Model UN/NATO This guide will help you find books, articles, videos, and websites related to Model UN/NATO. There are also links to tutorials that will help you with research. For additional help, use the links to the right to set up a One-On-One Personal Research Appointment or contact a librarian via chat, email, or phone.
Model UN/NATO Books Materials about the United Nations and NATO are largely in the UA and JN-JZ sections. Use topic keywords to pinpoint books in this discipline. Titles can be found searching the catalog using "North Atlantic Treaty Organization" as a subject heading. To locate both print and digital resources available through Lakeland's catalog perform a Keyword search using "NATO."
The book Traditions & Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past is available on reserve at the circulation desk under HIST 1905 - Model United Nations.
Model UN
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (subject heading)
NATO
United Nations
Model UN/NATO Databases Electronic Journal Center, Politics, Political Science, and Law
Contains online searchable full text political science research journals.
International Political Science Abstracts
Full text articles online. Search by topic or title of publication.
Peace Research Abstracts
Full text articles online. Search by topic or title of publication.
Model UN/NATO Multimedia Role Playing and Simulations
Asia for Educators, Columbia University
Model UN/NATO Websites Below are a few recommended websites. Remember that information you find on the web needs to be evaluated carefully. For more information on evaluating websites, check out the Evaluating Sources Research Guide.
Global Facts
CIA - The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Provides data for all nations of the world includes information on people, geography, economics and more.
PRB: Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/
Provides access to data about people/populations, health and the environment in a global context.
U.S. Department of State, Countries
http://www.state.gov/countries/
Provides background information by country or region, travel information, contact information for U.S. embassies and foreign service posts as well as updates on U.S. Department of State activities.
International Affairs/Global Issues
Center for Strategic & International Affair
http://csis.org/
Provides generally conservative, U.S.-centered analysis of international security issues.
FPIF: Foreign Policy in Focus
http://fpif.org/
A project of the Institute for Policy Studies that supplies excellent issue briefs, by country and topic.
Global Issues
http://www.globalissues.org/
Links to non-U.S.-centered perspectives on global issues that are organized by topic.
Institute for Policy Studies
http://www.ips-dc.org/
Presents generally left/progressive perspectives on international affairs.
Third World Network
http://www.twnside.org.sg/
Contributes analysis of international and development issues from Third World perspectives.
Model UN/NATO
UNA/USA website
http://www.unausa.org/global-classrooms-model-un/how-to-participate
The United Nations Association of the United States site offers numerous resources to facilitate preparation for participation in the Model Un program at various academic levels.
United in Goodwill; the United Nations Online
http://www.unol.org/index.htm
"The purpose of UNOL is to bring students from around the world together using the power of the Internet on a nonprofit basis for educational purposes."
United Nations CyberSchoolBus - Model UN Headquarters
http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/modelun/over.html
UN site containing information that future participates need to get started preparing for their role as delegates to the UN.
NATO
The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/nato.asp
Facsimile of the original North Atlantic Treaty, signed 4 April 1949.
Federation of American Scientists(FAS) Congressional Research Services (CRS) Reports
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/index.html
An extensive archive that is updated frequently for reports on foreign policy and regional affairs that are of ongoing interest to the United States as prepared by FAS.
NATO (The North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
http://www.nato.int/
Information on and links to participating NATO agencies and member countries. The NATO Gallery provides biographies and pictures of the current Permanent Representatives on the North Atlantic Council, all NATO Secretaries General, Members of the Military Committee, and the NATO Commander.
NATO News
http://natonews.com/
World news website that covers NATO and NATO related events.
NATO Parliamentary Assembly
http://www.nato-pa.int/
Searchable site providing access to the reports of the committees populated by various members of the parliaments from participating NATO countries.
NATO and the Scourge of Terrorism
http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/76706.htm
Activities and key publications about the efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to counter terrorism. Browsable chronology; some resources in audio.
Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact
http://www.php.isn.ethz.ch/
Provides access to declassified documentation and information about the development of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, their threat perceptions, and their military plans. Sources are drawn from the archives of both NATO and former Warsaw Pact countries, including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania.
United States Mission to NATO
http://nato.usmission.gov/
Official government site for NATO includes latest news, foreign policy newsletter, upcoming events, speeches and transcripts as well as the state department's daily briefing. Internal and external links provide gateways to supporting information regarding the government and NATO activities.
Parliamentary Procedure
Simple parlaimentary Procedure
http://library.wvstateu.edu/facultysenate/acadyear2008-2009/SimpleParliamentaryProcedure.pdf
Corporate Extension Service in the College of Agriculture prepared this useful guide for simple parliamentary procedures that includes definitions of terms and types of motions.
United Nations
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA)
http://www.millenniumassessment.org/en/index.aspx
The MA provides information and research data concerning the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and options for responding to those changes.
Organization of American States (OAS)
http://www.oas.org/en/default.asp
"The Organization's four main pillars––democracy, human rights, security, and development––support each other and are intertwined through political dialogue, inclusiveness, cooperation, and legal and follow-up instruments...to maximize its work in the Hemisphere."
Organization of the Islamic Conference
http://www.oic-oci.org/oicv2/
"An inter-governmental organization grouping fifty-seven States. These States decided to pool their resources together, combine their efforts and speak with one voice to safeguard the interest and ensure the progress and well-being of their peoples and those of other Muslims in the world over."
Organization of the Islamic Conference UN delegation
http://www.oic-un.org/
Website of the Permanent Delegation of the Organization of Islamic Conference to the Un Offices in Geneva and Vienna contains links to news, documents and other OIC committees.
UNICEF: The United Nations Children's Fund
http://www.unicef.org/
Resources include annual "State of the World's Children" reports (back to 1997), statistics, information about the agency's programs, and full text of many of UNICEF's publications on children, health, the environment, child labor, and other topics related to the status of the world's children.
United Nations
http://www.un.org/
Official website of the United Nations Organization.
UN Chronicle
http://unchronicle.un.org/
Electronic journal of the United Nations published by the UN department of Information. Title is also available full text in Academic Search Complete with issues dating back to june of 1990.
UN Division for the Advancement of Women
http://www.unwomen.org/
"DAW actively works to advance the global agenda on women's rights, gender equality and the empowerment of women, and ensure that women's voices are heard in international policy arenas."
United Nations Documentation: Research Guide
http://research.un.org/en/docs/
Presents an overview of the various types of documents and publications issued by the Organization (e.g, reports, resolutions, meeting records, sales publications, press releases) and provides guidance on how to work with them.
UN Documents
http://www.un.org/en/documents/
Offers access to UN founding documents, general assembly records, security council resolutions and documents from other standing UN councils.
United Nations Population Information Network
http://www.un.org/popin/
A guide to population information on UN system web sites.
UN Statistics Division
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm
Compiles and disseminates global stiatistics on demographics, economic development and indicators, environmental factors including those that are impacted by global warming as well as promoting the development of both national and international statistical standards.
World Digital Library
http://www.wdl.org/en/
Searchable product of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that spans the history of civilization and contains both primary documents and the secondary sources describing them.
World Health Organization (WHO)
http://www.who.int/en/
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system.
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