Governments of the World: Multinational Organizations

• Electronic Directory of the European Institutions

  "IDEA is an electronic database which comprises the directories of the various European Union institutions. Both individual names and organizational entities can be searched, or the directory may be browsed."

• Europa: The European Union (EU)

  "Europa is the European Union's portal web site that includes information about every facet of the EU, and provides a vast array of information about the European Union's objectives, policies and institutional set-up."

• International Organizations

  The College of Wooster provides a resource page of links to a variety of international organizations.

• NATO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  "This website offers immediate access to information on NATO's policies and structures, official documents, press releases, speeches and publications and provides links to other relevant sites."

• UNESCO

  "The main objective of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is to contribute to peace and security in the world by promoting collaboration among nations."

• The United Nations (UN)

  "The UN has four purposes: to maintain international peace and security, to develop friendly relations among nations, to cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights, and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. Nearly every nation in the world belongs to the UN."

• WorldBank

  "The World Bank Group is the world's largest source of development assistance, and works to bring a mix of finance and ideas to improve living standards and eliminate the worst forms of poverty."

• WTO: World Trade Organization

  "The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations."