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| | Background Notes Archive - International Organizations |
 | | International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the UN. | | | Only states may be parties in cases before the International Court of Justice. | | | Purposes: To maintain international peace and security; to achieve international cooperation in solving economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems and in promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in attaining these common ends. |
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http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/bgnotes/igos/un9709.html
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| | USNEI-Organization of U.S. Education, The International Dimension |
| | Bureau of International Organization Affairs of the U.S. Department of State oversees all activities involving U.S. membership in and relations with international organizations, including regional organizations. | | | The vast majority of international activities undertaken by U.S. students, parents, educators, institutions, and private associations do not involve intergovernmental affairs and are not regulated by the government. | | | Since foreign affairs occasionally involves matters related to education, international education policy and agreements are federal responsibilities if they involve relations with foreign governments and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). |
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http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-internationaldimen.html
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| | Alphaweb -- Bureau |
| | Bureau of International Labor Affairs -- Dept. of Labor | | | Bureau of International narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs -- Dept. of State | | | Bureau of Legislative Affairs -- Dept. of State |
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http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/alpha/bureau.html
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| | Saddam Hussein's Defiance of U.N. Resolutions : Fact Sheet |
| | The State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs issued a fact sheet March 20 detailing Saddam Hussein's defiance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) over the past 12 years. | | | Iraq must accept liability under international law for damages from its illegal invasion of Kuwait. | | | Iraq must allow immediate access to international humanitarian organizations to those in need of assistance. |
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http://www.usembassy.lv/EN/Iraq/defiance
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| | 9711—Restoring the UN's Image—3/18/97 |
| | We're talking on this edition of Common Ground with Princeton Lyman, the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for international organizations under Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and David Birenbaum, the former US Representative for United Nations Management and Reform. | | | For example, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN sets the standards for international trade and agriculture. | | | One is Princeton Lyman, the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, which includes the United Nations. |
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http://www.commongroundradio.org/shows/97/9711.html
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| | U.S. Department of State Careers: Student Programs: Participating Bureaus |
| | Advises the Under Secretary for Economic, Agricultural, and Business Affairs, as well as the Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, on foreign policies affecting U.S. international economic competitiveness and ensures that the interests of the U.S. business community are properly considered in the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy: | | | Our clients both overseas and domestic are primarily from the Department of State but may also be personnel of other U.S. government agencies involved in foreign affairs and overseas operations. | | | Furnishes legal advice on all domestic and international legal problems arising in the course of the Department's activities |
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http://www.careers.state.gov/print/student/programs/particip_bureaus.html
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| | Provide full-text treaties in force for the United States, other international instruments, and information on current negotiations and projects covering the private international law of such areas as trade and commerce, finance and banking, trusts and estates, family and children matters, and international judicial assistance. | | | A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force as of January 1, 1999. | | | A number of useful links to international organizations are provided below, as well as links to the of U.S. Government offices whose concerns are mainly on international matters or on matters with an international component. |
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http://www.dallaslibrary.org/CGI/international.htm
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| | Clinton Administration Policy on Reforming Multilateral Peace Operations (PDD 25) Released on the WWW by the Bureau of International Organizational Affairs, U.S. Department of State, February 22, 1996 |
| | Commanders of U.S. military units participating in UN operations will refer to higher U.S. authorities orders that are illegal under U.S. or international law, or are outside the mandate of the mission to which the U.S. agreed with the UN, if they are unable to resolve the matter with the UN commander. | | | Protection of U.S. Peacekeepers: The U.S. remains concerned that in some cases, captured UN peacekeepers and UN peace enforcers may not have adequate protection under international law. | | | Moreover, the Administration is actively involved in negotiating a draft international convention at the United Nations to provide a special international convention at the United Nations to provide a special international status for individuals serving in peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations under a UN mandate. |
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http://www.mikenew.com/pdd25.html
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| | POL 327: International Organization |
| | Bureau of International Organization Affairs [U.S. Dept. of State] - develops and implements U.S. policy in the UN and other international organizations. | | | Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements. | | | International Organizations - a list, by country, of the offices of international organizations in that country. |
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http://www.wellesley.edu/Library/Research/Classes/pol327.html
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| | Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) Publications |
