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Government and Country Information

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (Central Intelligence Agency)

The CIA World Factbook (Central Intelligence Agency)

Background Notes (U.S. Department of State)

The Statesman's Yearbook 2008 (ed. Barry Turner) / Infodesk JA51 .S7 2008

Foreign Relations

Treaties in Force is published annually and is a record of all of the treaties and agreements in effect as of January 1 of that year. To read the text of a particular treaty, consult United States Treaties and Other International Agreements.

The Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS) series, produced by the State Department's Office of the Historian, presents the official documentary historical record of the foreign policy decisions and diplomatic activity of the federal government. There are more than 350 volumes that contain a wealth of declassified documents about major foreign affairs issues and incidents, dating back to 1861 and Abraham Lincoln's presidency; the most recent volumes are from the Nixon and Ford administrations. Major sources include the Departments of State and Defense, the National Security Council, the CIA, Presidential libraries, and the private papers of diplomats and policymakers. Volumes since 1952 are organized chronologically by Presidential administration, and then arranged by geographic area and topic within each subseries. Kenyon holds these volumes in print (JX233 .A3), but many volumes are also available online from the State Department or the University of Wisconsin's Digital Collections.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service Daily Reports, 1974-1996 were created by the U.S. intelligence community to benefit policy makers and analysts. FBIS Daily Reports offer foreign views and perspectives on historical events from thousands of monitored broadcasts and publications. Translated into English from more than 50 languages, these comprehensive media reports from around the globe include news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary.

Foreign and International Law

Foreign law refers to the laws of countries other than the United States. International law governs relations between multiple countries.

Foreign and International Law Resources (Washburn University School of Law)

EISIL: Electronic Information System for International Law

WorldLII: World Legal Information Institute

Selected Foreign and International Resources for the Legal Researcher (Cornell Law Library)

U.S. Government Sources on Foreign and International Law (Cornell Law Library)

Statistics

International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia, & Oceania, 1750-2000 / Infodesk HA4675 .M552 2003

International Historical Statistics: The Americas, 1750-2000 / Infodesk HA175 .M55 2003

International Historical Statistics: Europe, 1750-2000 / Infodesk HA1107 .M5 2003

Statistical Agencies (International) (U.S. Census Bureau)

International Data Base (IDB) (U.S. Census Bureau)

European Union Statistics (EUROPA: Gateway to the European Union)

United Nations Statistics Division

The United Nations

The UN's website includes news, information about the system's structure and work, and more. This page acts as a portal to each of the UN's main bodies: