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Model United Nations: Country Information

UN Member States

UN Member States: For addresses and other contact information please refer to the UN Blue Book.
For any changes in the name of a country or its membership details, please follow the link on the Member State.

Government Documents

Resources in the Government Documents Department on the second floor of Dacus Library:

Area Handbook Series (Country Studies - older series in Dacus Library) (D 101.22:550) Full-text available here from the Library of Congress.

Foreign Relations of the United States (1900 – 1972 in Dacus Library) (S1. 1)
   Also Full-text Online 1861 - 2000

A Decade of American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents 1941-1949 (S1.69:415)

United States Participation in the United Nations (1948 – 1991) (S1. 70/8)

 American Foreign Policy (1950 – 1989) (S1. 71/2)

Documents on German Foreign Policy (1918 – 1945) (S1. 82:C)

United States Treaties and other International Agreements (1776 – 1984) (S9. 12)

Information Commons

The following resources can be found at the Information Commons Desk:

- Statesman’s Yearbook

- Time Almanac with Information Please

- The Little Data Book (also available as an ebook)
- Encyclopedia Britannica Book of the Year  

Reference Shelves

Resources in the Reference area behind the Information Commons Desk.

World Almanac and Book of Facts (AY 67. N5 W7)

World History (D section)

Encyclopedia of Nations (G 63 section)

Country customs and cultures (GN 300 section)

Economic History and Conditions (HC section)

Political Science and United Nations Information (J section)

Law of Nations (KZ section)

For additional country information, perform a subject search in the online catalog for specific countries, world politics, united nations, etc.