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Cook Islands
(Self-Governing in Free Association with New Zealand)

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Cook Islands Government Information

• New Zealand: Country Guide
  New Zealand is responsible for external affairs and defense in consultation with the Cook Islands.

• Cook Islands Government
• Cook Islands Tourism Corporation
• Ministries and Departments Directory
• Ministry of Finance and Economic Management
• Ministry of Health
• Parliament
• Statistics Office

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Country Profiles

• Australian Government - Cook Islands
  Country profile, economic and trade information, and foreign relations from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
• BBC News Profile - Cook Islands
  A guide to history, politics and economic background of countries from BBC News.
• CIA World Factbook - Cook Islands
  Country profile provides information on country background, geography, people, government, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
• FAO and Cook Islands
  Information on economic and agricultural issues from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). It also has a good selection of maps.
• Human Rights Watch - Cook Islands
  Country background, news and reports related to human rights.
• ITC - Cook Islands
  Country-specific trade and market profiles, map, and trade statistics from the International Trade Centre (ITC).
• New Zealand Government - Cook Islands
  Country profile from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Includes information on bilateral relationship, key facts, official development assistance, air services, defence and police, education, immigration, visits, representation, and travel advice.
• UNESCO Worldwide - Cook Islands
  Highlights cooperation between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its Member States.
  • UNESCO Communication & Information - Cook Islands
    Country profile, news and links to related projects and websites.
  • UNESCO Education Worldwide - Cook Islands
    Education statistics, publications, plans, ministries, and news for Member States.
  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Cook Islands
    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.
• 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 Nations Statistics Division: Environment Snapshot - Cook Islands
  Country snapshots offer national environment statistics.
• United Nations Statistics Division: National Accounts - Cook Islands
  "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 - Cook Islands
  U.S. trade in goods (imports, exports and balance) with the Cook Islands.
• U.S. Department of Energy - Cook Islands
  Country energy profile for production, consumption, U.S. oil imports, and CO2 emissions.

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Articles and Databases

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Declassified Documents
  Declassified information available from the FOIA Electronic Reading Room. Enter "Cook Islands" 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 individual topics.
• 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 CU
  Collection of databases from the University of Colorado covering Asia.
• International Area Studies General CU
  Collection of general databases from the University of Colorado covering international issues.
• International Area Studies Statistics CU
  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.
• UNdata
  UNdata provides a single entry point allowing users to search and download numerous statistical resources of the United Nations System.
• WDI Online CU
  World Development Indicators (WDI) online contains statistical data on the global economy from the World Bank.

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Diplomatic Relations
Diplomacy, Programs and Aid

• Asian Development Bank - Cook Islands
  Projects, publications, and news about the Cook Islands and the ADB.
• Delegation of the European Commission for the Pacific
  The Delegations of the External Service serve European Union interests throughout the world. The European Commission's Delegation for the Pacific includes the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu, as well as the overseas territories of French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pitcairn, and Wallis and Futuna.
• EU's Relations with Cook Islands
  Overview, country strategy, EU support, and documents on the European Union's relations with Cook Islands.
• ReliefWeb - Cook Islands
  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 - Cook Islands
  News, operations, statistics, background, analysis and policy, and maps from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
• United Nations Development Programme 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 Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, and Tokelau.
• United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Cook Islands
  Economic, social and environmental policies and plans for sustainable development from the UN Department Economic and Social Affairs.

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Health

• WHO - Cook Islands
  Information and statistics on the status of public health in Cook Islands 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 - Cook Islands
    Health situation analysis in Cook Islands.

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Peacekeeping and Military Information

• Defense is the responsibility of the New Zealand Ministry of Defence.
  • 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.

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

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

  
  The * replaces up to five characters in a word.

• Foreign Relations and International Aid
• New Zealand: Country Guide
• Niue: Territory Guide