Official and governmental information, international

Here are some selected links you might like to try.

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American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, non-profit organisation that administers and coordinates the US voluntary standardisation and conformity assessment system.
http://www.ansi.org/|

ASTM International
ASTM International provides technical standards to industry worldwide. As a standards development body, the standards products offered include metals, petroleum, construction, environment and many other related standards, test methods, specifications, and guides.
http://www.astm.org/index.shtml|

International Standards Organization (ISO)
ISO is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 130 countries, one from each country. Includes the catalogue of ISO standards.
http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm|

OFFSTATS
OFFSTATS lists web sites offering free and easily accessible social, economic and general data from official or similar "quotable" sources from each country, especially those that provide both current data and time series.
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/|

Oultwood
Provides an index to local government web sites in the UK, and also in the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa.
http://www.oultwood.com/|

United Nations (UN)
Information about the UN and its work, news, events, etc. Includes some online publications, details of other publications, and some audio, video and webcast content.
http://www.un.org/|