International Organization and Integration

Political Science 463 - September 1995
Dr. Harold Jacobson

Papers on UN peacekeeping forces (Agenda 21), World Trade Organization, and a War Crimes Tribunal in the former Yugoslavia from the perspectives of the United States, another developed country, and a developing country.

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Course Readings

Books and Articles

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• WILS (Wilson indexes to periodicals)
• PAIS (books, articles, and government documents on Public Affairs)
• NNID (indexes five U.S. newspapers for last three years)
LEXIS
• Most complete source for articles appearing in U.S. and foreign newspapers
• Keyword indexing permits full Boolean operators, proximity indicators, and limitations by date
• Click here for LEXIS search protocols and click here for a sample newspaper search
• Full text may be downloaded or printed one screen at a time
• Limited to University of Michigan class assignments
• Advance signups advised for Documents Center or Information Center

Subject-Specific Information

United Nations and Peacekeeping
• Agenda for Peace, 1992
• Agenda for Peace Supplement, 1995
• United Nations and Peacekeeping on the Internet (Yale University)
• Discussion in United Nations Yearbook, 1992, p.33-43 (Doc.Cen. JX 1976 .A1 U64--UN Ref.)
• Background in Report of the Secretary General (Doc.Cen. GAOR:47/Supp.l--Ask at Documents Desk)
• UN Peace-Keeping Operations Gopher
World Trade Organization
• World Trade Organization
  • Trade Policy Reviews analyze trade policy and assistance needed in developing countries
  • Description of organization and its programs, press releases, newsletters, and a bibliography of publications
• World Trade Organization Final Act
• World Trade Agreement Fact Sheet
• World Trade on the Internet (Yale University)
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio, 1992)
  • Full text of "Agenda 21" and other final conference documents
War Crimes Tribunal
• Bibliography on War Crimes Tribunal (Sally Lawler, Wayne State Univ.)
• Bosnian Home Page (CalTech)
  • News releases and history of the war
  • Information on war crimes
  • Text of documents on UN and NATO involvement
• Court TV Coverage
  • Summary of trial and court documents
  • Glossary, biographies, chronology of Balkan Conflict
• International War Crimes Tribunal (Centre for Criminal Law Reform)
• Secretary General's Report on Implementation of S/Res.808 (S/25704)
  • Not found on the Internet
  • Consult the Documents Center for the paper copy
• Security Council Resolution 780
• Security Council Resolution 808
• Security Council Resolution 827
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• See U.N. Monthly Chronicle (Doc.Cen. JX 1977.A1 U6--UN Ref.), March and Sept. 1993
Lycos
• Keyword index to Internet sites
WebCrawler Search
• Another popular search engine
• SAMPLE SEARCH: war and crimes and tribunal
Yahoo
• Comprehensive classified subject list of world-wide web sites

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United Nations Publications

Background Information
• United Nations Yearbook
  • Doc.Cen JX 1976 .A1 U64--UN Ref.
  • Most complete summary of United Nations activities with citations to or reprints of the most important United Nations documents
• UN Chronicle
  • Doc.Cen. JX 1977.A1 U6--UN Ref.
  • Quarterly summary of major issues before the United Nations
  • Includes selected citations to UN documents but seldom reprints
• A Global Agenda: Issues before the UN General Assembly
  • Summary of agenda items with citations to relevant documents
  • Doc.Cen. JX 1977 .A1 U54-Ref.
Types of United Nations Documents
• Official Records
  • Texts of General Assembly, Security Council, and Economic and Social Council proceedings
  • Includes speeches by delegates and resolutions
  • Each set has own index by subject and country for each year
  • Identify UN series number (e.g. A/45/PV.12, S/RES/242) and ask at Documents Desk for assistance in locating paper copy or microfiche
  • Text of most current General Assembly and Security Council debates and resolutions on Readex CD-ROM; text of General Assembly, Security Council, and ECOSOC resolutions also on UN System Web Site or the UN Gopher
• Mimeographed publications
  • Draft letters and resolutions submitted by delegates to UN
  • Identify using CD-ROM index; ask at Documents Desk for paper or microfiche copies
• CD-ROM Index to United Nations Publications
  • Indexes all mimeographed publications and Official Records beginning 1983
  • Level 1 is a keyword index (e.g. China and "human rights")
  • Level 2 permits field limitations by subject, date, country author and type of document
  • Guide to the Readex CD-ROM
    • Identify publication number (e.g. A/AC.131/L.6) and ask at Documents Center Desk for assistance in locating paper copy or microfiche
• United Nations Sales Publications
  • Books, statistical compendiums, special studies and conference reports
  • Identify publication and call number in MIRLYN
Academic Council on the United Nations System
• Full text of selected ACUNS publications (copyrighted) and UN publications (not copyrighted)
• Links to web sites on major UN issues
• Membership information, programs, and projects
United Nations Web Site
• Basic information on the United Nations (history, charter, member countries)
• Press releases, daily highlights
• General Assembly, ECOSOC, and Security Council publications and resolutions
• Indexed by keyword and type of document
• Major conference documents, catalog of UN sales publications, audio-visual material
United Nations System (Official Index)
• Locates UN information by alphabetic, subject, and UN classification of agencies
• Links to frequently-requested information and related international information
United Nations System
• Includes the texts of UN resolutions (indexed) and press releases from international conferences
• Considerable information on developing countries
• Gopher and web sites of the various UN departments, affiliated agencies, and conferences
• Gopher site alternative if web site is difficult to load on your workstation
United Nations Scholars' Workstation (Yale University)
• Subject index to web sites with United Nations information
• Links to numeric data sites
• Excellent research guide to United Nations information
• Academic information about Yale's UN Studies program and Yale Library resources

