Their mission is to help people worldwide where the need is greatest, delivering emergency medical aid to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from health care.
By establishing long-term relationships with sister organizations based in settings of poverty, Partners In Health strives to achieve two overarching goals: to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair.
Provides in the news features, 'global issues', briefings, releases, and multimedia links. Important agencies of the U.N. include UNESCO, High Council on Human Rights, etc. (see links below) have extensive websites.
Offers foreign views and perspectives on historical events from thousands of monitored broadcasts and publications. Translated into English from more than 50 languages, the reports include news, interviews, speeches and editorial commentary. Years of coverage: 1947-1996.
This agency of the U.N. has a unique mandate from the international community to promote and protect all human rights. The website includes information about current human rights violations in the news.
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.