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Welcome to the
International Organizations (INR 3502)
Class Web Page
Instructor: Marsha B. Cohen
marsha.cohen@fiu.edu
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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