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Liberia

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Liberian Government Information

• Central Bank of Liberia
• The Constitution of Liberia 1820 - 1984
• Executive Mansion (President, Vice President, and Ministry of State)
• House of Representatives
• Liberia Institute of Statistics & Geo-Information Services
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
• Ministry of Justice
• National Security Agency

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Country Profiles

• BBC News Profile - Liberia
  A guide to history, politics and economic background of countries from BBC News.
• CIA World Factbook - Liberia
  Country profile provides information on country background, geography, people, government, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
• FAO and Liberia
  Information on economic and agricultural issues from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It also has a good selection of maps.
• Human Development Report on Liberia
  Provides quick statistics on human development, economy, labor force, and population from the United Nations Development Programme.
• Human Rights Watch - Liberia
  Country background, news and reports related to human rights.
• IAEA - Liberia
  Country factsheet on multilateral and safeguard agreements from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• IMF - Liberia
  Country information, reports and publications from the International Monetary Fund.
• ITC - Liberia
  Country-specific trade and market profiles, map, and trade statistics from the International Trade Centre (ITC).
• Library of Congress - Liberia
  Country portal and resources compiled by the Library of Congress subject experts.
• OHCHR - Liberia
  Country background, treaties, reporting status, calendar of events and publications related to human rights from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR).
• UNEP - Liberia
  Country environmental profile from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• UNESCO Worldwide - Liberia
  Highlights cooperation between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its Member States.
  • UNESCO Communication & Information - Liberia
    Country profile, news and links to related projects and websites.
  • UNESCO Education Worldwide - Liberia
    Education statistics, publications, plans, ministries, and news for Member States.
  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Liberia
    A selection of national statistics on education, literacy, science and technology, culture, and communication.
  • UNESCO Office Dakar
    Cluster Office representing UNESCO in Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.
  • UNESCO World Heritage - Liberia
    Cultural and natural heritage properties and documents on the World Heritage List.
    
• UNFPA Country Profile - Liberia
  "The United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA) supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect."
• United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Liberia
  Country profile covering history, politics, economy, human rights, relations with the UK, and travel.
• United Nations Country @ a Glance - Liberia
  Country overview, news, economy, environment, health and technology from the United Nations Cyberschoolbus.
• United Nations Statistics Division: Environment Snapshot - Liberia
  Country snapshots offer national environment statistics.
• United Nations Statistics Division: National Accounts - Liberia
  "Statistics database contains a complete and consistent set of time series from 1970 onwards of main national accounts aggregates for all UN Members States and all other countries and areas in the world."
• U.S. Census Bureau Foreign Trade Statistics - Liberia
  U.S. trade in goods (imports, exports and balance) with Liberia.
• U.S. Commercial Service - Liberia
  Country profile about doing business abroad by the Commercial Service, the global business solutions unit of the Department of Commerce.
  • U.S. Commercial Service - West Africa
    Regional profile about doing business in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Conakry, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo) by the Commercial Service, the global business solutions unit of the Department of Commerce.
• U.S. Department of Energy - West Africa
  Regional analysis report from the Energy Information Administration for West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo).

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Articles and Databases

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Declassified Documents
  Declassified information available from the FOIA Electronic Reading Room. Enter "Liberia" as the search term.
  • National Intelligence Council (NIC) Declassified Documents
    Database of intelligence reports, National Intelligence Estimates, and other publications produced by the National Intelligence Council or its predecessor organizations, the Office of National Estimates and the Office of Reports and Estimates since 1946.
• Crisis Group International Databases and Resources
  Crisis Group provides analysis of violent conflicts and peace implementation.
  • CrisisWatch Database
    Monthly bulletin of significant situations of conflict or potential conflict around the world.
  • Conflict Histories Database
    Detailed histories of the conflicts covered by Crisis Group analysts.
  • Map Database
    Maps of countries.
• CRS Reports - LexisNexis Congressional CU
  The Congressional Research Service (CRS), the research arm of Congress, prepares reports (usually under 20 pages long) on topics of interest to members of Congress. Enter "Liberia" as the search term.
• Declassified Documents Reference System CU
  Search this database to find declassified documents related to Liberia.
• Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
  Department of Defense Scientific and Technical Reports Collection provides access to citations to unclassified unlimited documents that have been entered into DTIC's Technical Reports (TR) Database, as well as the electronic full-text of many of these documents. The site also includes databases that focus on individual topics. Use "Liberia" as the search term.
• Digital National Security Archive CU
  Database of primary declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions. Use "Liberia" as the search term.
• Facts on International Relations and Security Trends (FIRST)
  An integrated database containing information on armed conflicts and peace keeping, arms production and trade, military expenditure, armed forces and weapons.
• Global Legal Information Network (GLIN)
  "Public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations."
• International Area Studies Africa/Middle East CU
  Collection of databases from the University of Colorado covering Africa and the Middle East.
• International Area Studies General CU
  Collection of general databases from the University of Colorado covering international issues.
• International Area Studies Statistics CU
  Collection of international statistics databases from the University of Colorado.
• LexisNexis Academic Country & Region Reports CU
  News, country briefings, and country risk guides. Filter by country or choose "Country & Region Reports" from publication type.
• United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
  "UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas."
• WDI Online CU
  World Development Indicators (WDI) online contains statistical data on the global economy from the World Bank.
• Worldwide Incidents Tracking System (WITS)
  WITS is the National Counterterrorism Center's database of terrorist incidents. The WITS database coverage is currently from 1/1/2004 to 6/30/2007 and is updated quarterly.

