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• United Nations Home Page = Page d'accueil des Nations Unies
  See also, UN Documents, 1994 to mid-1996 (via UNDP Gopher)
  
  
• For many documents not listed below, use the UN WEB Search
  
  
• Selected UN Agencies, Departments, Programs, or Affiliates:
  UN Sec.-Gen./Sec. Council | UN Special Adviser on Africa | UN Cartographic
  Africa Renewal | African Missions | FAO | Sustainable Development
  UNAIDS | UNCCD | UNCDF | UNCHR | UNCHS | UNCTAD | UNDP | POPIN | UNOWA | UN Peacekeeping
  UNECA | UNECA-"NEPAD" | PADIS | UNEP | UNESCO | UNFPA | UN-Habitat | UNHCR | UNICEF
  UNIDO | UNMAS | UNOCHA | UNODC (Drugs & Crime) | UNRISD | UNU
  
  
• UN General Reference -- Subject Guides (UN Dag Hammarskjold Library)
  Includes useful bibliographies on human rights and peacekeeping and lists of documents relating to UN-sponsored conferences.
  
  
• UN Millennium Development Goals Africa Steering Group: "Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa" (New York)
  The official web site of a special committee formed in September 2007...chaired by the UN Secretary-General and comprises the President of the African Development Bank, the Chairperson of the African Union Com­mission, the President of the European Commission, the Managing Director of the Interna­tional Monetary Fund, the President of the Islamic Development Bank, the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the President of the World Bank.
  -- Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa: Recommendations of the MDG Africa Steering Group (June 2008) PDF format (See also: French version)
  
  
• UN Millennium Development Goals Indicators (General)
  See especially: Country Data on MDGs
  
  
• UN Millennium Development Goals Monitor (General)
  • MDG Country Factsheets
  • See also: UNDP MDGs in Africa: Country Offices --and-- MDG Country Reports
  
  
• UN or UN-Sponsored Conferences Of General Interest to Africa: Selected Sites Only
  (See under "Selected UN agencies" above for other past conferences.)
  
  
• UN Cartographic Section (New York)
  • Home Page =  Page d'accueil
  
  
  
• UN Secretary General and the UN Security Council on Africa (New York)
  • Office of the UN Secretary-General
    • Office of the Secretary--General News
      
      
    • Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys of the Secretary-General in Africa: links to news reports & press releases
      
      
    • Report of the Secretary-General on The Sudan, April 22, 2008 (S/2008/267)
      -- See also: Special Envoy for Darfur, December 2006 to present
      
      
    • Report of the Secretary-General on the deployment of the African Union--United Nations hybrid operation in Darfur, 14 April 2008 (S/2008/249)
      -- See UNAMID: United Nations--African Union Mission to Darfur, 2007- below.
      
      
    • Report of the Secretary General...on Darfur, The Sudan, 30 August 2004 (S/2004/703)
      
      
    • In larger freedom: towards security, development and human rights for all (September 2005): Report of the UN Secretary-General. (French version)
      
      
    • "We the Peoples": Millennium Report of the Secretary-General of the UN. (General)
      
      
    • Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations During The 1994 Genocide in Rwanda, 15 December 1999 (New York)
      See also, a copy of the same report via the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.
    
    
  • UN Security Council -- Selected Documents
    • All UN Security Council Mission Reports since 1992 (most on Africa)
      
      
    • Report of the Security Council Mission to Addis Ababa, Khartoum, Accra, Abidjan, and Kinshasa, 14-27 June 2007. Release date: July 11, 2007. (S/2007/421)
      
      
    • Report of the Security Council Mission to The Sudan and Chad, 4-10 June 2006. Release data: June 22, 2006. (S/2006/433)
      
      
    • Report of the Security Council Mission on the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 10-12 June 2006. Release date: June 22, 2006. (S/2006/434)
      
      
    • UN Security Council Documents on Angola (since 1993): Annual reports (1996--), resolutions (1993--), press releases (1998--), etc.
    • UN Security Council on the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rest of Africa, January 2000
    • UN Secretary General's Report to the UN Security Council:  "The Causes of Conflict and the Promotion of Durable Peace and Sustainable Development in Africa," April 16, 1998 (Includes press materials, a map of Africa, and the full text of the report)
    • UN Security Council Resolution on:  Rwanda, November 1994 (via Univ. of Pennsylvania)
    • All UN Security Council Resolutions, 1946 to the present (HTML or PDF formats)
      
  
  
• Office of the UN Under-Secretary General and Special Adviser on Africa (2000-2004)
  • OSAA Reports
    This archive includes progress reports on NEPAD, conflict resolution, etc. since 2000.
  • Commitments made to Africa at global conferences and summits, 1990-2002
  
  
• UN or UN-Sponsored Conferences of General Interest to Africa -- Selected Sites Only
  (See under Selected UN agencies for other past conferences.)
  • Durban Review Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 20-24 April 2009 Organized by The United Nations.
    "...will evaluate progress towards the goals set by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa, in 2001."
    --See especially: Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (2001)
    