| | A good, current source for the details of locating foreign and international documents: treaties, laws, regulations, etc., including web resources. | | | Historical Dictionary of International Organizations in Asia and the Pacific. | | | Global Governance: a Review of Multilaterism and International Organizations. |
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http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/usgd/igo.html
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| | International Issues and MUN Internet Pathfinder |
| | This publication of the State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs provides useful documents and internet links for Model UN participants. | | | The "Explore" feature enables searching by country for maps, Washington Post articles and Issue Commentaries, and selected internet links to country information, currency rates, and international news sites. | | | Also includes Fact Sheets and Reports on U.S. Participation in the UN and International Organizations, information on reform efforts within the United Nations and on UN Peacekeeping Issues. |
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http://schools.nsd.org/~khaugen/libraryWebGuide/international-issues.html
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| | DEMOCRACY and HUMAN RIGHTS |
| | Fact Sheet: United States Policy on the International Criminal Court (pdf), Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Vienna, Austria, February, 2003 (German version - pdf) | | | Fact Sheet: Cuba: The State of Political Prisoners, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs/U.S. Department of State, August 1, 2003 | | | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Fact Sheet, Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, July 29, 2005 |
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http://www.usembassy.at/en/policy/democracy.htm
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| | Department of State Washington File: Text: State Dept. Official on U.S. Approach to Racism Conference |
| | William Wood, acting assistant secretary for the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, told a House International Relations subcommittee July 31 that the United States is concerned, however, about two topics currently under discussion in Geneva in PrepCom (preparatory) talks to the WCAR. | | | There have been four international meetings by region to prepare for the WCAR; we attended most of them and participated actively at the regional meeting for the Americas in Santiago, Chile. | | | These, he said, are proposals for calling Zionism "racism," and for reparations or compensation for trans-Atlantic slave trading. |
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http://usinfo.org/wf-archive/2001/010731/epf207.htm
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| | Presidential Management Fellows Program |
| | The Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Office of Economic and Development Affairs (IO/EDA) in the State Department's is seeking a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) who would like to do a rotation into an existing PMF slot from early September 2005 to late December 2005. | | | Candidates for this position will advise the Deputy Assistant Secretary, other bureaus, and Department principals on issues related to United Nations' initiatives on trade, investment, corporate responsibility, international taxation and economic freedom, ensuring coordination between USTR, Commerce, the Economic Bureau (EB), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Treasury, and White House activities. | | | The PMF will be responsible for the following duties: Supports U.S. negotiators dealing with economic and development issues at the UN General Assembly. |
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http://pmf.opm.gov/detrotate.asp?num=1108
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| | Purdue University Libraries - |
| | Bureau of International Organization Affairs-State Department organization responsible for U.S. interaction with international government organizations such as the United Nations and International Monetary Fund. | | | Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental, and Scientific Affairs-Office responsible for U.S. foreign policy on topics as diverse as AIDS, climate change, environmental protection, and fisheries. | | | Travel Advisories-Produced by the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs, this resource provides information on travel and security conditions in those countries placing particular emphasis on conditions that could be dangerous for Americans in those countries. |
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http://www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/forrel.html
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| | exirps.php |
| | The Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) develops and implements US policy in the United Nations, its specialized agencies, and other international organizations. | | | International Relations / International Affairs / International Organizations | | | International Law - guide to legal research reference tools (University of Minnesota Law Library) |
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http://www.uia.org/extlinks/static/exirps.php
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| | Bicameral Article |
| | In world affairs which the Department of State may be involved, issues may be influenced by such nonverbal factors. | | | As an example through commerce, safety, and international transportation, English was designated the official language of aviation in over 162 nations of the world by the International Civil Aviation Organization headquartered in Canada (ICAO, 1990: 9). | | | Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs = Wealth |
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http://la.aznet.net/~cnoble/bicameralarticle.html
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| | TGCI's Federal Register Grant Information |
| | SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), will award up to US$2 million to an organization or organizations to develop and implement formal, non-formal and vocational education programs as a means to combat the trafficking of children in Togo. | | | SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, will award US $5 million to an organization to administer an education innovations program under the Child Labor Education Initiative of the International Child Labor Program. | | | DEPARTMENT OF STATE - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Request; for Grant Proposals: FREEDOM Support Educational Partnerships Program (Formerly NIS College and University Partnerships Program and NIS Community College Partnerships Program) |
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http://www.tgci.com/Fr/fr020418.htm
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| | Biography: C. David Welch |
| | David Welch was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (IO) on October 16, 1998. | | | Released by the Bureau of International Organization Affairs November 4, 1998. | | | Welch was Executive Assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the Department of State (1991-1992). |
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http://www3.itu.int/MISSIONS/US/BIOS/WELCH.HTM
