World

Scope and content:

This series begins with a focus on broad issues that impact countries throughout the world (Box 286-310). Topics include children, commodities, finance, food, housing, migration, nuclear energy, population, tourism, trade, water, and workers. The files on commodities (e.g., cashews, gold, oil, sugar, tobacco, and uranium) include a generous amount of U. S. government reports. There are also files on international organizations (Box 305 - 306) that were involved with Africa. Files on the United Nations (Box 311-316) comprised a significant portion of this series. These files document the involvement of the UN in the formation and the economic and political development of African countries. Topics covered include aid, decolonization, education, health, and peacekeeping. There are files about various branches of the UN such as UNICEF, UNESCO, FAO, and WHO; and UN-sponsored conferences such as the Summit for the Environment, Decade for Women and International Literacy Year. This series concludes with files documenting Africa's relations with other parts of the world (Box 316-332). Topics include humanitarian aid, economic development, trade, cultural exchange and tourism. These files are organized by region or continent such as Latin America and Asia. Within each region are files for individual countries.

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