    
  • Johannesburg Summit 2002: World Summit on Sustainable Development, 26 August to 4 September 2002, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York)
    • General information about preparations for the 2002 follow-up to the 1992 Rio de Janeiro "Earth Summit" of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development; plus related information and links.
    • Sommet mondial sur le développement durable: Page d'accueil
    • Jo'burg Summit 2002 Documents (Preparatory committee reports and remarks)
    
    
  • "World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance" -- Durban, South Africa, 31 August - 7 September 2001 (United Nations, New York)
    • This site features general information, documents, conference-related texts, press releases, and a "live webcast". See also:
    • allAfrica.com's WCAR coverage
    
    
  • UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS: : "Global Crisis--Global Action", June 25-27, 2001, New York
    • Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: 'Global Crisis -- Global Action", June 27, 2001
    
    
  • UN Millennium Summit and Assembly, 6-8 September 2000, New York (General)
    • Press Releases
    • Summit Statements By Heads of State, September 6-8, 2000 (Alphabetical list)
    • See also: African Regional Hearings, June and October 1999 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia).
  
  
• Africa renewal. (Online) -- New York: UN Dept. of Public Information, 2004-
  Formerly known as: Africa Recovery (1996-2004).
  Current electronic issue in full; available in English or French. There is a link to an archive of some previous issues, but each back issue is only composed of a few excerpts and the table of contents. See also:  "Women in Africa's Development" (April 1998) (Africa Recovery Briefing Paper ; no. 11)
  
  
• African Permanent Missions to the United Nations (via UN Development Programme, New York; International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland)
  • In New York:
    Algeria | Angola | Bénin | Cameroon | Comoros | Congo, Republic of
    Dem. Rep. of Congo | Côte d'Ivoire | Eritrea |  Ethiopia | Gabon | Ghana
    Kenya | Lesotho | Libya | Mali | Morocco |  Mozambique | Namibia | Niger
    South Africa | Zambia | Full list
  • In Geneva:
    - Madagascar
  
  
• PADIS: Pan African Development Information System, 1994-96 (UN Economic Commission for Africa; via University of Pennsylvania)
  This site includes selected PADIS documents and the newsletter. "The Pan African Development Information System (PADIS) is a co-operative regional development information system created in January 1980 under the aegis of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (see below) in Addis, Ababa, Ethiopia. The overall objective of PADIS is the promotion of development information management in the Africa region."
  
  
• POPIN: UN Population Information Network (2002) (UN Development Programme, see below)
  • POPIN General Information
  • POPIA: Regional and National Population Information for Africa
    A variety of links to UN agency documents and web sites relating to Africa.
  • Population density map of Europe and Africa, 1997
  
  
  • World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision Population Database
    "Official UN population estimates (1950-2000) and projections (2000-2050) for the world, 6 major areas, 21 regions and 228 countries or areas. Estimates and projections are also given for more developed regions, less developed regions, least developed regions and sub-Saharan Africa."
    
    
  • International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo 1994
    • Conference HomePage
    • African Government Statements:
      
      

      Benin	Botswana	Cameroon	C.Afr.Republic	Chad	Cote_d'Ivoire
      Egypt	Eritrea	Ethiopia	Gabon	Gambia	Ghana
      Guinea	Kenya	Liberia	Malawi	Mali	Mozambique
      Namibia	Nigeria	Rwanda	Senegal	Seychelles	Sierra Leone
      South Africa	Swaziland	Togo	"Zaire"

• UNAIDS: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( via Columbia University Libraries' "Health Information on Africa" ) See also:
  • UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS: : "Global Crisis--Global Action", June 25-27, 2001, New York (General)
    --  Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: 'Global Crisis -- Global Action", June 27, 2001
  
  
• United Nations Capital Development Fund: Conférence des Nations Unies sur L'inclusion financière en Afrique, Dakar, Sénégal, 5-6 juin 2006 = United Nations Conference on Financial Inclusion in Africa (New York)
  
  
• UNCHS: UN Centre for Human Settlements--Habitat (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • UNCHS Community Development/Community Management Programme:
    - Community Development/Management Home Page
    - Community Management Programme, Uganda
    -  "Income generation, credit and strengthening community capacity: the Ghana example." (1996) by Phil Bartle (Chief Technical Adviser, Uganda)
    -  East African Resource Facility Report (1997) by Robert Kapopo (CDP-EARF Regional Coordinator, Kenya)
  
  
• UNCHR: UN Commission on Human Rights
  • UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Home Page (General)
  • International Law [Documents] = Droit international
    An online library of selected legal documents, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948).
    
    
  • UNHCHR Document Search (General)
    Recommendation: the best place to start using this search tool may be the "simple search of databases and web site."
  
  
• UNCCD: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (via Linkages, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, Canada)
  • Forest, Desertification, Land. Encompassing the CCD program.
  • The 2nd Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, 30 November - 11 December 1998, Dakar, Sénégal (English or French)
  • The 1st Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, 29 September - 10 October 1997, Rome Italy
  
  
• UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • International Trade Centre: Strategic Market Research Group Country Reports, 1994-1999 (UNCTAD and the World Trade Organization)
    Select a country and download reports in PDF files: statistical information on exports and imports for most countries. "The International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) is the focal point in the United Nations system for technical cooperation with developing countries in trade promotion. ITC was created by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1964 and since 1968 has been operated jointly by GATT (now by the World Trade Organization, or WTO) and the UN, the latter acting through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)."
  
