Foreign Relations of the United States: latest release
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XV, Soviet Union, June 1972–August 1974 http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v15 Useful for historians of the cold war. Includes declassified document & exchanges between Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon. Topics include the SALT talks. Other volumes in the series are also available. http://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments Time period covered 1940s-early 1970s.
Peace Women
http://www.peacewomen.org/ A project of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) which seeks to promote peace and disarmament. Its website is a rich source of information about women, war and peacekeeping. Most useful is the resources portal section http://www.peacewomen.org/portal_resources.php which links to a wealth of full text documents online these includes publications and news […]
Republic of South Sudan
The Republic of South Sudan has become the newest member of the United Nations. Read the official UN resolution at: http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/65/L.84 The Government now has an official website: http://www.goss.org/ You can also find background information on the formation of the nation, including its referendum for secession, from the UN mission website: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/unmis/referendum.shtml
World Service Archive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/docarchive The BBC World Service archive of radio podcasts provides access to documentaries. A wide range of social and economic matters are covered. Recent topics include wiki leaks and IMF. Some items are interned to be stored for an indefinite period.
Crisis Commons
http://crisiscommons.org/about/ Crisis Commons is a network of individuals and community groups who explore how new technology can help with communication during humanitarian crises. The website provides background information, plus free access to reports from conferences and events.
Humanitarian Response Index
http://daraint.org/humanitarian-response-index/?phpMyAdmin=15c4ce8dfebt3948e8dfr8ab8 This was created by a specialist evaluation organisation, Development Assistance Research Associates, in 2007. The index ranks the performance of the 22 donor countries of the OECD Development Assistance Committee plus the European Commission in funding and supporting humanitarian action. It also presents case study assessments of aid responses in different crises. The main DARA website […]
Liberation Technology
A research programme based at Stanford University which is exploring how information technology can be used to defend human rights, improve governance, empower the poor, promote economic development, and pursue a variety of other social goods. Access at: http://liberationtechnology.stanford.edu/ Currently, its Twitter channel http://twitter.com/Liberationtech has some excellent links to sites being used by protestors in […]
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