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk
Partnerships for Development
Models assists people and organizations (businesspeople,
local government councillors and employees, and community leaders)
to forge partnerships for the good of the local community. http://www.ewet.org.za/pdm/pdm.html
State of the World Forum
fosters interactions and broad-ranging discussions on topics ranging
from spirituality to global security, science to art, business
to ecology and human rights to strategic social change.
http://www.worldforum.org/
World Economic Forum seeks
to address, in an action-oriented way, the key economic, social
and political issues on the global agenda. http://www.weforum.org/
Youth Enterprise Society
is a school-based, club movement that develops the entrepreneurial
competencies of grate 9-11 students through a community-based and
action-learning approach. http://www.ewet.org.za/yes/yes.html
Youth for Unity
and Voluntary Action (YUVA), a voluntary organization based
in Mumbai, India, since 1984, takes up the issues of the oppressed
and marginalized, children, youth and women in rural and urban areas.
http://www.south-asian-initiative.org/yuva
Research
institutes
European Association of Development
Research and Training Institutes (EADI) promotes development
research and training activities in economic, social, cultural,
technological, institutional and environmental areas. http://www.eadi.org
Institute
of Development Studies (IDS)
is an international authority on development research and teaching.
The IDS site houses one of the world's foremost development libraries
on-line.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/news/devdirec/contac.html
International Development
Research Centre IDRC is a public corporation created by
the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world
find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through
research. http://www.idrc.ca/index_e.html
International Federation
of Institutes for Advanced Study (IFIAS) is a network of
about 40 scientific research institutions from 25 countries that
address global policy issues. http://www.ifias.ca/index1.html
International Institute for
Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
aims to promote and advance sustainable democracy and to improve
and consolidate electoral processes worldwide. International IDEA
is independent of specific national interests and provides a forum
for interaction and exchange of experiences among a variety of global
actors involved in promotion of democracy. http://www.int-idea.se
Latin American
Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) is an international,
non-governmental, non-profit network dedicated to promoting academic
research, discussion and dissemination in the social sciences.
http://www.webcom.com/~clacso/welcome.html
North-South Institute is
an independent, non-governmental research institute in Canada. It
supports global efforts to strengthen international development
cooperation, improve governance in developing countries, enhance
gender and social equity in globalizing markets, and prevent ethnic
and other conflict. http://www.web.apc.org/~nsi/links.htm
Overseas Development
Institute (ODI) is engaged in policy-related research based
around three groups: natural resources, humanitarian policy and
international economic development http://www.oneworld.org/odi/index.html
The
Overseas Development Council,
an independent, international policy research institution, focuses
its work on the interrelationship of globalization and development,
and on how to improve multilateral responses to these challenges.
http://www.odc.org
World Institute for
Development Economics Research (UNU/WIDER) is a research
and training centre of the United Nations University dedicated to
the study of major global economic processes for the purpose of
fostering widespread improvements in human life and society. http://www.wider.unu.edu/welcome.htm
Social
Summit follow-up
At
its special session in 1996, the United Nations Commission
for Social Development was given primary responsibility
for follow-up to the Social Summit. At its Thirty-Seventh Session
(9-19 February 1999), three valuable documents were produced:
Follow-Up to the World Summit for Social Development, E/CN.5/1999/2;
Further Initiatives for the Implementation of the Outcome of the
WSSD, E/CN.5/1999/3; and Report of the Secretary-General on the
Outcome of the WSSD, E/CN.5/1999/4. All are available on-line.
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/social.htm
The
Copenhagen
Seminars for Social Progress promote reflection on the
concepts and values that might help nations and the international
community address the societal problems of our time. The following
seminars have been held thus far: A World Economy for the Benefit
of All; Humane Markets for Humane Societies; and Political Culture
and Institutions for a Global Community. Documentation from two
of the seminars and other information are available on-line. http://www.um.dk/english/udenrigspolitik/socsummit/
ECA (United Nations Economic
Commission for Africa) has held a series of sub-regional
follow-up conferences to the Social Summit. These collaborative
efforts between various UN agencies have taken up the following
themes: Progress in Poverty Reduction; Progress in Employment
Creation; Progress in Achieving the Objectives of the Social Sectors;
and Progress in Governance. Background, objectives, indicators
and other information on the conferences are featured on the ECA's
Web site in a section entitled The Sub-regional Follow-up Conferences
to the World Summit for Social Development. http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/
The
ESCAP (United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific)
Web site includes complete documentation of ministerial conferences,
recent ESCAP resolutions and publications relevant to Summit follow-up.
