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ReliefWeb is part of the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs division.

The website aggregates information on humantarian efforts, natural disasters, and emergency situations from various government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. It is frequently updated and users can search by countries, emergencies, funding, policies and issues.

From the website:

ReliefWeb is the world’s leading on-line gateway to information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. An independent vehicle of information, designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance, it provides timely, reliable and relevant information as events unfold, while emphasizing the coverage of "forgotten emergencies" at the same time.

In honor of the start of the 2008 Olympics it seems fitting to post information on the new comic strip published by The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Called "The Case of the "Spoilsports", it's inspired by UNESCO's International Convention against Doping in Sport, and will highlight UNESCO’s role in promoting the elimination of drug use in sports.

It will feature the adventures of two protagonists - detectives Rattus Holmes and Felis Watson - in their quest against drug use. The comic is published weekly in English, French and Spanish.

This week, read Chapter 1: Sport, Glorious Sport [PDF]: The Baker Street Kids are enthralled by a great cycle race. Their hero has a good chance of winning again. There is cause for great excitement and celebrations...

The United Nations Treaty Collection recently redesigned their website. The site is a great source for finding out the status of recent treaties as well as being an access point for treaties already in existence.

NYU Libraries provide a link through the "Articles via Databases" page. Once there just go to "U".

In particular, you can now search through the UN Treaty Series by name, title or participant. The site also provides access to the League of Nations Treaty Series.

Because the site is so new, please be advised that it still has some bugs so do check back if its not working properly. Once those are fixed it looks like it will be a welcome page for anyone researching UN Treaties.

The World Digital Library recently went "live" providing access to literally thousands of cultural artifacts and primary sources from around the world and dating back to 9000 BC.

This database is supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

It is searchable across 5 different categories and available in 7 languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese):

Place
Time
Topics, such as Technology and Language
Type of Item
Institution