  
• UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs -- please see below.
  
  
• UNDP: UN Development Programme
  • UNDP General Home Page
    
    
  • UNDP Africa Regional Bureau -- News and Documents
    
    
  • HDR - Human Development Reports
    - HDR Home Page -- Current reports
    - Search for all national reports
    -  Human development: an African perspective (1994) by Sadig Rashee and Eshetu Chole. (Occasional paper ; 17)
    -  Decentralization in Zimbabwe (1994) by Frances Stewart et al. (Occasional paper ; 15)
    
    
  • UNDP on HIV/AIDS (New York)
    • Regional Report on HIV/AIDS 2004: Generating action: UNDP's response to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: The answer lies within. -- New York: Bureau for Development Policy and Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme, 2004. PDF format
    
    
  • UNDP Southern Africa Capacity Initiative (SACI) -- Lesotho (Maseru, Lesotho; Johannesburg, South Africa)
    
    
  • SDNP: Sustainable Development Networking Programme
    - SDNP Home Page (New York)
    -  African Countries in SDNP, 1995-- (Angola ; Benin ; Cameroon ; Gabon ; Mauritania ; Malawi ; Mozambique ; Togo)
    
    
  • Tanzania On-line Information Center (UNDP, UNO, Government of Tanzania, and the Economic & Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
    An extensive, searchable archive of documents and reports (1990--) from UN agencies, the World Bank, and the Government of Tanzania on development issues for Tanzania. Abstracts or summaries are viewed in HTML; full texts available in PDF.
  
  
• UNDP-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (EUE Web; via University of Pennsylvania)
  "The Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia, an integral part of the United Nations Development Programme field office, is responsible for monitoring relief needs and providing humanitarian support services to the Resident Coordinator and specialist UN agencies. It has existed under various names and guises for more than ten years, funded through a combination of UN and bilateral donor contributions." Includes an archive of  maps.
  
  
• UN Division for Sustainable Development (New York)
  • National Information -- Select Country
    National reporting to the Commission on Sustainable Development containing available information in brief on development conditions in each country, plus links to summit reports, other programmes, publications, etc.
  • "Seminar on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Africa = Séminaire sur la mine artisanale et la mine à petite échelle en Afrique", Yaoundé, Cameroon, 19-22 November 2002: Programme and Report. Co-sponsored by the United Nations and the International Center for Training and Exchanges in the Geosciences.
  
  
• UNECA: UN Economic Commission for Africa
  • UNECA General Home Page
  • Key ECA Publications
    
    
  • ESTNET: ECA Science & Technology Network
    A portal site for organizations, conferences, and projects in Africa; with country level information.
    
    
  • MDGs in Africa: a challenge for change (2008)
    Recent news and reports on the Millennium Development Goals in Africa.
    -- The Millennium Development Goals in Africa: progress and challenges (August 2005) -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: UNECA, 2005. 43 pages in PDF format
    
    
  • Securing our future: report of the Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (2008) = Préservons notre avenir. -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: UNECA, c2008. PDF format
    
    
  • UNECA Economic Reports for Africa
    • Economic Report on Africa 2009: Developing African Agriculture Through Regional Value Chains. Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2009. -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2009. en format PDF
      
      
    • Economic Report on Africa 2008: Africa and the Monterrey Consensus--Tracking Performance and Progress. Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2008 -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2008.
      
    • Economic Report on Africa 2007: Accelerating Africa's Development through Diversification. Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2007 -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2007.
      
    • Economic Report on Africa 2006: Capital Flows and Development Financing in Africa -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2006.
      
    • Economic Report on Africa 2005: Meeting the Challenges of Unemployment and Poverty in Africa -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2005.
      
    • Economic Report on Africa 2004: Unlocking Africa's trade potential = Libérer le potentiel commercial de l'Afrique. -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2004.
      
    • Economic Report for Africa 2003: Accelerating the Pace of Development = Rapport économique sur l'Afrique, 2003: accélérer le rythme du développement. -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2003.
      The ERA 2003 is an annual report on Africa, including special country profiles on Mauritius, Rwanda, Ghana, Gabon, Egypt, Mozambique, and Uganda.
    • Economic Report for Africa 2002: Tracking Performance and Progress = Rapport économique sur l'Afrique, 2002: performance et progrès du continent -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2002.
      The ERA 2002 is an annual report on Africa, including special country profiles on South Africa, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Nigeria, Morocco, and Guinea.
    • 2000 Economic Report on Africa: Transforming African Economies =  Rapport économique sur l'Afrique 2000: transformer les économies africaines. -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2000.
    • 1999 Economic Report on Africa. -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 1999.
    • 1998 Economic Report on Africa. -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 1998.
    