Relevant information can be found in the Activities section of
the site, under Implementation of the Agenda for Action on Social
Development in the ESCAP Region. http://www.unescap.org/sps/index.htm
The
Gateway to Social Policy
and Development, the Web site of the United Nations Division
for Social Policy and Development (DPSD) contains information
on Summit follow-up, with a focus on country-level actions. http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/
The
German NGO Forum,
founded in 1994, works at the national and international levels
on issues of social development. In follow-up to the Social Summit,
the NGO Forum has published Human Priorities for Development:
Basic Social Services as a New Focal Point in Development Cooperation.
The document is available on-line. http://www.epo.de/2020/index.html
International Cooperation for Development
and Solidarity (CIDSE) aims to be an effective and strong
voice in international fora, articulating a clear analysis of
world poverty and structural injustices, through advocacy and
lobbying work. Advocacy work currently focuses on debt and structural
adjustment, social development (Copenhagen +5), coherence of policies,
peace building and trade. http://www.cidse.be
The
International Council on Social
Welfare (ICSW), an NGO promoting social welfare, social
development and social justice through training, research and
advocacy, maintains a Web site that lists regional, national and
international meetings that have taken place since the Social
Summit, as well as other inter-governmental, governmental and
NGO follow-up initiatives. http://www.icsw.org/
The
International
Labour Organization (ILO) is carrying out Country Employment
Policy Reviews in selected countries. Through this initiative,
the ILO is supporting member states in their attempts to formulate
policies and programmes leading toward full employment, with respect
for basic workers' rights, in fulfilment of Commitment 3 of the
Copenhagen Declaration. http://www.ilo.org/public/english/60empfor/polemp/prog4.htm
Social
Development Indicators is a database of indicators on
social development in UN member states. Historical commitments
to eradicate poverty, ensure employment and enhance social integration
were agreed in Copenhagen by the largest gathering ever of heads
of state and government, yet their implementation requires the
informed participation of citizens. This site offers access to
the basic data in order to contribute to that endeavour. http://www.socwatch.org.uy/indicators/index.html
The
Social Summit
Home Page is an information node on the Social Summit,
including links to Summit documents in both French and English.
http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/wssd.html
Social Watch is
an NGO watchdog system that monitors the performance of governments
in meeting the targets of social progress to which they subscribed
at United Nations summits. The Web site includes information found
in the four Social Watch Reports that have been published to date.
http://www.socwatch.org.uy/
Following
the Social Summit, the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)
launched a programme to assist countries in their efforts to comply
with the Copenhagen commitments, by supporting the formulation
of national strategies and action plans to fight poverty. The
Social Development and
Poverty Elimination Division (SEPED) of UNDP's Bureau
for Development Policy supports these efforts. http://www.undp.org:80/seped/
SEPED also maintains a Poverty
Home Page containing useful information. http://www.undp.org/poverty/
For
information on the role of the World
Bank in the Special Session and preparations. http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/essd/essd.nsf/Social+Development/World+Summit+home
Urban
governance
Alternativa is a
non-governmental centre for social research and popular education
located in Lima, Peru. Alternativa works to link participatory planning
at the local level with sectoral policies in order to create the
foundations for integrated development and democracy. http://161.132.55.9:80/index.htm
The
Best Practices
& Local Leadership Programme is a global network of
institutions dedicated to the identification and exchange of successful
solutions for sustainable development. The site contains information
on initiatives in such areas as housing, urban development and governance,
the environment, economic development, social inclusion, crime prevention,
poverty reduction, women, youth, infrastructure and social services
identified by the BLP partners' network. The site also contains
a useful list of links to other best practices sites. http://www.sustainabledevelopment.org/blp
Community Agency for Social
Enquiry (CASE) is a South African non-profit agency that
carries out programme-oriented and policy research in the socio-economic,
political and developmental fields. http://www.pcb.co.za/case/
East St. Louis
Action Research Project (ESLARP) is a co-operatively managed
assistance and development programme that brings together academicians
and neighbourhood groups to work on development projects that address
the immediate and long-term needs of some of the city's poorest
communities. http://imlab9.landarch.uiuc.edu/~eslarp/
Inter-American Foundation (IAF)
is an independent agency of the United States government that works
in Latin America and the Caribbean to promote equitable, responsive
and participatory development. http://www.iaf.gov
Global Urban Research
Initiative (GURI) has become the largest urban research
network in the world. Its central purpose is to build local knowledge
within the development community in order to better inform government
policy and international assistance programmes in the field of urban
development. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/guri/
Pólis is a non-governmental
organization located in São Paulo, Brazil. Through consultancy,
training and research activities, it aims to encourage popular participation
in local-level decision-making and the implementation of policies
to fight economic and social exclusion. http://www.polis.com.br
Local Government
and International Development Resource Centre is a Web site
that contains information on reform and innovations in management
in local government; ideas about new ways of providing public services;
access to best practices from all over the world; and encourages
the strengthening communication channels for international cooperation.
