Country background

Belize

• Government and Prime Minister of Belize

• Belize Archives and Records Service
• Belize Tourism Board
• Central Bank of Belize
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• National Assembly
  • House of Representatives
  • Senate
• National Library Service of Belize
• Queen of Belize (Queen Elizabeth): Constitutional Monarch
• Statistical Institute of Belize
• Supreme Court

• BBC News Profile - Belize
  A guide to history, politics and economic background of countries from BBC News.
• CIA World Factbook - Belize
  Country profile provides information on country background, geography, people, government, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
• FAO and Belize
  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 Belize
  Provides quick statistics on human development, economy, labor force, and population from the United Nations Development Programme. Country factsheet is also available.
• Human Rights Watch - Belize
  Country background, news and reports related to human rights.
• IAEA - Belize
  Country factsheet on multilateral and safeguard agreements from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• IMF - Belize
  Country information, reports and publications from the International Monetary Fund.
• ITC - Belize
  Country-specific trade and market profiles, map, and trade statistics from the International Trade Centre (ITC).
• Library of Congress - Belize
  Country portal and resources compiled by the Library of Congress subject experts.
• OHCHR - Belize
  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 - Belize
  Country environmental profile from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• UNESCO Worldwide - Belize
  Highlights cooperation between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its Member States.
  • UNESCO Communication & Information - Belize
    Country profile, news and links to related projects and websites.
  • UNESCO Education Worldwide - Belize
    Education statistics, publications, plans, ministries, and news for Member States.
  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Belize
    A selection of national statistics on education, literacy, science and technology, culture, and communication.
  • UNESCO Office for the Caribbean
    Cluster Office representing UNESCO member and associate states in the Caribbean. Member States are Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saints Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. Associate Member States are British Virgin Islands, Netherlands Antilles and Cayman Islands.
  • UNESCO World Heritage - Belize
    Cultural and natural heritage properties and documents on the World Heritage List.
• UNFPA Caribbean
  The UNFPA office in Jamaica serves the English and Dutch Speaking Caribbean inclusive of 21 member countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and The Turks and Caicos Islands.
• United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Belize
  Country profile covering history, politics, economy, human rights, relations with the UK, and travel.
• United Nations Country @ a Glance - Belize
  Country overview, news, economy, environment, health and technology from the United Nations Cyberschoolbus.
• United Nations Statistics Division: Environment Snapshot - Belize
  Country snapshots offer national environment statistics.
• United Nations Statistics Division: National Accounts - Belize
  "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 - Belize
  U.S. trade in goods (imports, exports and balance) with Belize.
• U.S. Department of Energy - Belize
  Country energy profile for production, consumption, U.S. oil imports, and CO2 emissions.
  • U.S. Department of Energy - Central America
    Regional analysis report from the Energy Information Administration for Central American countries (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama).

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Articles and Databases

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Declassified Documents
  Declassified information available from the FOIA Electronic Reading Room. Enter "Belize" 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.
• 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 "Belize" as the search term.
• Declassified Documents Reference System CU
  Search this database to find declassified documents related to Belize.
• 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.
• Digital National Security Archive CU
  Database of primary declassified documents regarding critical U.S. policy decisions.
• 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 General CU
  Collection of general databases from the University of Colorado covering international issues.
• International Area Studies Latin America CU
  Collection of databases from the University of Colorado covering Latin America.
• 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.
• PAHO/WHO Databases
  Regional Core Health Data Initiative Table Generator System from the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the World Health Organization. Provides national health statistics and other data on the health situation in the Caribbean and North, Central, and South American countries.
• 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

• CARICOM - Belize
  The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas in 1973. It is a regional organization dedicated to improving development, trade and economics, international competitiveness and economic leverage, coordination of foreign economic policies, and standards of living and work.
• Commonwealth of Nations - Belize
  "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 Jamaica, Belize,  The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands
  The Delegations of the External Service serve European Union interests throughout the world.
• Embassy of Belize in Washington, DC
  Diplomatic representation of Belize in the United States.
• Embassy of the United States in Belmopan, Belize
  Diplomatic representation of the U.S. in Belize.
• EU's Relations with Belize
  Overview, country strategy, agreements, and documents on the European Union's relations with Belize.
• 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 Belize), although the name G-77 was retained because of its historical significance.
• Inter-American Development Bank and Belize
  Strategy, projects,and news about Belize and the IADB.
• Permanent Mission of Belize to the Organization of American States
  "The OAS brings together the nations of the Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation on democratic values, defend common interests and debate the major issues facing the region and the world. The OAS is the region's principal multilateral forum for strengthening democracy, promoting human rights, and confronting shared problems such as poverty, terrorism, illegal drugs and corruption."
• ReliefWeb - Belize
  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 - Belize
  News, operations, statistics, background, analysis and policy, and maps from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
• United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Belize
  Economic, social and environmental policies and plans for sustainable development from the UN Department Economic and Social Affairs.
• U.S. Department of State - Belize
  U.S.-Belizean relations, diplomacy, and country background notes.
• World Bank - Belize
  World Bank data, projects, and research in Belize.
• World Trade Organization - Belize
  Provides key information on trade statistics, WTO commitments, disputes, trade policy reviews, and notifications for member countries.

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Health

• PAHO/WHO
  Official site of the Pan American Health Organization, a regional office of the World Health Organization.   
  • Country Health Profile - Belize
    Information, health situation analysis, and statistics about countries in the Americas.
  • PAHO - Belize
    PAHO country office for Belize.
• UNAIDS - Belize
  Country situation analysis and news from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
• WHO - Belize
  Information and statistics on the status of public health in Belize from the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Peacekeeping and Military Information

• Belize: Security Assistance
  Country-by-country listing provides information on Political-Military-administered security assistance funds from the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.

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Resources in the Catalog

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

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

  
  The * replaces up to five characters in a word.

For additional foreign information, arranged by subject, try the Subject Page.

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