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Comprehensive Overviews

Area Studies
• International Affairs Network (University of Pittsburgh)
  • International organization web sites
  • International affairs research organizations
  • International affairs periodicals
  • Foreign news sources
• International and Area Studies (Larry Schankman)
  • Annotated list of area studies web
  • Area studies groups are the best resource for foreign policy perspectives outside the countries with individual web sites
• International Network Information Centers (University of Texas)
  • Sections on Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Russia/Eastern Europe
  • Considerable background information on individual countries
  • Includes references to discussion and newsgroups
• Model League of Arab States
  • Excellent guide to members of the Arab League and related states
Army Area Handbooks [Web]
• Detailed description of a country's culture, economy, and foreign policy
• About 71 countries available
• Additional countries may be found by searching MIRLYN: k={name of country} and country adj study.ti. [Web and Library]
Background Notes on Countries of the World (U.S. State Dept.) [Web]
• Summarizes a country's history, economy, and foreign policy
• Updated on a staggered basis every few years
• The latest edition of the paper copy is in the Map Library as G59.U58
CIA World Factbook
• Brief information about a country's population, ethnicity, politics, and economics
• The corresponding paper copy is in Doc.Cen. G 122 .U56--Doc.Ref.
Europa World Yearbook [Library]
• Current political history of country, directory of officials, selected economic and social statistics
• The first section of Volume 1 summarizes the structure and activities of international organizations
• Info.Cen. Desk and Doc. Desk--Ready Reference: D 2 .E92
Model League of Arab States [Web]
• Excellent links to Internet information for League members and related countries in the Near East
Political Risk Yearbook [Library]
• Commercial publication with extensive summaries of a country's political history, and key players with economic and political turmoil forecasts
• Doc.Cen. JQ 1871 .A1 P65--Stat.Ref.
State Department Travel Advisories [Web]
• Includes health, crime, potential conflict, and embassy information for travellers
• Revised periodically as needed