http://web.bham.ac.uk/l.montiel/logov/
Other
resources
Academic
Journals on the WWW can be found via this listing compiled
by the Department of International Politics, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth. Most of the sites contain abstracts, some archives
and ordering information, and a few also contain articles. http://www.aber.ac.uk/~inpwww/res/journals.htm
Africanists in the Netherlands
is a searchable database of nearly 500 individual scientists and
200 institutions specialized in research on Africa. http://www.nuffic.nl/africanists/
Arab Social
Science Research links to the Associate Centers of the Arab
Institute for Studies and Communication, and to other social science
centres in the region and in other parts of the world. http://www.assr.org/vlibrary/center/index.html
Asian
Studies WWW Virtual Library is a global collaborative project
providing access "in bibliographic and in hypertext terms" to networked
scholarly documents, resources and information systems relevant
to Asian Studies. http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-AsianStudies.html
The
Alternative
Finance Web site (run by Internediate Technology Publications)
provides articles and information on all aspects of alternative
finance. http://www.alternative-finance.org.uk/
Center For World
Indigenous Studies provides a comprehensive list of links
to Fourth World Web sites and resources. http://www.halcyon.com/FWDP/othernet.html
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Changemakers.net
is a Web guide to social entrepreneurship. The site provides resources,
inspiring ideas and opportunities for social entrepreneurs and those
interested in learning more about innovative social change. http://www.changemakers.net
Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility (CPSR) is an alliance of computer scientists
and others concerned about the impact of computer technology on
society. http://www.cpsr.org/
Devline
provides electronic information services and systems
for development professionals and everyone else working on issues
of economic, social and sustainable development. http://www.ids.ac.uk/
ELDIS Electronic
Development and Environment Information System is a gateway
to information sources on development and the environment. The Web
site includes full text sources and a guide on using the Internet
for development research. http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/eldis.html
Foreign Policy in
Focus is a joint effort of the Interhemispheric Resource
Center (IRC) and the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS). Each publication
in this series of briefs on foreign policy issues offers policy
recommendations for a more responsible and visionary US foreign
policy. Full-text briefs are available on-line. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org
ID21 (Information for Development
in the 21st Century) links
development research and researchers directly to policy makers and
development practitioners around the world. It contains a searchable
on-line collection of short digests of the latest social and economic
research studies across 30 topic fields. http://www.id21.org
IFLANET ,
the Web site of the International Federation of Library Associations
and Institutions (IFLA), contains a list of Web-accessible national
libraries and other major libraries of the world. http://ifla.inist.fr/II/natlibs.htm
INASP (International Network
for the Availability of Scientific Publications) is a co-operative
network of partners aiming to improve world-wide access to scientific
information. http://www.oneworld.org/inasp/
InfoTech
On-line Resources provides a list of links gathered
by the UNRISD Information Technologies and Social Development Project
to on-line articles and bibliographies, information on conferences,
electronic discussion groups, projects and organizations working
in this area. http://www.unrisd.org/infotech/links/links.htm
The
International Labour Organization
Web site contains working papers, conference documents, publications
and information on the on-going activities of the ILO, which pertain
to the field of work - business, child labour, workers' rights,
poverty eradication, globalization, and occupational safety and
health. http://www.ilo.org
The ILO
Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean also
maintains a Web site containing a wealth of information in Spanish.
http://www.ilolim.org.pe
The
International Organization for
Migration Web site contains information about the work of
IOM and its field offices, publications and a link to Migration
Web, a gateway to migration-related information on the Internet.
http://www.iom.int
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International Reform
Monitor is a network of 16 internationally distinguished
think-tanks and institutions, which report on contemporary and current
reforms in social policy, labour market policy and industrial relations.
