INFORMATION ON COUNTRIES

• CIA World Factbook
  KFK1227 .A154 View in CPL Catalog
• Political Handbook of the World
  JF37 .P61x View in CPL Catalog
• Portals to the World (Library of Congress)
• Statesman's Yearbook
  JA51 .S7 and CPL Databases
• Member States of the United Nations
• Voting Practices in the United Nations
  JX1977.8 .V6 r46

BOOK & RESOURCES LIST
The following titles were selected to correspond with each Model UN committee:

1) Commission on Population and Development (CPD)

• Tourists, migrants & refugees: population in Third World development
  by Milica Z. Bookman
  G155 .D44 B66 2006 View in CPL Catalog
  

• Six Billion Plus: world population in the twenty-first century
  by Bruce Newbold
  HB849 .53 .N4848 2007 View in CPL Catalog

• One with Nineveh: politics, consumption, and the human future
  by Paul R Ehrlich
  HC79 .E5 E354 2004 View in CPL Catalog
  

2) International Labor Organizations (ILO)

• Globalization and labor conditions: working conditions and worker rights in a global economy
  by Robert J. Flanagan
  HD7795 .F63 2006 View in CPL Catalog

• International labor and employment laws
  by William L. Keller, Timothy J. Darby
  K1705 .I54 2003 View in CPL Catalog

• International labor standards: globalization, trade, and public policy
  by Robert J. Flanagan, William B. Gould
  K1705 .I55 2003 View in CPL Catalog

3) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Diverging growth and development
  HC59 .A169 2006 View in CPL Catalog

• Globalization for development: trade, finance, aid, migration, and policy
  by Ian Goldin, Kenneth Reinert
  HF1359 .G653 2006 View in CPL Catalog

• Encyclopedia of thr global economy: a guide for students and researchers
  by David E. O'Connor
  HF1359 .028 2006 View in CPL Catalog

• Global markets and the developing economy
  by E.V.K. FitzGerald
  HG5993 .F58 2003 View in CPL Catalog

4) United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)

• A trip too far: ecotourism, politics, and exploitation
  by the Royal Geographical Society
  G156.5 .E26 D84 2002 View in CPL Catalog

• Economics of environmental conservation
  by Clement A. Tisdell
  HD75.6 .T563 2005 View in CPL Catalog

• Evidence for hope: the search for sustainable development: the story of the INternational Institute for Environment and Development
  by Nigel Cross
  HC79 .E5 E95 2003 View in CPL Catalog

• Managing sustainable tourism: a legacy for the future
  by David L. Edgell
  G156.5 E26 E38 2006 View in CPL Catalog

5) United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)

• African kids: between warlords, child soldiers, and living on the street: causes, effects, and solution-the cases of Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, and Kenya
  by Melha Rout Biel
  HV887 .A35 B54 2004  View in CPL Catalog

• Armies of the young: child soldiers in war and terrorism
  by David M. Rosen
  UB416 .R67 2005 View in CPL Catalog

• Genocide: a comprehensive introduction
  by Adam Jones
  HV6322.7 .J64 2006 View in CPL Catalog

• Not on our watch: the mission to end genocide in Darfur and beyond
  by Don Cheadle, John Prendergast
  DT159.6 .D27 C45 2007 View in CPL Catalog

• Ball, Howard. War crimes and justice : a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, CA ABC-CLIO, 2002.
  K5301 .B35 2002 View in CPL Catalog
• Greenburg, Karen J. The torture debate in America. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
  JC599.U5 T665 2006 View in CPL Catalog

   

• Prunier, Gerard. Darfur : the ambiguous genocide. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2005.
  DT159.6.D27 P78 2005 View in CPL Catalog
  
• McCoy, Alfred W. A question of torture : CIA interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror, 1st ed. New York : Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Co., 2006.
  HV8599.U6 M33 2006 View in CPL Catalog

6) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

• Flanagan, Robert J. International labor standards : globalization, trade, and public policy. Standford, CA : Standford Law and Politics, 2003.
  K1705 .I55 2003 View in CPL Catalog

• Davidson, Carl. International trade and labor markets : theory, evidence, and policy implications. Kalamazoo, MI : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2004.
  HD5710.75 .U6 D377 2004 View in CPL Catalog

7) World Health Organization (WHO)

• Endgendering international health: the challenge of equity
  by Gita Sen, Asha George, Piroska Ostlin
  RA441 .E544 2002 View in CPL Catalog

• Critical issues in global health
  by C. Everett Koop
  RA441 .C75 2001 View in CPL Catalog

• Global AIDS crisis: a reference
  by Richard G. Marlink
  RA643.8 M36 2004 View in CPL Catalog

• Moving mountains: the race to treat global AIDS
  by Anne-Christine D'Adesky
  RA643.8 .D334 2004 View in CPL Catalog

• The world's water: biennial report on freshwater resources
  by Peter Gleick
  TD345 .W674 2002-2003 View in CPL Catalog

8) United Nations Security Council (SC)

• Macmichael, Harold Alfred, Sir. A history of the Arabs in the Sudan and some account of the people who preceded them and of the tribes inhabiting Darfur. Cambridge, The University Press, 1922.
  966.2 M228H V.1 (In the Cleveland Public Library's White Collection)

• Flint, Julie. Darfur : a short history of a long war. London ; New York : Zed Books; Cape Town : David Philip ; London : In association with International African Institute ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillian, 2005.
  QH77 .I14 L48 2004 View in CPL Catalog
• Dudley, William. Iraq : opposing viewpoints. San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, 2004.
  DS79.76 .I726 2004 View in CPL Catalog
  

Articles

• United Nations Chronicle
• Wikipedia Summary of the Darfur Conflict
• International Crisis Group Summary of Darfur Crisis
• The Darfur Conflict : Crimes Against Humanity in Sudan
• Human Rights Watch : Crisis in Darfur

Suggested search terms to us in the CPL catalog and on the Web

• Refugee statistics
• Disarmament
• World immigration trends
• Environmental justice
• Geneva Convention
• Income distribution - developing countries
• Poverty statistics
• Poverty - developing countries
• Middle East conflict
• Modern slavery
• Genocide
• Health epidemics
• HIV crisis
• World HIV statistics

Databases

• Access UN Available at Main Library and CPL Branches
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center Remote Access
• PAIS (Public Affairs International Service).You will need a Clevnet Library card to access this database.
• Statistical Universe. Available at Main Library and CPL Branches within Congressional Universe

Websites

• AIDS in Africa: Three Scenarios to 2025
• African Union
• Council on Foreign Relations-The Source
• Global Issues on the UN Agenda
• Global Policy Forum
• League of Arab States
• Peace and Security Through Disarmament
• Population Reference Bureau
• Sustainable Tourism
• UN System Sites
• UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• UN Economic Commission for Africa
• Worldwatch Institute

UN OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

• Access UN Database Available at Main Library and Branches
• NBIS (United Nations Bibliographic Information System)
• Dag Hammarskjold Library (UN Library)
• UN Documentation: Research Guide

OTHER MODEL UN SITES

• American Model UN International
• Case Western Reserve University
• Cleveland Council on World Affairs MUN
• Harvard National Model United Nations
• Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda, MD