    
  • Assessing regional integration in Africa (ARIA I, II, III) = Etat de l'intégration régionale en Afrique
    -- ARIA III (2008 edition) is 312 pages in PDF format
    
    
  • Les économies de l'Afrique Centrale 2004: les infrastructures de transport: bilan et perspectives. -- Yaoundé, Cameroun: Nations Unies Commission Economique pour l'Afrique, Bureau sous-régional pour l'Afrique Centrale, 2004.
    -- Voir aussi: Commission Economique pour l'Afrique, Bureau sous-régional pour l'Afrique Centrale (Yaoundé, Cameroun)
    
    
  • NEPAD: 'New Partnership for Africa's Development', 'New African Initiative' & Related Documents, 2001-- (via UNECA)
    
    
  • ADF--African Development Forums (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
    • "The aim of the African Development Forum is to present the key stakeholders in African development (governments, civil society, the private sector, researchers and academics, intergovernmental organisations and donors) with the results of current research and opinion on key development issues in order to formulate shared goals and priorities, draft action programmes and define the environment that will enable African countries to implement these programmes. The Forum will meet annually on a different development issue..."
    • ADF VI: "Action on Gender Equality, Women's Empowerment and Ending Violence Against Women in Africa," 19-21 November 2008
    • ADF V: "Youth and Leadership in the 21st Century," 16-18 November 2006
    • ADF IV: "Governance for a Progressing Africa," 11-15 October 2004
    • ADF III: "Defining Priorities for Regional Integration", 3-8 March 2002, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    • ADF 2000
    • ADF 1999
    
    
  • UNECA--Food Security and Sustainable Development Division (FSSD)
    • FSSD Home Page: "Addressing Africa's urgent nexus: food, population, and environment"
    • FSSDD Publications, 2004-
    • Africa review report on drought and desertification (2008) (PDF format)
    • Sustainable Development Report on Africa: five year review of the implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development Outcomes in Africa (2008) (PDF format)
    
    
  • UNECA Governance & Public Administration Division
    • Relevance of African traditional institutions of governance (August 2007) -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: UNECA, 2007. 62 pages in PDF format
      
    • African Governance Report 2005 = Rapport sur la gouvernance en Afrique 2005 -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2005.
      
    
    
  • UNECA--African Regional Water Resources Information System: news and links to programmes
    
    
  • UNECA--ICT, Science and Technology Division
    • CODIST--Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology
      
      
    • AISI -- African Information Society Initiative
      National Information and Communication Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa (NICI in Africa)
      --  NICI African country profiles -- by region
      --  NICI in Africa: developing national information and communications infrastructure (NICI) policies, plans and strategies: the 'why' and 'how', 1999
      --  Other NICI Documents
    
    
  • Other Special Reports and Documents:
    • UNECA Regional Integration in Africa Information Sources, 2002 (ITCA--Information Technology Center for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
      
    • The ECA and Africa: accelerating a continent's development, May 1999. (Online). -- [Addis Ababa: UNECA, 1999]
      
    • "An Assessment of African Experiences" -- 1999 Revised Report of the 3rd Meeting of the Follow-up to the Dakar/Ngor Declaration and the 1994 International Conference on Population & Development (ICPD+5). (UNECA, in association with UN POPIN)
      An earlier version of the report was presented at a conference held on January 25-29, 1999, Addis Ababa and a meeting in September 23-25, 1998. The web site is based on reports and follow-up activities to the International Conference on Population & Development first held in Cairo (Egypt) in 1994.
    • 1994-95 Report: Economic and Social Situation in Africa (via U. of Pennsylvania)
    • "Empowering Socio-Economic Development in Africa Utilizing Information Technology" (Report by Jane Furzey, UNECA; via U. of Pennsylvania)
    
    
  • Other UNECA Past Conferences & Events:
    • Joint Conference of African Ministers of Finance and Ministers of Economic Development and Planning, Addis Ababa, 6-8 May 1999 (English) (The 33rd Session of the Commission and 24th Meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance).
    • Global Connectivity for Africa = La connectivité globale pour l'Afrique, June 2-4, 1998.
      A conference co-sponsored by the UNECA, The World Bank Group, The African Development Bank, The Information for Development Program, The International Telecommunications Union, and the Government of the Netherlands. Held at the UN Conference Center, Addis Ababa. This site contains opening statements, the program, and issue papers.
    • UNECA International Conference on African Women and Economic Development, Addis Ababa, April 28-May 1, 1998. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of ECA.
    • 22nd Meeting of the Conference of Ministers, Addis Ababa, 6-8 May 1996 (via U. of Pennsylvania)
    • 9th Session of the Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians, Population & Information Specialists, Addis Ababa, 11-16 March 1996 (via U. of Pennsylvania)
    • 1st African Regional Conference on Science & Technology, November 1995, Addis Ababa (via U. of Pennsylvania)
    • 21st Conference of Ministers, Addis Ababa, April/May 1995 (via U. of Pennsylvania)
  
  
• UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • UNESCO General Home Page in English or in French
    
    
  • BREDA: Bureau régional de l'UNESCO pour l'éducation en Afrique (UNESCO, Dakar, Sénégal)
    A ce site, on peut lire les actualités sur la planification et le développement de l'éducation en Afrique au Sud du Sahara. Le BREDA aussi assume le rôle de représentation de l'Unesco auprè de six pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest: le Cap Vert, la Gambie, la Guinée-Bissau, le Liberia, le Sénégal et la Sierra Leone.
    