http://www.reformmonitor.org
International Relations and Security
Network (ISN) is an electronic clearinghouse for resources
and institutions in the fields of international relations and security
studies. It is run by the Center for Security Studies and Conflict
Research at the ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. http://www.isn.ethz.ch/
Internet Public Library provides
a mixture of traditional and innovative library services via the
Internet, including a comprehensive list of online texts and a reference
collection. The Library is staffed by experienced librarians, with
the assistance of students from the School of Information at the
University of Michigan. http://www.ipl.org/
For users in Europe, the site is mirrored at http://ipl.ub.lu.se/
Latin American Network Information
Center aims to provide Latin American users with access
to academic databases and information services throughout the Internet
world, and to provide Latin Americanists around the world with access
to information on and from Latin America. http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/
Libweb is
a directory of library home pages with links to over 2000 libraries
in over 70 countries. It can be searched by location, library type,
name or other information.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
Multinational Resource
Center is designed to help Southern activists, journalists,
academics and others with information on the activities of multinational
corporations, including history and environmental and safety problems
associated with their products and operations. The Center responds
to individual requests for information on a case-by-case basis.
http://www.essential.org/clearinghouse
Office of the Chief Economist
(OCE) of the Inter-American Development Bank maintains a
Web site with information and publications on economic research
and development policy in Latin America. http://www.iadb.org/oce
Official Web Site Locator for
the United Nations System of Organizations provides a comprehensive
list of links to UN agencies, available in French and English. http://www.unsystem.org/
NGLS,
the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service, promotes dialogue
and cooperation between the United Nations and non-governmental
organizations in the fields of development education, information
and policy advocacy on global sustainable development issues. Their
Web site contains a number of publications and other information.
http://ngls.tad.ch
PACT Publications is
a clearinghouse of educational materials and training tools for
the international community.
http://www.pactworld.org/
The
Political
Database of the Americas, run by the Georgetown University
Center for Latin American Studies, provides documentary and statistical
information on Latin American politics. http://www.georgetown.edu/LatAmerPolitical/
Post-Conflict
Reconstruction provides a list of links on post-conflict
issues from the UNRISD/PSIS War-torn Societies Project. http://www.unrisd.org/wsp/blocks.htm
The
Research Papers in Economics
(RePEc) Database is a vast collection of working papers
(56,000), articles (10,000) and software components (300) accessible
for free. Over 13,000 items are available on-line in full text.
http://ideas.uqam.ca/
The
RRojas Databank
contains full-text of many books, papers, notes and statistical
materials related to economics and development studies, as well
as links to numerous other sources of information in these disciplines.
http://www.rrojasdatabank.org
SANGONeT,
Southern Africa's non-profit Internet service provider, is a regional
electronic information and communications network. It aims to deliver
relevant information to people working in development, and takes
an integrated approach to communication and information networking.
SANGONeT also aims to build capacity in organizations through the
use of electronic communication and information access. http://wn.apc.org/
Social Science Information Gateway
is an on-line catalogue of Internet resources relevant to social
science education and research. http://sosig.ac.uk/
South Centre generates
ideas and proposals for consideration by governments of the South
on major policy issues, institutions of South-South co-operation,
inter-governmental organizations of the South, non-governmental
organizations and the community at large.
http://www.southcentre.org/
Transnational Foundation
for Peace and Future Research is an experiment in applied
peace research and global networking. Its philosophy is that alternatives
to the main world trends are desirable and possible — and indeed
necessary for humankind to survive and live with dignity in a less
violent future. http://www.transnational.org/
UnCover is a database
of current article information taken from well over 17,000 multidisciplinary
journals. UnCover contains brief descriptive information for over
7,000,000 articles that have appeared since fall 1988, and can be
searched using keywords to access article titles and summaries.
http://uncweb.carl.org
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UNESCO
Culture and Development UNESCO has always emphasized the
linkages between culture and the broader aims of human endeavour.
This has been part of its core constitutional mandate of "advancing,
through the educational, scientific and cultural relations of the
peoples of the world, the objectives of peace and the common welfare
of mankind". http://www.unesco.org/culture/development/wccd/html_eng/index_en.htm
United Nations Gateway to
Social Policy and Development includes links to information
on ageing, cooperatives, employment, eradication of poverty, families,
persons with disabilities and youth.
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/
United Nations
System-Wide Sustainable Development Web Site presents country-
and issue-specific information on sustainable development, based
on national reports to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable
Development. Social, natural resources-related, economic and institutional
issues are covered. http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/
UN
Wire provides concise, daily information on the United Nations,
global affairs and key international issues including health, environment
and sustainable development, women and population, international
human rights, UN reform, and peacekeeping and security. It also
features links to full-text, audio, video and additional sources
of information on the Internet.
http://www.unfoundation.org/unwire
