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Vanuatu

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• Government of the Republic of Vanuatu

• Constitution of the Republic of Vanuatu
• Government and Ministries Directory
• Office of the President
• Office of the Prime Minister
• Vanuatu Statistics Office
• Vanuatu Tourism Office

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• Australian Government - Vanuatu
  Country profile, economic and trade information, and foreign relations from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
• BBC News Profile - Vanuatu
  A guide to history, politics and economic background of countries from BBC News.
• CIA World Factbook - Vanuatu
  Country profile provides information on country background, geography, people, government, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
• FAO and Vanuatu
  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 Vanuatu
  Provides quick statistics on human development, economy, labor force, and population from the United Nations Development Programme. Countryfactsheet is also available.
• Human Rights Watch - Vanuatu
  Country background, news and reports related to human rights.
• IAEA - Vanuatu
  Country factsheet on multilateral and safeguard agreements from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• IMF - Vanuatu
  Country information, reports and publications from the International Monetary Fund.
• ITC - Vanuatu
  Country-specific trade and market profiles, map, and trade statistics from the International Trade Centre (ITC).
• Library of Congress - Vanuatu
  Country portal and resources compiled by the Library of Congress subject experts.
• OHCHR - Vanuatu
  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 - Vanuatu
  Country environmental profile from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• UNESCO Worldwide - Vanuatu
  Highlights cooperation between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its Member States.
  • UNESCO Communication & Information - Vanuatu
    Country profile, news and links to related projects and websites.
  • UNESCO Education Worldwide - Vanuatu
    Education statistics, publications, plans, ministries, and news for Member States.
  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Vanuatu
    A selection of national statistics on education, literacy, science and technology, culture, and communication.
  • UNESCO Office in Apia
    Cluster Office to Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu in the Pacific Community Cluster.
  • UNESCO World Heritage - Vanuatu
    Cultural and natural heritage properties and documents on the World Heritage List.
• UNFPA in the Pacific
  "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." The UNFPA in the Pacific serves the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
• United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Vanuatu
  Country profile covering history, politics, economy, human rights, relations with the UK, and travel.
• United Nations Country @ a Glance - Vanuatu
  Country overview, news, economy, environment, health and technology from the United Nations Cyberschoolbus.
• United Nations Statistics Division: Environment Snapshot - Vanuatu
  Country snapshots offer national environment statistics.
• United Nations Statistics Division: National Accounts - Vanuatu
  "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 - Vanuatu
  U.S. trade in goods (imports, exports and balance) with Vanuatu.
• U.S. Department of Energy - Vanuatu
  Country energy profile for production, consumption, U.S. oil imports, and CO2 emissions.

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• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Declassified Documents
  Declassified information available from the FOIA Electronic Reading Room. Enter "Vanuatu" as the search terms.
• 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 individualtopics.
• 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.
• International Area Studies Asia
  Collection of databases from the University of Colorado covering Asia.
• International Area Studies General
  Collection of general databases from the University of Colorado covering international issues.
• International Area Studies Statistics
  Collection of international statistics databases from the University of Colorado.
• Statistical Database System (SDBS) Online
  SDBS is the the Asian Development Bank's central statistical database that stores macro-economic and social data of its developing member countries.
• United Nations Common Database (UNCDB)
  "UNCDB provides selected series from numerous specialized international data sources for all available countries and areas."
• WDI Online
  World Development Indicators (WDI) online contains statistical data on the global economy from the World Bank.

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Diplomacy, Programs and Aid

• Asian Development Bank - Vanuatu
  Projects, publications, and news about Vanuatu and the ADB.
• Commonwealth of Nations - Vanuatu
  "The Commonwealth is an association of 53 independent states consulting and co-operating in the common interests of their peoples and in the promotion of international understanding and world peace. The Commonwealth's 2 billion citizens, about 30 per cent of the world's population, are drawn from the broadest range of faiths, races, cultures and traditions."
• Delegation of the European Commission to Vanuatu
  The Delegations of the External Service serve European Union interests throughout the world.
• EU's Relations with Vanuatu
  Overview, country strategy, EU support, and documents on the European Union's relations with Vanuatu.
• 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 Vaunatu), although the name G-77 was retained because of its historical significance.
• ReliefWeb - Vaunatu
  ReliefWeb, administered by theUN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), provides news, documents, maps, and background information on emergency assistance by country.
• UNHCR - Vaunatu
  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) Fiji Multi-Country Office
  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. The Multi Country Office serves the Fiji Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
• United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Vanuatu
  Economic, social and environmental policies and plans for sustainable development from the UN Department Economic and Social Affairs.
• United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) for Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific
  Formal UN presence in Australia. Its information-related responsibilities also extend to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Samoa, Tuvalu, Tonga and Vanuatu.
• U.S. Department of State - Vanuatu
  U.S.-Vanuatu relations, humanitarian assistance, reconstruction, and country background notes.
  • Background Notes - Vanuatu
    Provides country background and foreign policy information for the American public from the Department of State's Bureau of Public Affairs.
• Virtual Embassy of the United States in Port Vila, Vanuatu
  Diplomatic representation of the U.S. in Vaunatu.
• World Bank - Pacific Islands
  World Bank data, projects, and research in the Pacific Islands (Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu).
• World Trade Organization - Vanuatu (Observer Country)
  Provides key information on trade statistics, WTO commitments, disputes, trade policy reviews, and notifications for observer countries.

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• UNAIDS - Vanuatu
  Country situation analysis and news from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
• WHO - Vanuatu
  Information and statistics on the status of public health in Vanuatu
  from the World Health Organization (WHO).
• WHO-WPRO
  Official site of the World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office (WHO-WPRO). 
  • Country Health Information Profile - Vanuatu
    Health situation analysis in Vanuatu.

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• Mutual Assistance Programme (MAP)
  Defense assistance from New Zealand for Brunei, Cook Islands, Malaysia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa.
• Vanuatu: Security Assistance
  Country-by-country listing provides information on Political-Military-administered security assistance funds from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.

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

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

  
  The * replaces up to five characters in a word.

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