"[The Yearbook] is more than just a catalogue of international organizations and organizational relationships; it is also a framework for understanding interaction in the world community."

Yearbook of International Organizations 1989/90
Ed. by the Union of International Associations, Brussels.
3 vols. ca. 4.700 pp DM 1.298.-
K G Saur Verlag, postfach 711009, 8000 München 71, W. Germany.

 

Provides information on more than 24.200 international organizations in over 200 countries. Volume 1 provides organization descriptions, complemented by a comprehensive index; Volume 2 provides an international directory catalogued by country; and Volume 3 provides a directory classified by subject and region. Is is more than just a catalogue of international organizations and organizational relationships; it is also a framework for understanding interaction in the world community. It reveals the 56.523 contacts which bind organizations whose goals cross all economic, political and geographical borders, offering an insight into new, productive organizational relationships.