Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org)
‘Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to
promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international standards.' The English language homepage
provides articles on human rights questions and abuses in countries around the
globe.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on, inter alia, its history, culture, politics.
Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp)
Searching this comprehensive English language ethological site by country name
will yield lists and articles of the languages and linguistic groups spoken and
read in it.
European
Community's Relations with Kazakhstan (http://europa.eu.int/comm/external%5Frelations/Kazakhstan/intro/)
A guide to the relations of Kazakhstan with the European Community.
Human Rights Watch (http://www.hrw.org/)
‘Human Rights Watch is an independent, non-governmental organization, supported
by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide.' Search
its records for reports on the human rights records, abuses, etc. of any given
country.
International Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/eng)
A search of this English language version of the ICRC site provides reports on
the current humanitarian initiatives of this organization in any given country.
International Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.org/)
The IMF is an ‘organization of 183 member countries, established to promote
international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange
; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary
financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.' A
search by country will yield reports on the IMF's initiatives and programs
in it.
Open
Directory Portal Page on Islam (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds of citations
on various aspects of Islam as practiced around te globe, as well as sites which
contain the complete Arabic and English texts of the Koran. Kazakhstan is a country
the majority of whose population is nominally Muslim.
United States Committee for Refugees
(USCR) (http://www.refugees.org/index.cfm)
Founded in 1958 to complement the UN's initiative to aid refugees, the
USCR's site offers brief and detailed reports on refugee status in and
from the various countries of the world. |