Library Guides: Indigenous Knowledge: International Organizations

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AccessUN
Database used for accessing the working/parliamentary documents of the major UN organs.

AccessUN is an index to United Nations documents and publications, from 1966-to date. The database is used to access the microfiche collection held in the Social Sciences Library, Second Floor, West Pattee.

UNBISNET [United Nations Bibliographic Information System]
Links to full-text resources for UN official records.
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health, and human rights.
United Nations Indigenous Peoples' Partnership
One of the funds administered by the UN Multi-Partner Trust Fund Office
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
A specialized agency of the United Nations "dedicated to developing a balanced and accessible international intellectual property (IP) system".
WIPO Traditional Knowledge resources

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
a search of their site produces many documents, especially those with a regional or country focus.

Evaluation Resource Centre
A library of online evaluation reports of projects.
Indigenous peoples and their communities
UN Environment Programme and Indigenous peoples.

AccessUNDP
An index with abstracts to UNDP publications. Has a corresponding microfiche collection, available in the Social Sciences Library.

The foremost index to a finite collection of United Nations Development Programme Project Reports issued and held by UN headquarters between the years 1972-1998. The index provides access to evaluative, technical and terminal reports (available imicrofiche in the Social Sciences Library)

UNESDOC
UNESCO [United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization] Documents and Publications since 1945. Many in full text.
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
"A specialized agency of the United ‎Nations and the leading international organization in the field of tourism. It serves as a ‎global forum for tourism policy issues".
Ethics, Culture and Social responsibility
The Ethics, Culture and Social Responsibility Department of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), a specialised agency of the United Nations, is tasked with the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible tourism.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The FAO "leads international efforts to defeat hunger"

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The FAO works to defeat hunger. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information, and helps developing countries and countries in transition modernize and improve agriculture, forestry and fisheries practices, ensuring good nutrition and food security for all. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates as "let there be bread".
AGRIS
International information system for the agricultural sciences and technology. It was created in 1974 to facilitate information exchange and to bring together world literature dealing with all aspects of agriculture.
FAO Document Repository
for reports

World Bank e-Library
E-books from the World Bank. As a subscriber, the Penn State Libraries have access to a lot of content not available free on the World Bank website.

World Bank E-Library presents fulltext PDF-format versions of all new World Bank books and selected books beginning in 1984. More than 1,200 titles cover all areas of World Bank interests. This collection complements World Development Sources, the fulltext grey literature collection of World Bank documents and reports.

The World Bank
public website.
Indigenous Peoples
"The World Bank is working actively and globally with Indigenous Peoples on a number of issues directly affecting them."
World Bank Projects & Operations database

International Labour Organization (ILO)
The ILO creates international labor standards, provides technical cooperation services, and publishes its own research on social and labor matters in order to promote decent living standards, satisfactory conditions of work and pay, and adequate employment opportunities.
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
"Established in 1951, IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration"
International Development Research Centre
"A Crown corporation created by the Parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic, and environmental problems they face."
World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO Programmes and Projects