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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 | 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--Indicators
(General)
• See also: MDG Country Reports (via UNDP)


• UN or UN-Sponsored Conferences Of General Interest to Africa: Selected Sites Only
  (See under "Selected UN agencies" above for other past conferences.)
  
  
• UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Networking: Directory of African NGOs = Réseau d'interconnexions: annuaire des ONG africaines (2003). 2nd ed. (New York) HTML format. [Questionnaire in PDF format.]
  
  
• 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 Home Page (General)
      
      
    • 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.)
  • 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."
  • See also: UN Human Rights System--For the Record, Annual Reports (via Human Rights Internet, Canada)
  
  
• 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
    See especially, UNDP Africa Online Publications.
    
    
  • Fifth Africa Governance Forum: "Local Governance for Poverty Reduction in Africa", Maputo, Mozambique, 23-25 May 2002 (via UN Development Programme, New York)
    General information and issue and country papers in downloadable PDF (English and some in French).
    
    
  • HDR - Human Development Reports
    - HDR Home Page
    - 2005 HDR (General)
    

    2005 HDR indicators (PDF format)
    and HDR data -- with interactive features.

    - 2004 HDR (General)
    

    -- 2004 HDR Country Tables

    - 2003 HDR (General)
    - 2003 HDR Indicators -- By Country
    -  1990-2003 HDRs
    -  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) (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
  • ECA Publications
  • ESTNET: ECA Science & Technology Network
    A portal site for organizations, conferences, and projects in Africa; with country level information.
    
    
  • African Governance Report 2005 = Rapport sur la gouvernance en Afrique 2005 -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2005.
    
    
  • UNECA Economic Reports for Africa
    • 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 = Etat de l'intégration régionale en Afrique (juillet 2004). ECA policy research report. -- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: ECA, 2004.
    
    
  • 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)
    
    
  • UNECA Regional Integration in Africa Information Sources, 2002 (ITCA--Information Technology Center for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
    An archive of documents ("Quick Links") and related links.
    
    
  • African Development Forum (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
    • ADF V: Youth and Leadership in the 21st Century, 16-18 November 2006 was the most recent meeting featured at this web site.
      "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 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
    
    
  • CODI: Committee on Development Information: 3rd Meeting of the CODI -- "Information and Governance", Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 10-17 May 2003 (Plus links to CODI I and II (1999 and 2001)
    
    
  • The ECA and Africa: accelerating a continent's development, May 1999. (Online). -- [Addis Ababa: UNECA, 1999]
    To download the full text of the above document, you must have  Adobe Acrobat Free Reader software.
  • "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.
    
    
  • UNECA--Food Security and Sustainable Development Division (FSSD)
    • FSSD Home Page: "Addressing Africa's urgent nexus: food, population, and environment"
    • FSSDD Publications, 1999-2002
    
    
  • 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:
    • 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
    
    
  • UNESCO Medium-Term Strategy for the Africa Region (2002-2007)
    
    
  • 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.
    
    
  • 2004: Slavery Abolition Year -- International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition
    
    
  • Dakar Symposium -- Digital Opportunities for Africa: Community Multimedia Centres, 12-17 June 2003, Dakar, Senegal (via UNESCO, New York)
    
    
  • 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 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]
    • World Heritage in Danger, Africa 1998-2007 (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)
      - 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)
      - 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 for Africa
      -- The World Heritage List: 2007 (General)
      -- World Heritage Newsletter = La Lettre du Patrimoine Mondial. (Online) -- Paris: UNESCO World Heritage, 1993-
      Current issue, back issues, and information on subscriptions via e-mail.
      
      
  
  

• UNEP: UN Environmental Programme
  • UNEP Home Page
    
    
  • UNEP Resources for scientists and academics
    
    
  • 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)."
  
  
  • Africa's lakes: atlas of our changing environment. -- Nairobi, Kenya: UNEP, 2006. PDF format
    
    
  • UNEP Regional Office for Africa (Nairobi, Kenya)
    
    
  • UNEP.Net
    
    Search by individual country for profiles.
    
    
  
  
• 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

• UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund (New York)
  • UNFPA Home Page
  • State of the World Population Annual Report
  • UNFPA on Sub-Saharan Africa -and- Middle East and North Africa ("Arab States")
    Country profiles and reports from UNFPA offices worldwide.
  
  

• 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)
    • 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 on East Africa
    --  IRIN on Great Lakes and Central Africa
    --  IRIN on the Horn of Africa
    --  IRIN on Southern Africa
    --  IRIN on 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 Reports, 1999-- (United Nations, New York)
  • UN Peacekeeping Operations Home Page (General)
    
    
  • UN Peacekeeping Operations -- Peacekeeping Best Practices Unit (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 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."
    
    
  • 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)
    
    
  • 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)