    
  • UNESCO Slave Trade and Slavery Projects and Publications
    • The Slave Route -- Publications and Documentation
    • Sites liés à la traite négrière et à l'esclavage en Sénégambie: pour un tourisme de mémoire (2005) Par Mbaye Guèye. -- Paris: UNESCO, 2005. 85 pages en format PDF.
    • Tradition orale liée à la traite négrière et à l'esclavage en Afrique centrale (2003) sous la direction de Jérôme Tangu Kwenzi-Mikala. -- Paris: UNESCO, 2003. 109 pages en format PDF
    • Slave voyages: The Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans (2002): An educational resource for teachers. By Hilary McDonald Beckles. -- Paris: UNESCO, 2002. 272 pages in PDF format
    • Tradition orale et archives de la traite négrière (2001) sous la direction de Djibril Tamsir Niane. -- Paris: UNESCO, 2001. 143 pages en format PDF
    • 2004: Slavery Abolition Year -- International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition
      -- See also: Struggles against slavery: International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (2004) Edited by Katérina Stenou. -- Paris: UNESCO, 2004. 24 pages in PDF format.
    • La Route de l'Esclave = Slave Route Project, 1994-2005
      Sur ce site, on peut trouver les informations à propos de ce projet, des publications, des activités du Comité scientifique, quelques cartes sur les routes internationales de la traite négrière, et aussi, une carte, un exemplaire d'un bulletin (PDF), et des liens choisis.
    • UNESCO Slave Trade Archives Project (Memory of the World)
      This site offers general information about the project and links to related web sites. "The Slave Trade Archives Project, initiated by UNESCO, is concerned with the access to and preservation of original archive materials relating to the slave trade."
      
      
    • Poverty, gender and human trafficking in Sub-Saharan Africa: rethinking best practices in migration management (2006) By Thanh-Dam Truong. -- Paris: UNESCO, 2006. 141 pages in PDF format
    
    
  • Dakar Symposium -- Digital Opportunities for Africa: Community Multimedia Centres, 12-17 June 2003, Dakar, Senegal (via UNESCO, New York)
    
    
  • Intangible Heritage -or- Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
    Search by country for inscribed "elements" on the list.
    
    
  • Intercultural Dialogue
    -- Iron Roads in Africa = Les Routes du fer en Afrique

    This site (in English or French) offers information about the UNESCO project on the history of iron technology in Africa. It includes summaries of archaeological research, a list of researchers and their works (as of 1994), information about conferences, films and exhibitions, publications, and links.
    
    
  • International Bureau of Education (Geneva, Switzerland)
    • Country Dossiers--Africa (Reports and statistics)
    • International Clearinghouse on HIV/AIDS Education
      This website (launched in 2002) includes current HIV/AIDS news reports, "country watch" reports -- including  South Africa, selected country profiles, brief reports on national curriculum policies and practices in primary and secondary schools worldwide, and related links for health educators and community development activists.
      
      
    • World Data on Education (2006)
      A searchable (by country) database of UNESCO annual reports on national education systems, 1998-2004---plus updates; including recent conference papers.
    
    
  • UNESCO Management of Social Transformations--MOST: "VIH/SIDA et entreprise en Afrique: une réponse socio-médicale à l'impact économique? L'exemple de la Côte d'Ivoire." (1997) par Laurent Aventin, Pierre Huard. MOST documents de travail ; no. 19.
    -- Paris, France: MOST Programme, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1997.
    Voir aussi, la version anglaise.
    
    
  • Media & HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa: a resource book. Edited by S.T. Kwame Boafo, in collaboration with Carlos A. Arnaldo. -- Paris: UNESCO, 2000. PDF format
    
    
  • ODINAFRICA: Ocean Data and Information Network for Africa (International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UNESCO)
    This website outlines various programs of the ODINAFRICA--a project involving about 20 African countries. The site includes current and recent news, conference information, and other data about Africa's oceanic resources.
    
    
  • World Education Forum: "Education For All"
    • Education for All, Regional Forum for Sub-Saharan Africa
    • Meeting of the EFA Partners Follow-Up, 5 May 2001, Antananarivo, Madagascar
    • World Education Forum = Forum Mondial de l'Education, 26-28 avril 2000, Dakar, Sénégal
      Update bulletins on progress towards the international goals of "Education for All". The site provides general information about the 2000 conference, plus current news, and related links...in English or French.
    
    
  • "Women Organize for Peace and Non-Violence in Africa" -- A Pan-African Women's Conference on a Culture of Peace, Zanzibar, Tanzania, 17-20 May 1999
    General information and the agenda.
    
    
  • World Digital Library on Africa -and- The Middle East and North Africa (Paris, France)
    This site offers a relatively small selection (122 items for Africa and 157 for the Middle East/North Africa) of digitized rare books, maps, and documents which can be downloaded. UNESCO, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, The Library of Congress of the USA, and many other institutions have partnered to launch this project.
    
