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Lesotho

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Lesotho Government Information

• Lesotho Government Portal
  Links to government offices, ministries, and information about the Kingdom of Lesotho.

• Government Documents
• Ministries
• Ministry  of Education  and Training
• Ministry of Justice, Human Rights and Correctional Service
• Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture
• Monarchy - His Majesty King Letsie III
• Lesotho Bureau of Statistics
• Lesotho Parliament
  • Lesotho National Assembly
  • Lesotho Senate
• Monarchy - His Majesty King Letsie III
• Prime Minister's Office

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Country Profiles

• BBC News Profile - Lesotho
  A guide to history, politics and economic background of countries from BBC News.
• CIA World Factbook - Lesotho
  Country profile provides information on country background, geography, people, government, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
• FAO and Lesotho
  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 Lesotho
  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 - Lesotho
  Country background, news and reports related to human rights.
• IAEA - Lesotho
  Country factsheet on multilateral and safeguard agreements from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• IMF - Lesotho
  Country information, reports and publications from the International Monetary Fund.
• ITC - Lesotho
  Country-specific trade and market profiles, map, and trade statistics from the International Trade Centre (ITC).
• Library of Congress - Lesotho
  Country portal and resources compiled by the Library of Congress subject experts.
• OHCHR - Lesotho
  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 - Lesotho
  Country environmental profile from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• UNESCO Worldwide - Lesotho
  Highlights cooperation between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and its Member States.
  • UNESCO Communication & Information - Lesotho
    Country profile, news and links to related projects and websites.
  • UNESCO Education Worldwide - Lesotho
    Education statistics, publications, plans, ministries, and news for Member States.
  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics - Lesotho
    A selection of national statistics on education, literacy, science and technology, culture, and communication.
  • UNESCO Office Windhoek
    Cluster Office to Angola, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland in Southern Africa Cluster.
  • UNESCO World Heritage - Lesotho
    Cultural and natural heritage properties and documents on the World Heritage List.
• UNFPA Country Profile - Lesotho
  "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."
• United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Lesotho
  Country profile covering history, politics, economy, human rights, relations with the UK, and travel.
• United Nations Country @ a Glance - Lesotho
  Country overview, news, economy, environment, health and technology from the United Nations Cyberschoolbus.
• United Nations Statistics Division: Environment Snapshot - Lesotho
  Country snapshots offer national environment statistics.
• United Nations Statistics Division: National Accounts - Lesotho
  "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 - Lesotho
  U.S. trade in goods (imports, exports and balance) with Lesotho.
• U.S. Commercial Service - Lesotho
  Country profile about doing business abroad by the Commercial Service, the global business solutions unit of the Department of Commerce.
  • U.S. Commercial Service - Southern Africa
    Regional profile about doing business in Southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) by the Commercial Service, the global business solutions unit of the Department of Commerce.
• U.S. Department of Energy - Southern Africa Development Community
  Regional analysis report from the Energy Information Administration for the Southern Africa Development Community (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe).

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Articles and Databases

• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Declassified Documents
  Declassified information available from the FOIA Electronic Reading Room.
  • 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.
• Crisis Group International Databases and Resources
  Crisis Group provides analysis of violent conflicts and peace implementation.
  • CrisisWatch Database
    Monthly bulletin of significant situations of conflict or potential conflict around the world.
• 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 "Lesotho" as the search term.
• Declassified Documents Reference System CU
  Search this database to find declassified documents related to Lesotho.
• 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 Africa/Middle East CU
  Collection of databases from the University of Colorado covering Africa and the Middle East.
• 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.
• LexisNexis Academic Country & Region Reports CU
  News, country briefings, and country risk guides. Filter by country or choose "Country & Region Reports" from publication type.
• 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

• African Development Bank Group - Lesotho
  Projects, strategy papers, and information about Lesotho and the ADB.
• African Union
  The main objectives of the AU are "to promote unity and solidarity among African States, to coordinate and intensify cooperation for development, to safeguard the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Member States, and to promote international cooperation within the framework of the United Nations."
• Commonwealth of Nations - Lesotho
  "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."
• Embassy of Lesotho in Washington, DC
  Diplomatic representation of Lesotho in the United States.
• Embassy of the United States in Maseru, Lesotho
  Diplomatic representation of the U.S. in Lesotho.
• EU Relations with Lesotho
  Overview, country strategy, EU support, and documents on the European Union's relations with Lesotho.
• 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 Lesotho), although the name G-77 was retained because of its historical significance.
• IRIN Humanitarian Profile - Lesotho
  IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks), part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), provides news and analysis about sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia for the humanitarian community.
  • IRIN News - Lesotho
    Humanitarian news and analysis.
• New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
  NEPAD is a strategy for sustainable development and poverty reduction in Africa.
• Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Lesotho to the United Nations
  Website of member state missions and their representatives to the United Nations.
• ReliefWeb - Lesotho
  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.
• SACU - Lesotho
  The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) promotes the improvement of economic development through regional integration, trade between member states, and trade negotiations between SACU and third parties. The five Member States are Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland. It was established through the Customs Union Agreement of 1910.
• Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Lesotho
  SADC is an intergovernmental organization. that promotes economic well-being, improvement of the standards of living and quality of life, freedom and social justice, and peace and security among the 14 southern African member states.
• UNHCR - Lesotho
  News, operations, statistics, background, analysis and policy, and maps from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Lesotho
  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.
• United Nations Division for Sustainable Development - Lesotho
  Economic, social and environmental policies and plans for sustainable development from the UN Department Economic and Social Affairs.
• U.S. Department of State - Lesotho
  U.S.-Lesotho relations, humanitarian assistance, reconstruction, and country background notes.
• World Bank - Lesotho
  World Bank data, projects, and research in Lesotho.
• World Food Program - Lesotho
  The World Food Program (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger.
• World Trade Organization - Lesotho
  Provides key information on trade statistics, WTO commitments, disputes, trade policy reviews, and notifications for member countries.

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Health

• UNAIDS - Lesotho
  Country situation analysis and news from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
• USAID Health: HIV/AIDS - Lesotho
  United States Agency for International Development (USAID) HIV/AIDS programs in Lesotho.
• WHO - Lesotho
  Information and statistics on the status of public health in Lesotho from the World Health Organization (WHO).
• WHO/AFRO
  Official site of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
  (WHO/AFRO). 
  • Country Health System Profile - Lesotho
    Trends in health policy, resources, and services.

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Peacekeeping and Military Information

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

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

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

  
  The * replaces up to five characters in a word.

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