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The Population Situation Analysis (PSA) provides the basis for an integrated appraisal of the population and reproductive health dynamics and their impacts on poverty, inequality and development. By integrating a micro-and macro-analytical approach, the PSA clarifies the interactions between individual behaviour and demographic dynamics. The PSA responds to demand by countries that international cooperation should promote national capacity to building and recognize national ownership and leadership as prerequisites for development, in accordance with the principles agreed at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the Millennium Declaration. This manual contributes to more efficient evidence-based programming, which relies on increased capacity for data generation and new databases.

The overall objective of the Legislative Guide is to promote low to cost credit by enhancing the availability of secured credit. In line with this objective, this Supplement is intended to make credit more available and at a lower cost to intellectual property owners and other intellectual property rights holders, thus enhancing the value of intellectual property rights as security for credit. This Supplement, however, seeks to achieve that objective without interfering with fundamental policies of law relating to intellectual property.

Le protocole sur l'eau et la santé, dont le secrétariat est assuré conjointement par las Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Europe (CEE) et le Bureau régional pour l'Europe de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, a été spécifiquement négocié afin d'assurer un approvisionnement adéquat en eau potable salubre et un assainissement approprié pour tous, en établissant une corrélation entre la gestion de l'eau et les questions relatives à la santé. Il a pour prinicpal objectif de protéger la santé. Il a pour principal objectif de protéger la santé et le bien to être des personnes grâce à la prévention, à la maitrise et au recul des maladies liées à l'eau et à une gestion améliorée des ressources hydriques.

This issue presents a set of spatial distribution and urbanisation indicators from the database on spatial distribution and urbanisation in Latin America for the period 1950 to 2000. It also includes a series of indicators on the population in cities and metropolitan areas with 20,000 or more inhabitants. These indicators were calculated by processing microdata from the 2000 census round, which are part of the new version of the DEPUALC database. The methodological notes of this issue describe the methodology used to define and calculate socioeconomic indicators and Follow-up indicators relating to the Millennium Development Goals, which have been incorporated into the new version of the database.

Despite an increasing worldwide focus on the role of men in families and burgeoning research documenting men’s contribution to gender equality, the importance of their engagement for work-family balance, and the numerous positive paternal contributions to children’s development, policy to makers have been slow to recognize the need for effective public policy that is supportive of men’s involvement in their families. This publication aims to promote the knowledge of trends affecting families and increase awareness of family issues. Addressing the evolving role of men in families, it outlines the need to develop social policies supporting these new roles for the benefit of families.

This series contains the decisions of the Court in both the English and French texts. Each decision is published as soon as possible after it has been given, in an unbound fascicle, which is sold separately. To allow for binding, a continuous system of pagination is adopted for all the fascicles of any one year. Early each year an analytical index is published of the previous year's decisions, this may also be purchased separately. A binder is available for those who have obtained the separate fascicles and index at the time of their publication. The collected decisions, with index, for each year, may also be obtained ready bound in one volume.

This book is intended for developing countries, but, since it seeks to encourage the designing of waste collection systems based on local information, the approach is valid in any given country. The main focus is on municipal solid waste, which is taken to include waste from households, businesses and institutions, construction and demolition waste in small quantities, general solid waste from hospitals (excluding hazardous waste), waste from smaller industries that is not classified as hazardous, and waste from streets, public areas and open drains. It is not concerned with waste from agriculture, larger industries or the mining industries, which normally handle their own waste.

This second environmental performance review covers the nine issues of importance to Azerbaijan related to policymaking, planning and implementation, the financing of environmental policies and projects, and the integration of environmental concerns into economic sectors -in particular the sustainable management and protection of water resources and the protection of the Caspian Sea, waste management, air management, forestry, biodiversity and protected areas.

The United Nations Environment programme Year Book 2011 examines global emerging issues and highlights major environmental events and developments over the past year. It also presents the most recent data and indicator trends, providing the latest environmental science. The Year Book demonstrates that plastic debris in the ocean can transport toxic substances which may end up in the food chain, causing potential harm to the ecosystem and human health. It also explores the wider impact of the use of phosphorus in food production. In addition, it suggests that halting loss of forest biodiversity is essential if forests are-adapt to mounting pressures, including climate change and pest outbreaks. Year Book shows how cutting edge science reveals new opportunities to mitigate climate change while improving air quality.

Le présent programme de formation a pour but d'aider à développer, au sein des polices locale et nationale, les connaissances et les compétences requises pour réspondre de manière efficace et appropriée à la violence qui s'exerce envers les femmes, notamment dans l'intimité. Il propose, pour ce faire, des mesures destinées à prévenir la violence envers les femmes, des moyens d'agir et d'enquêter sur les actes de violence et des informations qui doivent permettre de répondre aux besoins des victimes pendant et après un incident.