    
  • UNESCO World Heritage
    • WH General Home Page
    • "Launch of African World Heritage Fund" (May 2006)
    • Africa Revisited = Nouveaux regards sur l'Afrique
      An overview of African history, archaeology, and cultures, with brief summaries, illustrations, and photos. [80 page final report in PDF format]
      
      
    • 1001 Wonders Panophotographies
      • Egypt: Nubia, Luxor, Giza, and El Azher Mosque
        
      • Ethiopia: Aksum
        
      • Kenya: Lamu, Mombasa, and Turkana village
      • Tanzania: Kilwa Kisiwani and Zanzibar
        
      • Uganda: Kasubi Tombs
        
      
      
    • World Heritage in Danger, Africa 1998-2008 (French/English):
      - Aapravasi Ghat (Mauritius)
      - Air & Ténéré (Niger)
      - Ambohimanga, Royal Hill (Madagascar)
      - Cercles mégalithiques de Sénégambie = Stone circles of Senegambia (The Gambia)
      - Chongoni Rock Art Area (Malawi)
      - Djoudj--Parc national des oiseaux (Senegal)
      - Drakensberg Park, uKhahlamba (South Africa)
      - Egypt: Abu Mena, Thebes, Cairo, Memphis, Nubia, & St. Catherine Monastery
      - Garamba National Park (Dem. Rep. of Congo)
      - Gebel Barkal and sites of the Napatan Region (The Sudan)
      - Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (Ethiopia)
      - Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia)
      - James Island and Related Sites (The Gambia)
      - Kahuzi-Biega National Park (Dem. Rep. of Congo)
      - Kasubi, Tombs of Buganda Kings (Uganda)
      - Kondoa Rock Art Sites (Tanzania)
      - Koutammakou, land of the Batammariba (Togo)
      - Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
      - Manovo-Gounda St. Floris National Park (Central African Republic)
      - Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (South Africa)
      - Matobo Hills (Zimbabwe)
      - Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (Kenya)
      - Le Morne Cultural Landscape (Mauritius)
      - Mount Nimba Strict Nature Preserve (Guinea & Côte d'Ivoire)
      - Okapi Wildlife Reserve (Dem. Rep. of Congo)
      - Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove (Nigeria)
      - Royal Palaces of Abomey (Bénin)
      - Saint-Louis Island (Sénégal)
      - Simien National Park (Ethiopia)
      - Sukur Cultural Landscape (Nigeria)
      - Timbuktu (Mali) -- 2005 update
      - Tsodilo (Botswana)
      - Virunga National Park (Dem. Rep. of Congo)
      - Zanzibar, Stone Town (Tanzania)
      
      -- The complete World Heritage Site List: 2008/2009 (General)
      -- World Heritage Newsletter = La Lettre du Patrimoine Mondial. (Online) -- Paris: UNESCO World Heritage, 1993-2005
      All back issues and information on subscriptions via e-mail.
      
      
  
  

• UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme
  • UNEP Home Page
    
    
  • UNEP Resources for scientists and academics
    
    
  • UNEP GEO Data Portal
    
    
  • 12th Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Environment, June 7-12, 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa
    
    
  • UNEP Division of Early Warning and Assessment -- Water Unit
    This web page includes links to major publications on the assessments of freshwater and marine water resources in Africa and elsewhere....downloadable in PDF format.
    -- Including: Africa's lakes: atlas of our changing environment. -- Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP, 2006.
    
    
  • Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) 2 -- Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP, 2006.
    "Africa Environment Outlook 2 – Our Environment, Our Wealth (AEO-2) profiles Africa’s environmental resources as an asset for the region’s development. The full report --in English and PDF format-- highlights the opportunities presented by the natural resource base to support development and the objectives of the African Union (AU) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)."
    
    
  • UNEP Global International Waters Assessment--Final and Regional Reports. Published by the University of Kalmar, Sweden, on behalf of the UNEP; each in PDF format. (via Nairobi, Kenya)
    • Benguela Current (2005)
    • Canary Current (2005)
    • East African Rift Valley Lakes (2006)
    • Guinea Current (2003)
    • Indian Ocean Islands (2004)
    • Lake Chad Basin (2004)
    
    
  • UNEP Regional Office for Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)
    Search by thematic area; plus, directory of contact information and government web links for Ministries of Environment.
    
    
  • UNEP Home Page
    
    
  
  
• UNEP-GRID: UN Environment Programme/Global Resource Information Database (In association with the US Geological Survey/EROS Data Center and with the National Aeronautics & Space Administration; Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA)
  • General Home Page
  • Biodiversity-Rich Ecoregions in Africa Need Protection, 1997
  • Environmental aspects of the African Great Lakes Region, 1997
  • Greater Horn of Africa Basins, 1997
  • Mozambique Special Project, 1997
  
  
• UN-Habitat: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • The State of African Cities 2008 220 pages in PDF format
  • UN-Habitat Projects in Africa and Arab States
  • UN-Habitat Publications on Africa and Arab States
  
  
• UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund (New York)
  • UNFPA Home Page
  • State of the World Population Annual Report
  • Country profiles for population and reproductive health: policy developments and indicators (2005) -- New York: UNFPA, 2005. 368 pages in PDF format
  
  
• UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)
  • UNHCR Home Page
    Search the site for individual country reports.
  • UNHCR Global Report 2005
    Select country.
  
