Nations of the World Resources
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General & World Resources |
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- Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World's Wonders, Curiosities, and Esoterica Lists unique places to visit around the world.
- Background Notes Get detailed information about the nations of the world from the State Department.
- BBC Country Profiles Provides political, historical, and economic data on countries and territories from the BBC.
- City Mayors: Running the World's Cities This international think tank brings mayors together to bring ideas together to find solutions to common issues.
- Constitute Here you can read and compare the constitutions of different nations.
- Country Reports Profiles nations of the world with facts, weather, news, customs, history, and more.
- Country Statistics UNICEF provides economic and social statistics especially statistics on children's well-being.
- Earth Observatory: Natural Hazards See satellite imagery from NASA of natural hazards from around the world like storms, floods, fires, volcanoes...
- Fodor's Travel This travel site has a lot of great information about major cities and popular tourist sites.
- Geographia Provides detailed information on countries and regions in Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, or Latin America including its geography, climate, history, and culture.
- Geography Now This video series created by Paul Barbato profiles countries in the world.
- INCORE: Conflict Data Service This site features areas of the world where tensions are high or war has begun.
- Nation Master Compiles data on the nations of the world and allows you to compare data with other nations.
- Nutrition Country Profiles From FAO, according to the site, "The Nutrition Country Profiles are concise reviews describing the food and nutrition situation in individual countries, with background statistics on food-related factors such as agricultural production, as well as selected health, demographic and economic indicators."
- Our World in Data Provides statistical data about the world including population, health, food, energy, environment, technology, and more.
- UN Data: A World of Information Contain statistics on crime, education, population, health, environment, energy, industry, tourism, trade, and more from countries around the world.
- UNESCO World Heritage List
- Urban Rail Gathers information about subway, metro, trams, and other urban commuter train systems around the world.
- U.S. Passports & International Travel Country Information From the State Department, this site profiles nations of the world listing travel alerts and warnings, entry requirements, embassies, safety, health, and more.
- World Fact Book From the CIA, here you can get detailed country profiles.
- The World Fact Book: Flags of the World Presents the flags of the world with descriptions from the CIA.
- The World Flag Database Find out about the flags of the world with brief facts about each nation.
- Worldometers Calculates at real time a variety of statistics such as world population, births, deaths, number of cars produced, number of newspapers circulated, CO2 emissions, water consumption, energy usage, and more.
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International Organizations |
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- The Commonwealth The Commonwealth is an international organization made up of 56 independent nations that were once a part of the British Empire.
- International Committee of the Red Cross Assist people who are suffering from war and armed violence and promotes the rules of war.
- International Court of Justice
- International Criminal Court
- International Monetary Fund (World Bank) Works to achieve economic growth and stability for the 190 member nations.
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) This alliance protects the freedom and security among member nations.
- United Nations
- World Trade Organization Regulates trade between nations.
- The Antarctic Sun Learn about Antarctica and the projects going on down there by the U.S. Antarctic Program.
- CIA World Fact Book: Antarctica
- Cool Antarctica Here you can view pictures, get facts about Antarctica, and learn about the history and the animals that can be found there.
- The Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty On December 1, 1959, twelve nations signed the Antarctic Treaty in Washington D.C. making the continent a peaceful place for scientific research. Since then, forth-seven other nations have joined.
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