United Nations - Can be read also in:
     Arabic     Chinese     French     Russian    Spanish

UNESCO - Publications on central educational issues.

UNESCO's Online Forum for Civil Society's Preparation of World Summit on the Information Society

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Also available in:
     French     Spanish

The State of the World's Children - UNICEF's annual reports. Also in:   French     Spanish

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development - The OECD groups 30 member- countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation.

World Health Organization (WHO)
French | Spanish | Russian | Chinese | Arabic

The World Bank - Education is central to development. It empowers people, strengthens nations, and is key to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals. The World Bank is today more committed than ever to helping countries develop holistic education systems aimed both at achieving Education For All and building dynamic knowledge societies that are key to competing in global markets through Education for the Knowledge Economy.

European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education - Publishes a newsletter in 13 languages: Danish, Dutch/Flemish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish.
Copies can be obtained from: adm@european-agency.org

Disabled Peoples' International - A network of national organizations or assemblies of disabled people, established to promote human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development. The Goals of DPI are to promote the human rights of disabled persons; promote economic and social integration of disabled persons; develop and support organizations of disabled persons.

European Association of Teachers. Includes an excellent list of Links to useful websites for language and education resources, and project resources.