Country Profiles. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics provides statistical reports by country. Basic general information, culture and communication statistics, science and technology statistics, participation rates and literacy rates are presented, with charts and graphs.
Country Profiles. World Health Organization (WHO). Information on WHO member and associate member countries, including maps, health statistics, selected national health accounts indicators, and health professionals' statistics, among others. An excellent resource for health information and statistics by country.
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Country Reports also issues quarterly reports including monthly updates of current and future trends of the political and economic structure, economic policy, domestic economy, foreign trade and payments of 200 countries among which 50 African countries.
Human Rights Issues. UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. An alphabetical index to international human rights issues, with links to UN documents, papers, websites and news regarding human rights. Site and documents are available in English, French and Spanish.
Reporters Without Borders: Annual report. Annual review of press freedom since 2003. Reports are also available by regions and country.
Special Rapporteur on violence against women: Country visits. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) appointed a Special Rapporteur on violence against women in 1994. This list of country visits reports on women's conditions in certain nations. Provides access to official UN documents in English, French and Spanish.
World Bank Country Profiles provide data, statistics and reports on many indicators, including debt, poverty, education, trade, finance, and development with a strong focus on economic information.
