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League of Nations Archives

Comprehensive digitised archives of the League of Nations (predecessor of the UN). Includes all documents produced or received by the League of Nations from 1919 to 1946, material relating to the refugee work of Fridtjof Nansen, and documents of external bodies established by the League. Digitised maps, sound recordings and photographs are available as well as text documents, and each item has been catalogued in detail. Basic and advanced search facilities are provided and the material can also be browsed by category.

Estonian ministry of foreign affairs

Official website for the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, available in Estonia, Russian, German and English, covering all areas of foreign policy and diplomacy, and international law. Contains the full text in English of all Estonian treaties (bilateral and multilateral), which can be searched from the ‘International agreements’ link. All legislation relating to the work of the ministry is provided in the relevant sections, translated into all the languages of the website.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand

Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand. The site offers historical and background information, a country profle including an overview of government and politics in Thailand and an outline of the Thai foreign policy. There is an online copy of the Business Handbook which is aimed at Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomatic personnel encouraging foreign investment and international trade with Thailand. Press releases and a complete list of Thai embassies around the world are also available. Other information provided on the site is available in Thai only.

Avalon Project : the Inter-American System : Agreements, Conventions and Other Documents

This site forms part of the Avalon Project maintained by Yale University Law School. It provides access to a large number of full-text primary resource documents relating to international relations in the Inter-American system, encompassing Central America, Latin America, South America and the United states. These include the charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) 1948, extradition, solidarity and cooperation treaties. All material is arranged alphabetically.

Avalon Project : American Diplomacy : multilateral treaties and agreements

This site is maintained as part of Project Avalon which is organised by Yale University Law School. It offers access to the full-text of a large number of international treaties signed by the United States from 1863 to the present day. They include: the Hague Convention for the Settlement of International Disputes, the Geneva Convention for the Treatment of Prisoners of War and the 1944 Armistice Agreements which ended the second world war. The material is arranged alphabetically.

Avalon Project : Dayton Peace Accords

The Dayton Peace Accords sought to achieve a peaceful settlement to the Balkans conflict in 1995. They relate to the positions of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia and Yugoslavia. This website, which is available as part of the Avalon Project maintained by Yale University, contains the text of the agreement and its appendixes. The appendixes include letters from Slobodan Milosevic and the US Department of State Dispatch.

International Committee of the Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is the leading international humanitarian organization. Its website has a substantial section devoted to international humanitarian law ('Law and War'). It includes the Geneva Conventions, with commentaries, and a database of customary international humanitarian law. The site also provides ICRC publications, including cases studies and the International Review of the Red Cross back to 2004 (plus two earlier issues), as well as e-learning modules. The site is available English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Portuguese.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

This is the official website of the Foreign Ministry of Jordan. It provides access to information about the role of the office and its current activities including coverage of Jordanian foreign policy and diplomacy. The site includes recent press releases, government statements and full-text documents including a copy of the Jordanian Constitution, the National Charter and the Political Parties Law. Contact details of embassies in Jordan are also provided. The site can be viewed in English and Arabic versions.

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