En marzo de 2010, en su 53º período de sesiones, la comisión de estupefacientes invitó a la junta internacional de fiscalización de estupefacientes a incluir en su informe correspondiente a 2010 información sobre la disponibilidad de sustancias fiscalizadas internacionalmente para usos médicos. La junta también es consciente del interés cada vez mayor que prestan a este asunto la Organización mundial de la salud y otros organismos. En respuesta a la importancia del tema, la junta ha decidido dedicarle un suplemento de su informe anual. Este formato permite a la Junta ofrecer información adecuada sobre la situación actual, a escala mundial y regional, destacar los mayores obstáculos y formular recomendaciones para aumentar la disponibilidad de sustancias fiscalizadas internacionalmente para fines médicos y científicos. En las publicaciones técnicas de la Junta dedicadas a los estupefacientes y las sustancias sicotrópicas se incluye un análisis detallado del tema.

This issue of the External Trade Bulletin presents data and statistical indicators on external trade in goods of ESCWA member countries. Data are presented in time series until 2009 and were drawn primarily from national sources, as well as from secondary sources where appropriate. ESCWA hopes that this issue of the External Trade Bulletin, which provides total and detailed data on intraregional and international trade of member countries, would be useful to policy makers, analysts, researchers and other users at the national, regional and international levels. This issue comprises three parts. Part I is on external trade statistics and contains tables on the annual trade growth rates in the region, the total values of imports and exports and the percentage of those values by sections of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS). Part II is on intraregional trade and contains tables on intraregional imports and exports as a share of total imports and exports by country and HS sections.

This handy statistical pocketbook provides an easy-to-use international compilation of basic economic, social and environmental indicators for 216 countries and areas worldwide. It covers 50 key indicators in the areas of population, economic activity, agriculture, industry, energy, international trade, transport, communications, gender, education and environment, based on over 20 international statistical sources. The layout provides an easy-to-view comprehensive statistical profile of each country or area, and the notes on sources and definitions on indicators provide a valuable guide for further research. This issue of the World Statistics Pocketbook also shows comparative data for the years 2000, 2005 and 2009.

The World Economic and Social Survey 2009 argues that the separation in practice of climate change and development agendas has distorted the global debate on the two biggest policy challenges facing the international community. According to the Survey, an integrated approach based on the concept of sustainable development is urgently needed. It proposes that mitigation and adaptation can move forward effectively only if they are part of a consistent development strategy built around a massive investment-led transformation along low to emissions, high to growth paths. The Survey,also contends that a critical role must be played by developmental states able to mobilise public finance and build appropriate technological capacity.

This report is intended to highlight the important role young people play in addressing climate change, and to offer suggestions on how young people might be more effectively integrated as individuals and collective agents of change within the realm of climate change adaptation and mitigation. The report is designed to assist youth and youth organisations in educating themselves and to become more actively involved in combating the threat of climate change. It is also meant to affirm the status of young people as key stakeholders in the fight against climate change. The publication comes at a time when efforts to address climate change are receiving unparalleled attention within the international arena, offering young people a unique opportunity for their voice to be heard in the debate.

This publication provides analysis of recent trends and statistics for estimated requirements and actual movements of narcotic drugs. Data is provided for specific groups of drugs and countries. The technical data on narcotic drugs are published for control purposes and to meet the needs of researchers, enterprises and the general public. The publication of statistical data provides information for analytical purposes, inter alia, on the availability and use of narcotic drugs in various countries and territories. The publication of estimates and statistics on production, manufacture, stocks and utilization of narcotic drugs is also intended to furnish producing and manufacturing countries with information on prospective trends. This trilingual publication is in English, French and Spanish.

This series contains the decisions of the Court in both the English and French texts. Each decision is published as soon as possible after it has been given, in an unbound fascicle, which is sold separately. To allow for binding, a continuous system of pagination is adopted for all the fascicles of any one year. Early each year an analytical index is published of the previous year's decisions, this may also be purchased separately. A binder is available for those who have obtained the separate fascicles and index at the time of their publication. The collected decisions, with index, for each year, may also be obtained ready bound in one volume.

This Review is an annual publication providing an overview of the current United Nations peace operations worldwide, newest trends and developments in the area of peacekeeping, peacemaking and peacebuilding. It contains basic statistical facts and figures relating to UN peace presence in the field. The publication is produced by the Department of Public Information's Peace and Security Section, with contributions from the Departments of Peacekeeping Operations, of Field Support and of Political Affairs, as well as from UN peace missions.