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| | International Organizations |
| | Bureau of International Organization Affairs--U.S. Dept. of State--statements, communiques, speeches, and testimony, United Nations (U.N.) reform, U.S. participation in the UN and international organizations, U. peacekeeping, and related sites | | | The International Court of Justice--Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School--decisions and information about the court and justices | | | The European International Model United Nations--simulate the United Nations |
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http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/polsci/intlorg.html
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| | Brookings Institution Press, Mixed Messages, American Politics and International Organization 1919-1999 |
| | State Department, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Voting Practices in the United Nations 1998 (Government Printing Of lice, 1999), 2. | | | House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Structure of the United Nations and the Relations of the United States to the United Nations, Hearings, May ~7, 11-14, 1948, 80th Cong.,2d sess. | | | There is a large and growing literature on the place of nonstate actors in inter- national affairs and the role of NGOs in the UN system, but core questions of their rela- tionship to global governance are little understood and only rarely addressed. |
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http://brookings.nap.edu/books/0815753071/html/359.html
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| | Bureau of International Organization Affairs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The Bureau of International Organization Affairs (IO) is a bureau in the United States Department of State that creates and executes U.S. policy in the United Nations and other international organizations. | | | Wikimedia needs your help in its US$200,000 fund drive. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_International_Organization_Affairs
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| | Other Intergovernmental Organizations Websites |
| | Bureau of International Organization Affairs (US Dept. of State) | | | International Court of Justice mirror site (Cornell University) | | | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
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http://docs.lib.duke.edu/igo/guides/othindex.html
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| | The Bureau of Indian Affairs instead evolved primarily into a land-administering agency, a process speeded up by the Dawes Act of 1887, the Burke Act of 1906, and the Wheeler-Howard Act of 1934, now acting as trustee over Native American lands and funds. | | | Because of wide dissatisfaction in the West over army administration of Native American affairs, the responsibility was given to the Dept. of the Interior and reorganized. | | | Bureau of Indian Affairs Says Trust Account Checks Are Ready to Mail. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/id/A0825102
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| | As Bolton Battle Continues, A Steady Hand at the U.N. |
| | The Bush administration has yet to appoint an assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, which oversees U.N. policy. | | | Mel Levitsky, a former U.S. ambassador who has known Patterson for years, said she has an interest in becoming the assistant secretary of state for the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, a post that frequently goes to political appointees. | | | Patterson has also demonstrated a willingness to compromise, supporting a politically controversial decision to allow the Security Council to grant the International Criminal Court, which the United States opposes, a mandate to investigate war crimes by Sudanese officials in Darfur. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/06/AR2005070602155_pf.html
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| | Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives |
| | These include the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which have significantly strengthened their security standards. | | | Together with the Nonproliferation (NP) Bureau, we also interact closely with such UN technical agencies as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to enhance national security, counter threats of nuclear and radiological terrorism, and strengthen the international nuclear non-proliferation regime. | | | Chairman, the IO Bureau, like the entire State Department, has been diligently using its resources to engage the international community in a global effort to eradicate terrorism. |
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http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/108/swi081904.htm
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| | Global Policy Forum - Social and Economic Policy |
| | Bureau of International Organization Affairs, US Department of State | | | On July 16, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs David Welch sent a letter to UNDP Administrator Mark Malloch Brown reiterating the strong U.S. opposition to any form of international tax and asking for clarification of the UN's stance on global taxes. | | | UNDP has, however, made clear that the organization does not endorse any form of international tax. |
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http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/glotax/email/usdept.htm
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| | Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) - U.S. Department of Labor |
| | The Bureau of International Labor Affairs attended the closeout conferences of two projects initiated in 2001 to improve the capacity of the Government of Vietnam to provide employment and training services, and to promote employment of persons with disabilities. | | | The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) carries out the international responsibilities of the Department of Labor under the direction of the Deputy Under Secretary for International Labor Affairs. | | | Under its international child labor Education Initiative (EI), ILAB intends to fund four-year projects to improve access to basic education in areas where there is a high incidence of child labor. |
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http://www.dol.gov/ilab
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| | Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Senior U.S. Official Says U.S. Is Seeking New Resolution On Iraq |
| | Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kim R. Holmes said that work on a new resolution "is not just about troops. | | | (Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. | | | The quicker we come together on this question, the quicker we move on a resolution and get the international community behind a common effort on this effort of returning authority to the Iraqi people, the faster it will go. |
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http://usinfo.org/wf-archive/2003/030925/epf406.htm
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