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Welcome to the
International Organizations (INR 3502)
Class Web Page






Instructor: Marsha B. Cohen

Dept. of International Relations
Florida International University
Miami,Florida 33199 USA
Spring Semester 2004 Office hours: Monday and Wednesdays, 6:00-7:00 pm, GL 317B, and by appointment

Course Syllabus - click here.

Project Instructions - click here

Final Exam (take-home) - Due April 14, 2004 (last day of class)

Extra Credit Opportunities

State of Democracy in the Americas Conference - Brazil between Regionalism and Globalism: Old Ambitions, New Results? FIU South Campus, Thursday, March 4

Conference - Women and Postwar Reconstruction: Strategies for Implementing Democracy Building Policies, FIU South Campus, Friday and Saturday, March 12-13

Lecture by Lynne Duke, Washington Post, "Mandela, Mobutu, and Me", FIU Biscayne Bay Campus, Tuesday, March 30


Useful Links on the World Wide Web

Research Resources

  • Metalink to UN Organizations, Documents, NGOs, Regional Organizations, Research Resources and Tools

  • UN Wire News Briefings (with searchable archive)

  • UN Individual "Country at a Glance" data, links to permanent UN mission sites

  • WWW Virtual Library: Peace, Conflict Resolution and International Security

  • Facts on International Relations and Security Trends Searchable Database (SIPRI)

  • WWW Virtual Library: International Business and Economics

  • Documents Relating to Global Economy Issues

  • WWW Virtual Library: International Development

  • International Development Research Center

  • United National Sustainable Development Searchable Database

  • WWW Virtual Library: Global Environment

  • WWW Virtual Library: Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs

  • Univ. of Minnesota Human Rights Library

  • Searchable Human Rights Databases



  • Environmental Sustainability Index, 2002 (World Economic Forum)


    Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs)

  • United Nations
  • United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  • Organization of American States (OAS)
  • European Union (EU)
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)
  • Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
  • Mercosur
  • Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • World Bank
  • United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  • United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
  • United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
  • United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
  • The UN and the Status of Women: Setting the Global Gender Agenda


  • Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)

  • Federation of American Scientists Arms Sales and Arms Control Projects
  • Institute for War and Peace Reporting
  • North-South Institute
  • InterAction: American Council for Voluntary International Action
  • Friends of the Earth International
  • Worldwatch
  • Greenpeace
  • Global Exchange
  • Amnesty International
  • Human Rights Watch
  • Association for the Prevention of Torture
  • International Federation of Human Rights
  • Doctors Without Borders
  • Red Cross/Red Crescent
  • Oxfam International
  • MADRE International Women's Human Rights Organization



    Click here for Marsha B. Cohen's International Relations News and Research Resources

    Click here for FIU International Relations Dept. Website


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