Asia Vacations - FREE Brochure!       Asian Studies Schools

• Asian Arts: Online Asian art gallery contains exhibitions from private galleries, new and rare publications, and new discoveries in Asian art.

• Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC). A non-profit, non-governmental organization to develop the arts and cultural industry in the Asia Pacific region.

• The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. (AAS)—the largest society of its kind in the world—is a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional association open to all persons interested in Asia

• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). The organization, what's new, member economies, business center, activities, virtual library, publications, databases & hotlinks.

• Asia Pacific Network Information Centre. Addressing the challenge of responsible Internet resource distribution in the Asia Pacific region.

• Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) is a non-profit organization working for mutual understanding and cultural cooperation in Asia and the Pacific, in the fields of culture.

• Asian Culture. Richmond Public Library, British Columbia.

• Asian Development Bank (ADB). About the ADB, our work in the region, business center, news and events, publications. ADB promotes economic and social progress in the Asian and Pacific region.

• Asian Securities Analysts Federation (ASAF). An international co-operative organization for securities (financial) analysts in Asia and Oceania.

• Aneki.com. An independent, privately operated website based in Montreal, Canada, dedicated to promoting wider knowledge of the world's countries and regions.

• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, CIA.

• Constitutions of the World, Kingwood College Library, Texas

• Constitutions of the World, FindLaw.Com

• Current History: Sample "Current History," a journal of world affairs, on the World Wide Web.

• Electronic Embassy: Links to staffs and resources of the Washington, D.C. embassy community.

• Encyclopaedia Britannica. Article Page. Asia: world's largest and most diverse continent, covering about 30% of the land area on Earth.

• H-NET: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. List of archives, syllabi, bibliographies, etc. Won an American Historical Association award for contributions to the teaching of history.

• Lentz Center for Asian Culture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

• Library of Congress: Asian Reading Room. General info, collections, catalogs, bibliographies, guides, web sites.

• National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). NBR is a nonprofit, nopartisan institution that conducts advanced research on policy-relevant issues in Asia.

• Political Resources on the Net: Asia Political resources on Asian countries, excluding the Middle Eastern countries.

• VisAsia - The Institute of Asian Culture and Visual Arts. In partnership with universities, museums and professional associations VisAsia presents links and research on Asian art.

• Web Sites on National Parliaments. Weidenbaum Center, Washington University in St. Louis

• World Factbook. CIA

• Yahoo! Index of Government by Country: Hyperlinks to more than 70 countries from Argentina to Zimbabwe.

• United Nations Home Page: Extensive information about the UN and its activities.

• United Nations Systems: Official Web site locator for the United Nations Systems of Organizations.

• United Nations: Main Bodies.

• U.N. Industrial Development Organization: Biosafety Information Network & Advisory Service.

• International Monetary Fund: Latest press releases, a searchable database of IMF publications, employment opportunities, annual reports, and much more.

• Social Indicators of Development: World Bank. Older issues of the annual "Social Indicators of Development."

• U.N. Development Program: UNDP Home Page. Provides poverty situation worldwide. Highlights from the annual "Human Development Report." Links to other UN and related organizations.

• World Bank: Home Page includes Bank's publications, news, press releases, and specific programs and projects.

• United Nations Population Information Network: (POPIN): World, regional and country-level demographic trends. World population growth, urbanization, child mortality, impact of AIDS, etc. Regional reports and newsletters on Pan America, Asia-Pacific regions.

• Demographic and Health Surveys: One of the primary sources of information on fertility, family planning, maternal and child health, and living conditions in developing countries.

• Population Reference Bureau: Links to many other population related websites.

• Population Index: On-line version offers an index to articles published in about 400 journals in population and related fields.

• World Population Counter: Current estimate of world's human population.

• Office of Population Research: The oldest population research center in the world, located at Princeton University. Study of worldwide birth and death statistics.

• The Population Institute: A non-government public education organization based in Washington, D.C.

• United Nations Environment Programme

• Union of Concerned Scientists: Information on world's natural resources, biodiversity, climate change, ozone depletion, and population growth.

• The Earth Times: International newspaper for global environmental issues.

• Amnesty International Online: World's largest human rights watchdog groups.

• Amnesty International - Annual Reports.

• Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. U.S. State Department. Policy and key documents, religious freedom abroad, International & non-governmental organizations.

• Centre for Refugee Studies: York University, Toronto.

• Center for World Indigenous Studies Indigenous peoples, extensive archives on lesser-known native peoples of the world.

• Freedom House: A non-profit, nonpartisan organization. A clear voice for democracy and freedom around the world

• Grassroots.org.  To help lessen suffering throughout the world.  Grassroots.org is not a religious organization but embraces common themes found in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and others.

• Human Rights Practices: Country Reports: 1999 Country Reports. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State.

• Human Rights Watch: Dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world

• Human Rights Watch, Asia Division. Countries, background, publications, annual report, news, campaign.

• One World Supersite: News reports from various countries on agriculture, democracy, indigenous peoples, and other contemporary issues.

• OneWorld.Net: On issues of global concern (e.g., world hunger, women's rights, and refugees and migration) from 80 countries.

• UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Focuses on refugees around the world; links to articles from 'Refugee' magazine; legal information data base.

• United Nations Human Rights. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

• United States Institute of Peace: An independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by Congress to promote research, education, and training on the peaceful resolution of international conflicts.

• War, Peace and Security: Integrated Internet Resource Guide: Military history, armed forces, conflicts, security, peacekeeping, and human rights in various regions.

• War, Peace & Security Server. Defence-related resources on the Internet. Maintained by the Information Centre, Canadian Forces College.

• The Federal Web Locator: The Center for Information Law and Policy.

• FirstGov. The official site for U.S. Government information, services, transactions, and forms.

• Fedworld

• Global Change Data Center: NASA project provides data about global environmental changes.

• Library of Congress, Area Handbook: Electronic versions of 71 country studies from the Army Area Handbook Series.

• Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC): Helps U.S. businesses of all sizes to invest and compete in more than 140 emerging markets and developing nations worldwide.

• USAID Home Page: Information about the programs and achievements of the U.S. Agency for International Development in developing countries.

• U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory: Louisiana State University Libraries.

• U.S. Helsinki Commission (CSCE) : Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

• U.S. International Trade Commission.

• U.S. Mission to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium

• U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna

• U.S. Mission to NATO, Brussels, Belgium

• U.S. Mission to the Organization of American States (OAS)

• U.S. Mission to the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe)

• U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva

• U.S. Mission to the United Nations, New York

• U.S. Trade and Development Agency.

• Worldwide U.S. Embassy Home Page.