Research Links

Welcome to the research page! This page includes all sorts of links for Delegates to explore in researching for their position paper and debate at our Spring Conference. Please do not limit yourself to these links only, and explore other Model UN sites for more links. If you have any links that you think would be great for our site, please let our Secretary-General know, and the link will get up on this page.

World Factbook:

When beginning research on your country, it is important to know basic facts about the country. For the most comprehensive list of basic information on your country, please check out the CIA World Factbook. To visit the World Factbook online, please click here.

Wikipedia:

Wikipedia can be a great source of information on a variety of topics and countries. Please be advised that the basis of Wikipedia is that anyone can change the information on the page. Because of this, Wikipedia is not the best information source, because the people posting are not necessarily experts in the field. The information is not guaranteed to be true. When researching for your position papers, please be careful that the information you are using and quoting is from a reputable source. To see what the highly esteemed Mr. Steven Colbert said about Wikipedia, please click here. If you want to go to Wikipedia, please click here.

The United Nations Website:

The United Nations Website can be a good website to get information. You can search the UN Website for speeches given by your delegates, and for resolutions that may have been adopted in the past for similar topics. Please visit the website by clicking here.

Newspaper Websites:

This is a list of websites for countries' newspapers that we have compiled. Check them out for current information on your country.

Separated by regions of the world. All sites are printed in English

Africa

Africa News
http://allafrica.com/

Botswana Gazette
http://www.info.bw/~gazette

Addis Tribune (Ethiopia)
http://www.addistribune.com

Daily Mail (South Africa)
http://www.mg.co.za

Daily Nation (Kenya)
http://www.nationaudio.com/news/dailynation/today

The Monitor (Uganda)
http://www.monitor.co.ug

The Guardian (Nigeria)
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com

Americas

Bogota Daily (Colombia)
http://www.ngrguardiannews.com

The News (Mexico)
http://www.thenewsmexico.com

Tico Times (Costa Rica)
http://www.ticotimes.com

Vancouver Sun (Canada)
http://www.canada.com/vancouver

Granma (Cuba)
http://www.granma.cu/ingles

Asia

Dawn (Pakistan)
http://www.dawn.com

Korea Times (South Korea)
http://times.hankooki.com/

Japan Times
http://www.japantimes.co.jp

Times of India
http://www.timesofindia.com

Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
http://www.thejarkatapost.com

People's Daily (China)
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/

Nhan Dan (Vietnam)
http://www.nhandan.org.vn

Europe

Budapest Sun (Hungary)
http://www.budapestsun.com

Frankfurt Allgemeine (Germany)
http://www.faz.com

Moscow Times (Russia)
http://www.moscowtimes.ru

Norway Post
http://www.norwaypost.no

Irish Independent
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent

Prague Post (Czech)
http://www.praguepost.cz

The Times (England)
http://www.thetimes.co.uk

Middle East

Bethlehem News (Palestine)
http://www.bethlehemnews.com.lb

Daily Star (Lebanon)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb

Jerusalem Post (Israel)
http://www.jpost.com

Tehran Times (Iran)
http://www.tehrantimes.com

Arab News (Saudi Arabia)
http://www.arabnews.com

Turkish Press
http://www.turkishpress.com

Al-Ahram Weekly (Egypt)
http://www.ahram.org.eg/weekly