Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org)
‘Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to
promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international standards.’ The English language homepage
provides articles on human rights questions and abuses in countries around the
globe.
Central Asian Voices (
http://www.centralasianvoices.org)
"Central Asian Voices is an interactive multilingual website that features
timely analysis of political, economic, social and security developments in the
five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan."
CIA -- The
World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
The CIA Fact book, an annual publication of the CIA, contains up-to-date information
on all aspects of the political, social and military history of a particular
country. It is often, faute de mieux, the best narrative source on such topics.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (http://www.csis.org/)
A Washington, DC based think-tank which sponsors seminars and conferences and
issues reports on terrorism, the Middle East, Central Asia, and United States
foreign policy.
DMOZ Open Directory Project
- Kyrgyzstan (http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/)
Major website giving access to many important subject areas.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on, inter alia, its history, culture, politics.
Eurasianet Resource Page (http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/Kyrgystan/)
An independent page discussing events in Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia.
European
Community's Relations with Kyrgyzstan (http://europa.eu.int/comm/external%5Frelations/Kyrgyzstan/intro/)
A guide to the relations of Kyrgyzstan with the European Community.
Federation of American Scientists (http://www.fas.org)
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) ‘is the oldest organization
dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving complete nuclear disarmament,
and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons for any purpose.’ Whatever one’s
views are on its goals, a search of the site yields valuable information on a
country’s armament found only with difficulty elsewhere.
Human Rights Watch (http://www.hrw.org/)
‘Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported
by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide.’ Search
its records for reports on the human rights records, abuses, etc. of any given
country.
Library of Congress Country
Study: Kyrgyzstan (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/tmtoc.html)
Handbook on Kyrgyzstan produced be the Federal Research Division of the Library
of Congress.
Nations of the world (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html)
Guide to legal materials of all types gathered by the Law Library of the U.S.
Congress searchable by country name.
United Nations (http://www.un.org)
Using the search capabilities of the official site of the United Nations provides
articles, reports, etc. in several languages on all aspects of the initiatives
and mission of that organization as well as on the contemporary life, culture,
society, international relations, etc. of all the countries and peoples of the
world.
United States Committee for Refugees
(USCR) (http://www.refugees.org/index.cfm)
Founded in 1958 to complement the UN’s initiative to aid refugees, the
USCR’s site offers brief and detailed reports on refugee status in and
from the various countries of the world.
United States. Department of State (http://www.state.gov)
Numerous documents concerning, inter alia, diplomatic and international relations,
travel advice and warnings relating to the countries of the world are available
on the State Department’s official site by searching under a particular
country’s name.
The World Bank Group (http://www.worldbank.org)
A search by country yields numerous English language reports on the economic
development of regions of the world and the World Bank Groups’ advice,
initiatives and warnings concerning them.
World Trade Organization (http://www.wto.org/)
Headquartered in Switzerland the WTO, made up of member governments from around
the globe, is dedicated to topics concerning international trade and development.
Its English language ‘website contains material for a range of users, from
the general public to students, academics and trade specialists. It includes
introductions to WTO activities and a large database of official documents.’ |