  
• UNICEF: United Nations Childrens' Fund (New York)
  • UNICEF Statistics--By Country
    
    
  • The State of the World's Children 2006. PDF format
    See also: 2004 Statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa -and- Middle East and North Africa. PDF format
    
    
  • Countries "at a glance": basic information, statistics, maps, & indicators:
    -- Eastern and Southern Africa
    -- West and Central Africa
    -- Middle East and North Africa
    
    
  • The young face of NEPAD: children and young people in the New Partnership for Africa's Development. -- New York: UNICEF, UNECA, 2004.
  • The Africa Malaria Report 2003. -- Geneva, Switzerland : WHO ; New York : UNICEF, c2003. PDF version
  • Africa's orphaned generations. -- New York: UNICEF, UNAIDS, 2003.
  • Children orphaned by AIDS. -- New York : UNICEF, UNAIDS, 1999.
  • UNICEF Publications -- General (State of the World's Children ; UNICEF Annual Report, etc.)
  
  
• UNIDO: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Vienna, Austria)
  • "Since 1966, UNIDO has been working with governments, business associations and individual companies to solve industrial problems and equip them to help themselves." This web site appears to be a rich online resource for those seeking information about UN activities in the field of industrial development.
  • UNIDO Home Page (General)
  • UNIDO Publications (General)
  • African country documents by UNIDO
  
  
• UN Mine Action Service
  • UNMAS Home Page
  • E-Mine: The Electronic Information Network -- Africa
  
  
• UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) (Formerly UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs)
  • OCHA Home Page (General)
  • Humanitarian Information Centre (General)
    • RDC-Humanitaire.Net: portail d'informations humanitaires sur la République Démocratique du Congo
      A portal site in English and French, with map center, national and provincial situation reports, and links to other sites.
      
      
    • HIC for Niger
    • HIC for Liberia
    
    
  • Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) for Africa (English) or in French.
    Daily and weekly bulletins for regions and individual countries. The "country archive" contains reports since 1999, depending on the country.
    -- IRIN for East Africa
    -- IRIN for Great Lakes and Central Africa
    -- IRIN for the Horn of Africa
    -- IRIN for Southern Africa
    -- IRIN for West Africa
  • PlusNews on HIV/AIDS in Africa
    "In partnership with UNAIDS and regional AIDS service organisations (ASOs), it offers access to the latest epidemiological data, information on government programmes, donor initiatives, local civil society activities, expert analysis, and crucially the voices of people directly affected by HIV and AIDS."
  • ReliefWeb
    • This searchable site provides links to full-length reports on areas of the world affected by humanitarian "emergencies", assorted on-line maps, and "the latest" news from many areas of the world. See especially:  "Countries & Emergencies" (war, conflict, floods, drought, etc.).
    • ReliefWeb Map Center
  
  
• UN Office on Drugs and Crime -- Africa (Vienna, Austria)
  • Khartoum Declaration on Terrorism and Transnational Organized Crime (Jan. 2004) Press release.
  • Global Programme Against Trafficking in Human Beings -- Pilot Projects, 2001-
    Includes information on the regional project for West Africa.
  • The Drug Nexus in Africa (1999). (PDF format)
    See also:  Global trends and statistics (1999-2003).
  • Strengthening Judicial Integrity and Capacity in Nigeria -- Delta State and Lagos State reports (2002) (PDF format)
  • Guarding the guard in South Africa: report of the International Anti-Corruption Expert Round Table. (June 2000) (PDF format)
  • UNODC News and Publications
  • UNODC Legal Library
  • UNODC Home Page
  
  
• UNOWA: United Nations Office for West Africa = Bureau des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest, Dakar, Sénégal (New York)
  Documents, press releases, and news from the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in West Africa. "UNOWA is the first UN regional peace-building office in the world, with a mandate to harmonize UN activities and promote the integration of a subregional, as opposed to country-by-country, approach."
  
  
• UN Peacekeeping Operations and Observer Missions in Africa--Current Missions, 2003--
  (United Nations, New York)
  • UN Peacekeeping Operations Home Page (General)
    
    
  • UN Peacekeeping Operations -- Peacekeeping Resource Hub (General)
    
    
  • UNAMID: United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur, 2007--
    News, reports, and related links on the UN and the AU in Darfur since July 31, 2007.
    
    
  • UN Mission in Burundi--ONUB, 2004-- (via New York)
    • "...under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, the Security Council, by its resolution 1545 of 21 May 2004, decided to establish the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB) in order to support and help to implement the efforts undertaken by Burundians to restore lasting peace and bring about national reconciliation, as provided under the Arusha Agreement."
    • Opération des Nations Unies au Burundi = United Nations Operation in Burundi (Bujumbura, Burundi)
    
    
  • MINURCAT--UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, 2007- (Ndjamena, Chad)
    
    
  • UN Mission in Côte d'Ivoire--MINUCI/UNOCI, 2003- (New York)
    "...the Security Council set up, on 13 May 2003, a political mission - MINUCI - to facilitate the implementation by the Ivorian parties of an agreement signed by them (the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement) and to complement the operations of the peacekeeping force of the Economic Community of West African States and French troops. On 4 April 2004, MINUCI was replaced by a UN peacekeeping operation - the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI)."
    
    
  • MONUC: UNO Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (News, current operations and background)
    See also, the French version.
    
    
  • UNMIL: UN Mission in Liberia, 2003-- (New York and Monrovia)
    
    
  • UNIPSIL--UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (June 2009) and related reports since 2005
    -- See also: Special Court for Sierra Leone
    
    
  • MINURSO: UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
  
  
• UN Peacekeeping Operations and Observer Missions in Africa--Completed Operations (UN server, New York; "not official" UN documents)
  • Full list of completed operations in Africa & elsewhere
  • UNMEE: UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea, 2000-2008 (Addis Ababa)
  • UN Mission in the Sudan--UNMIS, 2005-2007 (New York and Khartoum)
    "...on 24 March 2005, [the Security Council] decided to establish the [UNMIS] to support implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed by the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army on 9 January 2005; and to perform certain functions relating to humanitarian assistance, and protection and promotion of human rights."
  • UNAMSIL: UN Mission in Sierra Leone, 2000-2005 -and- UNOMSIL: UN Observer Mission in Sierra Leone, July 1998-October 1999
  • MINURCA: UN Peacekeeping in the Central African Republic, April 1998-February 2000
  • MONUA: UN Mission of Observers in Angola (via Department of Public Information)
    "Established by the Security Council on 30 June 1997 ... MONUA was set up to assist the Angolan parties in consolidating peace and national reconciliation ..."
  • UNAVEM: UN Angola Verification Mission
    -  UNAVEM I, January 1989-June 1991
    -  UNAVEM II, May 1991-February 1995
    -  UNAVEM III, February 1995-June 1997
  • UNASOG: UN Aouzou Strip Observer Group in Chad/Libya, May-June 1994
  • UNOMIL: UN Observer Mission in Liberia, 1993-1997
    -  UNOMIL Home Page, September 1993-September 1997

    Includes background reports on the mission, reports on 1997 elections, map, etc.

    - A partial list of  UN Secretary-General Reports, 1994-1997; plus, a report from another 1995
    
    
  • ONUMOZ: UN Operations in Mozambique, December 1992-December 1994
  • UNTAG: UN Transition Assistance Group in Namibia, April 1989-March 1990
  • UNAMIR: UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda, October 1993-March 1996
  • UNOMUR: UN Observer Mission to Uganda/Rwanda, June 1993-September 1994
  • UNOSOM I: UN Operation in Somali I, April 1992-March 1993
  • UNOSOM II: UN Operation in Somali II, March 1993-March 1995
  
  
• UN Peacekeeping Operations and Observer Missions in Africa, 1991-1997 (via George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia)
  
  • Institute of Public Policy, Program on Peacekeeping (IPP-POPP) (General)
  • Discussion documents and links on "African Crisis Response Force"
  • "Liberian election modeling" (March 1997) By Professor D.F. Davis, Senior Fellow, IPP-POPP and World Vision International.
  • MINURSO - The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, September 1991-July 1995
  • ONUMOZ - UN Operation in Mozambique, December 1992 - January 1995
  • UNAMIR - UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda, October 1993 - March 1996
  • UNAVEM II - UN Angola Verification Mission, June 1991 - November 1994
  • UNOMIL - UN Observer Mission in Liberia, September 1993-July 1995
  • UNOMUR - UN Observer Mission Uganda-Rwanda, June 1993 - November 1994
  • UNOSOM II - UN Operation in Somalia, April 1992 - November 1994

• UNRISD: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (Geneva, Switzerland)
  • "UNRISD was established in 1963 with a mandate 'to conduct research into problems and policies of social development and relationships between various types of social development and economic development during different phases of economic growth.' This site includes a lot of online documents mostly general or comparative in approach. However, a few Africa-specific articles are available.
  • Home Page
  • Geneva 2000: The Next Step in Social Development
    Over 50 researchers from 35 countries examine the institutional and policy reforms of the 1990s. Some reports include downloadable PDF versions.
    
    
  • Selected Reports and Unpublished Papers (in HTML or PDF formats) on Africa
    --  "African decentralization: local actors, powers and accountability," (Dec. 2002) by Jesse C. Ribot.
    --   "Decentralization policies and practices under structural adjustment and democratization in Africa," (July 2001) by Dele Olowu.
    --   "Efficiency, accountability and implementation: public sector reform in east and southern Africa," (Feb. 2001) by Ole Therkildsen.
    --   HIV/AIDS and Development: Unpublished papers on HIV/AIDS in Malawi, Zambia, Africa as a whole, and South Asia.
    --   Information Technologies and Social Development: Unpublished papers on ICTs in Senegal and internationally (several only in French).
    --  "Land tenure reforms and women's land rights: recent debates in Tanzania," (Sept. 2001) by Dzodzi Tsikata.
    --  "Piety in the sky? gender policy and land reform in South Africa," (July 2001) by Cherryl Walker.
  
  
• The United Nations University on Africa (Tokyo, Japan)
  • UNU Priority Africa
    UNU's general clearhouse page on Africa, with links to various UNU publications, projects, and a list of recommended web sites.
    
    
  • UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (Accra, Ghana)
    "The UNU/INRA is one of the five research and training centres of the United Nations University. It was established in 1986 with a mission to build endogenous African capacity and strengthen national institutions to promote sustainable use of the continent's natural resources for development."
    See also: GLOWA Volta: Global Change and the Hydrological Cycle (via München, Germany)
    
    
  • WIDER: World Institute for Development Economics Research (Helsinki, Finland)
    -- UNU-WIDER discussion papers
    -- All UNU-WIDER Publications