IREX is a US-based nonprofit organization committed to international education in its broadest sense. IREX's efforts encompass academic research, professional training, institution building, technical assistance, and policy programs between the United States and the countries of Eastern Europe, the New Independent States, Asia, and the Near East.

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Sub-Regional Project on HIV/AIDS in the countries of Asia and the Pacific, links, description of activities etc.

The Spire Project: United Nations Information. Currently the best focused tool to find information published by the United Nations. Focusses on UN depository libraries, and UNIONS a UN metasearch engine but discusses the search theory in great detail.