North America
The Continent of North America

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LOCAL FACTS  Return to Top
Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research)
Countries: Greenland, Canada, United States, and Mexico
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[U.S. State Department] background notes - Western Hemisphere
 
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LOCAL DIRECTORIES  Return to Top
Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
 
 
Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
Great Lakes Fishery Commission - coordinated research between the US and Canada
International Joint Commission - issues affecting the border between Canada and the U.S.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Secretariat documents
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
 
Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies (East Brunswick, NJ) - the membership organization of over 145 Jewish Family and Children's Agencies and specialized human service Agencies throughout the United States and Canada, which provides social and human services to the most vulnerable in our community
Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA) - aims to uphold ethical and moral values, support educational and intellectual pursuit, and upgrade medical care
Border Information & Outreach Service (BIOS) - news, information and analysis from the U.S.-Mexico border region
Constitutional Rights Project (CRP) (Lagos) - works to ensure that Nigeria's legislation conforms with international human rights standards, monitoring and reporting on the human rights situation in Nigeria, providing legal assistance to victims of human rights abuse, and engaging in human rights education and grassroots popularization of rights
North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) (Montréal, Canada) - international organization created by Canada, Mexico and the United States under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) to address regional environmental concerns, help prevent potential trade and environmental conflicts, and to promote the effective enforcement of environmental law
North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) (New York, NY) - independent non-profit organization that provides policy makers, analysts, academics, organizers, journalists and religious and community groups with information on U.S.-Latin American relations and on a range of political, social and economic issues in the Americas
 Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) - regional office of the World Health Organisation (WHO)
 
Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
 
 
Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature
 
 
Associations, competitions, leisure, and hobbies
North American Vexillological Association - the study of flags
 
Guides & advice, accommodation, attractions, transport, agents, and organisers
Regional airlines:
Aerolitoral (Mexico)
Trans International Express - New York state
Alaska Airlines
American Airlines
Canada 3000 - international carrier based in Toronto
Canadian Airlines
Cape Air - northeast US
Continental Airlines
Frontier Airlines
SkyWest Airlines - western US and Canada
Air Canada
 
Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society
[U.S. State Department] Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
[U.S. State Department] background notes - Western Hemisphere
[OneWorld.net] country database - North America - news articles selected from around the world
[Political Resources] - North America
 
Newspapers & magazines, journals, television & radio, publishing, and entertainment
 
 
Resourcing, manufacturing, distribution, trade, and regulation of goods and services
North American Rail Shippers Association
Corporate Express (Calgary) - western Canada and North America
 
Banking, investment, insurance, stockmarkets, and market regulation
North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) (Washington, DC) - international voluntary association devoted to investor protection, with a membership of 66 state, provincial and territorial securities administrators in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico