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Where can I find the country of origin information of migrants who passed away in the Mediterranean Sea?

I'm planning on making a video that depicts a map of the locations of the deaths of migrants and refugees that attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea as time progresses. Specifically, I'd like to show ...
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Mismatch in Export/Import for countries in Comtrae

I'm trying to analyze export & import data by countries & their partners in UN Comtrade. As a check, I tried extracting data between China and US for one commodity = 850120. My assumption was ...
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UN Comtrade Database: Trade value when no quantity reported

I am working on a project where I need the trade data for a specific type of generator and I'm using the UN Comtrade database. Some countries report no quantity (quantity code 1) but do report a ...
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UN Global Comtrade Database

UN Comtrade database, the major source of bilateral trade data online, has a free query tool: http://comtrade.un.org/data/ However, the API limits the number of requests per hour and the size of ...
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Does the UNGEGN release their country names localized in a format that's not a PDF?

I'm looking for the information released by the "United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names" (UNGEGN), currently all I can find for the latest conference (E/CONF.105/13) is linked on this ...
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What is the UN "Global Code"?

The UN on the "Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49)" makes mention of "Global Code". It's 001 for every entry in the table. The "Global Name" is likewise "World". What is the ...
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Can the United Nations Terminology Database (UNTERM) be downloaded?

Currently the United Nations hosts the United Nations Terminology Database at https://unterm.un.org/UNTERM/portal/welcome Do they provide a data dump of this anywhere?
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