[Free Registration/Login Required] This article deals specifically with Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri al-Hadithi's decision to let US officials into the country to investigate Iraq's Weapons Program. (September 16, 2002)

The United Nations identifies the most economically vulnerable in the world. This site provides a great deal of statistical information about the conditions in these countries. Much of the information is presented in interactive graphs.

This resource provides information about the Copenhagen conference held in December 2009. Highlights include essential background, documents on the adopted decisions, meetings archive, and the COP 15 closing press briefing.

The United Nations is working hard to develop a world in which children are valued and safe. As a part of this mission, the U.N. has developed some learning activities to enhance students' understanding of the U.N.'s job. Click here to...

This is a tourist guide to Marbella, Spain.

This article from 2000 covers debt throughout the world and where poverty is focused. Speculates on possible problems and reasons why the poor nations are focused on certain continents.

A very resourceful tool in providing students practice in Spanish reading comprehension. Read the dialogue between the agent and the tenant and answer the questions that follow to determine how well you understood.

This site is the focus of the work done by the United Nations to support and promote the advancement of women in their efforts to achieve gender equality around the world.

The UNHCR program, Refworld, identifies countries and populations around the world that are forcing migration and the refugees affected. A plethora of documents, reports, and other reliable resources addressing the issue of forced...

This article discusses the 2009 clashes in the Amazon and the global community's reaction to them. Links to related articles are provided. (June 20, 2009)

This article discusses Serbia's reaction to the United Nation's ruling that Kosovo's declaration of independence in 2008 was not illegal. Links to related articles are featured. (July 22, 2010)

In the wake of the horrifying supertyphoon that hit the Philippines, its citizens are now in urgent need of aid. Learn how international governments are proposing to help.

Short stories written with the intention to entertain those who think that mathematics must be serious or who reject mathematics. These problem stories with an added dose of humor shows that letters and numbers are a bit at odds.

Note: first few seconds show a video of refugees. Using a 'game' format, the plight of child refugees is examined. Serious topics .. war & conflict, borders, new life are included. The accompanying text is well presented.

These are the Chinese language pages of the UN's CyberSchool Bus site. Not as much content as the English version but pages do include resources and information about different nations and cities, UN-sponsored children's events (make a...

Read the short story "Un Morso doo Pang" by acclaimed author Edna Ferber on this site.

The map shows the partition of Israel according to UN Resolution 181 in 1947.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Journalists Dexter Filkins and Richard A. Oppel Jr. describe the August 19, 2003 bombing of UN Headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq. (August 20, 2003) [2 pages]

The United Nations is an intergovernmental organization of independent states that was formed to promote international peace and security. United Nations Day marks the anniversary of the 1945 UN Charter.

The United Nations Chronicle is published by the UN department of public information. There are selected articles from each issue, however a complete issue is only available by subscription.

A brief introduction to the organization of the United Nations.

This 2016 article from the United Nations Human Rights Council chief highlighted the challenges confronting the international community and expressed particular concern over attempts by countries to block human rights scrutiny.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Russian protests of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This poem describes the land and sky along the Canadian border.