Economics

Agency for International Development Funding Request [Web]
• Arranged by country with economic information about country included in rational for development funding request
Country Economic Policy and Trade Practices (U.S. State Department) [Web]
• Evaluation of each country's economic policy for the past five years
• Includes basic statistics for past three years
• Paper copy issued as Congressional publication; identify call number through the Documents Center's Congressional Masterfile CD-ROM
Europa World Yearbook [Library]
• Current political history of country, directory of officials, selected economic and social statistics
• The first section of Volume 1 summarizes the structure and activities of international organizations
• Info.Cen. Desk and Doc. Desk--Ready Reference: D 2 .E92
Human Development Report (UNDP) [Web]
• Web version summarizes regional and country statistics on economic, social, and educational development
• Each annual version focuses on an individual topic
  • 1995 issue addressed gender equality
  • 1997 issue carried poverty statistics by country with additional data on life expectancy, literacy, and per capita gross domestic product
• Paper copy (Doc. Cen. HD 72 .H92) carries murder, rape, drug crime, and prisoner statistics for selected industrialized countries appear in the statistical appendix
Political Risk Yearbook [Library]
• Commercial publication with extensive summaries of a country's political history, and key players with economic and political turmoil forecasts
• Doc.Cen. JQ 1871 .A1 P65--Stat.Ref.
Social Indicators of Development, 1994 (World Bank/CIESIN) [Web]
• Population, education, income, labor, and consumer expenditure statistics for 170 countries, 1965+
• User-friendly searching
• Click on "search interface" to access the data
Statistical Masterfile CD-ROM Guide (UMich) [Library]
• Indexes federal, state, business, and international statistics
• CD-ROM index and corresponding microfiche in Documents Center
Statistical Web Sites (UMich) [Web]
• Federal and international Internet sites for economic, demographic, and other statistical data
Trends in Developing Countries (World Bank/CIESIN) [Web]
• Click on "search interface" to access the data
• Brief descriptions of economic trends in World Bank borrowing countries
• Requires WAIS proxy under Netscape's "preferences" toolbar to view
UN Monthly Bulletin of Statistics
• Times series of unemployment, consumer prices, energy, exchange rates, population, and transportation for individual countries
• Password available in the Documents Center for in-library use
• Additional statistics appear in the paper edition of the United Nations Monthly Bulletin of Statistics (Doc.Cen. HC 57 .A1 M79 - Stat.Ref.)
United Nations Statistical Yearbook [Library]
• Various time series of economic data for individual countries
• Includes six rouge countries and former Yugoslavia
• Doc.Cen. HC 58 .U58 with current in Stat.Ref.
World Development Report [Library]
• Summary of international economic developments in previous year
• Various economic data for individual low, middle and high income countries
• Doc.Cen. HC 59.7 .A1 W93 with most current in Stat.Ref.
World Tables (World Bank/CIESIN) [Web]
• Economic and socioeconomic indicators for 161 countries, 1972-92
• Arranged by topic and country
• Requires CIESIN client, downloadable from CIESIN home page
• World Tables also available in paper copy and in electronic form on the Documents Center's Statistical Masterfile workstation
Yearbook of International Trade Statistics [Library]
• Arranged by country with exports/imports by either commodity or trading partner
• HF 92 .U48 with current edition in Reference
• Commodity Trade Statistics [Library] (Doc.Cen. HA 13 .U54) provides trade data for by country and commodity; ask at Documents Center for assistance

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Human Rights

Amnesty International
• Annual country reports on human rights practices
Country Human Rights Reports (State Department)
• Lengthy annual assessment of each country's human rights policy
• Paper copy issued as Congressional publication; use the Documents Center's Congressional Masterfile CD-ROM to identify call number
Freedom House
• Organization monitoring human rights throughout the world
• Freedom in the World
  • Rates individual countries on political and civil liberties
  • Textual essays and comparative statistics
  • Includes best and worst countries as well as those which have experienced the most change in the current year
• World Survey of Economic Freedom
  • Essays and comparative country data on property rights, labor rights, free trade, and right to establish a business
• Press Freedom measures political and economic influences over media content

Laws of Foreign Countries

World Constitutions
• Constitutions of selected countries
Constitutions of the Countries of the World
• Current constitutions of all countries
• Ref. Room JF 11 .B65

Military Affairs

Military Balance
• Annual publication with data on each country's army, navy, air force personnel and weapons
• Includes contributions to international peacekeeping forces
• UA 15 .L847 with current in Doc.Cen.--Stat.Ref.
SIPRI Yearbook
• Lengthy annual summaries of international military affairs, conflicts, and disarments
• Includes statistics and signatories to major treaties
• Paper copy: UA 17 .S12 with current in Doc.Cen.--Doc.Ref.
World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers (ACDA)
• Military expenditures, armed forces, GNP, and population for 172 countries, 1984-94
• Arms transfers by supplier and recipient
• Summary of world military forces and arms transfers for various years, 1961 to present

News Sources

Foreign Broadcast Information Service
• Texts of foreign radio broadcasts and newswires translated into English
• CD-ROM indexes located in the Documents Center; paper indexes located in Graduate Library Index Room
• Paper and microfiche translations located in Graduate Library Serials/Microforms Room
• Guide to FBIS
• World News Connection (UMich Library Only)
  • Full text of foreign news broadcasts and press releases translated into English beginning November 1994
  • Searchable by keyword, region and subject, or Boolean logic and modified by date
  • Network license permits five simultaneous users for University of Michigan IP addresses
LEXIS
• Most complete source for articles appearing in U.S. and foreign newspapers
• Keyword indexing permits full Boolean operators, proximity indicators, and limitations by date
• Click here for LEXIS search protocols and click here for a sample newspaper search
• Full text may be downloaded or printed one screen at a time
• Limited to University of Michigan class assignments
• Advance signups advised for Documents Center or Information Center

Country Sources (Except U.S.)

Canada Dept. of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
• Canadian foreign policy documents
• Information for Canadian exporters
• Travel and consular information
Great Britain Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• Briefings and press releases on international affairs
Japan
• List of all Japanese government web servers
• Speeches of the Prime Minister
International and Area Studies (Larry Schankman)
• Annotated list of area studies web
• Area studies groups are the best resource for foreign policy perspectives outside the countries with individual web sites
Foreign Government Resources on the Web
• Annotated list of major foreign government web sites, arranged by continent
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 extensive coverage and merits high ratings

United States Foreign Policy

Agency Indexes
• Executive Branch Web Sites via Federal Web Locator at Villanova
  • Most comprehensive listing of hundreds of Executive Branch sites
  • Documents Center home page relies primarily on this site for access
• Executive Branch Web Sites via Federal Information Exchange
  • Provides annotations
Subject Indexes
• Duke University Documents Hotlist
  • Alphabetical list of agencies and subjects available on the web
  • Focus is on federal government but includes foreign and international agencies
• Federal Government Information on the Internet
  • Extensive subject approach to federal information from the federal government, academic, and private sources
  • Links include library catalogs and discussion groups
• GovBot (White House/UMass)
  • One-stop keyword searching for a large number of federal web sites
  • Searching may be limited by keywords in title and URL
  • Output includes annotations and links
• Subject Index to Federal Government Web Sites (NTIS)
  • Numerous headings include "Military Affairs"
Executive Branch
• American Foreign Policy Index [Library]
  • Detailed subject index to documents, articles, and press releases on foreign affairs from the Executive and Legislative Branches
  • Quarterly and annual issues located in the Documents Center: Z 6465 .U5 A44--Docs.Ref.
  • Corresponding microfiche also located in the Documents Center
• Central Intelligence Agency [Web]
  • Speeches and press releases
  • Several CIA publications, including World FactBook and Chiefs of State
• DefenseLINK (Dept. of Defense) [Web]
  • Defense Department speeches and press releases searchable by date or keyword
  • Links to Defense Department agencies
• Department of State Foreign Affairs Network (UIC) [Web]
  • State Department speeches and foreign policy
  • Use the index located at the bottom of the home page
• Intelligence Community (Federation of American Scientists) [Web]
  • Presidential Executive Orders and Directives, Defense Department Directories, laws and regulations affecting American intelligence
  • Links to official intelligence community web sites with FAS model web pages
• National Security Agency [Web]
  • Brief information about the agency
• White House Electronic Publications
  • Press releases, speeches and documents beginning January 1993 and updated daily
  • Browse by date or broad subject category
  • There is no keyword searching but publications can be identified using a forms interface specifying date, broad subject, type of publication, and principal speaker
  • Searching by keyword and date
Legislative Branch
• Bills
  • Congressional Compass (UMich Only)
    • Indexes bills since 1989 by subject, keyword, sponsor, and date
    • Provides the full text and legislative status
  • THOMAS
    • Indexes bills since 1993 by keyword, sponsor and date
    • Provides the full text and status
• Committee Publications
  • Includes hearings (testimony), committee prints (research reports), reports (recommendations on bills), and documents (Executive Branch communiques)
  • Hearings of House International Relations and Senate Foreign Relations Committees provide Executive Branch policy as well as expert opinions
  • Congressional Compass (UMich Only)
    • Indexes published hearings (1970+), committee prints (1993+), and reports (1989+) by subject, keyword, committee, and date
    • Provides an abstract of publications located in the Documents Center in paper and/or microfiche format
    • Includes the full text of selected testimony beginning 1988
  • Paper and CD-ROM indexes of hearings and all publications, as well as paper and/or microfiche copies, located in the Documents Center
    • Congressional Information Service Guide
    • Congressional Masterfile CD-ROM Guide
  • Unpublished hearings
    • Available on LEXIS and LEGI-SLATE On-line Service in Documents Center
      • You can search the Federal News Service on the web to identify them before using the FNS on LEXIS or LEGI-SLATE
    • Web Locations
      • Congressional Compass (UMich Only) beginning 1988
      • Congressional Hearings on the Web
        • Lists government agencies and Congressional committees with selected testimony on the web
      • Search by keyword in subject and the word "testimony" in web sources like AltaVista and GovBot to identify Executive agencies and lobby groups which publish testimony on their web sites
• Congressional Record [Web]
  • Congressional Compass (UMich Only)
    • Indexes Congressional Record since 1985 by keyword, speaker, and date
    • Provides the full text
  • THOMAS
    • Indexes speeches on the floor of Congress by subject, Member of Congress, and date since 1993
• Congressional Research for UMich Class Assignments [Web]
  • Extensive guide to legislative histories, committee and member information, and public opinion

United Nations Publications

Types of United Nations publications and their indexes
Speeches and letters are a good source for a country's foreign policy
United Nations web sites

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