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Diplomatic Relations
Diplomacy, Programs and Aid

• African Development Bank Group - Liberia
  Projects, strategy papers, and information about Liberia and the ADB.
• African Union
  The main objectives of the AU are "to promote unity and solidarity among African States, to coordinate and intensify cooperation for development, to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States, and to promote international cooperation within the framework of the United Nations."
• Embassy of Liberia in Washington, DC
  Diplomatic representation of Liberia in the United States.
• Embassy of the United States in Monrovia, Liberia
  Diplomatic representation of the U.S. in Liberia.
• EU Relations with Liberia
  Overview, country strategy, EU support, and documents on the European Union's relations with Liberia.
• G-77 at the United Nations
  The Group of 77 is an intergovernmental organization of developing states in the UN. It provides the means for the countries of the South to articulate and promote their collective economic interests and enhance their joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues within the United Nations system, and promote South-South cooperation for development. There are now 130 member states (including Liberia), although the name G-77 was retained because of its historical significance.
• IRIN Humanitarian Profile - Liberia
  IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks), part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), provides news and analysis about sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia for the humanitarian community.
• New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
  NEPAD is a strategy for sustainable development and poverty reduction in Africa.
• Permanent Mission of the Republic of Liberia to the United Nations
  Website of member state missions and their representatives to the United Nations.
• ReliefWeb - Liberia
  ReliefWeb, administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), provides news, documents, maps, and background information on emergency assistance by country.
• UNHCR - Liberia
  News, operations, statistics, background, analysis and policy, and maps from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Liberia
  UNDP helps countries work toward human rights, democratic governance, poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery, energy and environment for sustainable development, and HIV/AIDS prevention.
• United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Liberia
  Economic, social and environmental policies and plans for sustainable development from the UN Department Economic and Social Affairs.
• USAID - Liberia
  United States Agency for International Development (USAID) economic and humanitarian assistance programs.
  • USAID - West Africa
    USAID Assistance in Western Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Male, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo).
• U.S. Department of State - Liberia
  U.S.-Liberian relations, humanitarian assistance, reconstruction, and country background notes.
• World Bank - Liberia
  World Bank data, projects, and research in Liberia.
• World Food Program - Liberia
  The World Food Program (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger.

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Health

• UNAIDS - Liberia
  Country situation analysis and news from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
• WHO - Liberia
  Information and statistics on the status of public health in Liberia from the World Health Organization (WHO).
• WHO/AFRO
  Official site of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
  (WHO/AFRO). 
  • Country Health System Profile - Liberia
    Trends in health policy, resources, and services.
  • Malaria Country Profiles - Liberia
    Malaria information page from WHO/AFRO.

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Peacekeeping and Military Information

• International Court of Justice (ICJ)
  ICJ is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. ICJ "has a twofold role: to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States (Contentious cases ) and to give advisory opinions (Advisory proceedings) on legal questions referred to it by duly authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies."
  • 1960: South West Africa (Liberia v. South Africa)
• International Crisis Group - Liberia
  Reports, briefings, and analysis of violent conflicts and peace implementation in Liberia.
• Liberia Military Guide
  Maps, agencies, military branches, nuclear capability, news, and references from GlobalSecurity.org.
• Liberia: Security Assistance
  Country-by-country listing provides information on Political-Military-administered security assistance funds from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
• United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL)
  September 2003-Present: "The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) was established by Security Council resolution 1509 (2003) of 19 September 2003 to support the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the peace process; protect United Nations staff, facilities and civilians; support humanitarian and human rights activities; as well as assist in national security reform, including national police training and formation of a new, restructured military."
• United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)
  September 1993-September 1997: "UNOMIL was established to exercise good offices in support of the efforts of the Economic Community of West African States and the Liberian National Transitional Government to implement peace agreements; investigate alleged ceasefire violations; assist in maintenance of assembly sites and demobilization of combatants; support humanitarian assistance; investigate human rights violations and assist local human rights groups; observe and verify elections."

• The Library Catalog, Chinook
  There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on Liberia available in the collection.
  
  Try these searches to see some of the resources in Chinook, the library catalog:

  Electronic Resources	Print and Electronic Resources
  liberia and econom*	liberia and econom*
  liberia and histor*	liberia and histor*
  liberia and politic*	liberia and politic*
  liberia (government publications only)	liberia (government publications only)

  
  The * replaces up to five characters in a word.

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