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This publication provides ratios of raw material input to the output of wood-based forest products for 16 countries of the UNECE region. Analysts, policymakers, forest practitioners and forest to based manufacturers often have a need for this information when looking into the future of the forest sector via outlook studies, but also for a basic understanding of the drivers of efficiency, feasibility and economics of the sector. The publication includes explanations of the units of measure, the drivers of the ratios, as well as information on physical properties of wood-based forest products. Finally, where reported factors were unavailable, factors from other sources were given.

La Convention de la CEE sur la protection et l’utilisation des cours d’eau transfrontières et des lacs internationaux, de 1992, insiste sur la coopération institutionnelle entre les pays. Elle invite les pays à conclure des accords et à créer des organismes communs, comme les commissions de bassins hydrographiques et d’autres institutions de coopération dans le domaine des eaux transfrontières. La présente publication analyse les structures et les activités d’organes communs de coopération relative aux eaux transfrontières et formule un certain nombre de recommandations pour le développement de la coopération et la mise en place ainsi que l’amélioration d’organes communs dans les pays d’Europe orientale, du Caucase et d’Asie centrale. Elle s’attache plus particulièrement aux points sur lesquels les organes communs existant en Europe orientale, dans le Caucase et en Asie centrale pourraient améliorer leurs activités en renforçant les mécanismes institutionnels.

This report aims to bring forward good experiences on eco-efficient approaches for awareness and Knowledge and to facilitate the replication of these cases in water resource management among countries in the region. It also aims to assist policy to makers in developing to use good model, mechanism and approaches for the planning and implementation of eco-efficient water infrastructure based on good cases presented by experts participated in the workshop.

The primary emphasis of the Journal is the publication of empirically based, policy-oriented articles, which can engage the attention of policy makers, academicians and researchers. The articles analyse development issues and problems relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. The Asia-Pacific Development Journal is issued twice a year.

Official Records of the Report of the Board of Auditors on UN Institute for Training and Research for Year ended 31 December 2009.

Le capital le plus important q'une société puisse avoir est son capital humain. Évaluer quantitativement et qualitativement ce capital à échelon des petites zones et des régions et au niveau national est une activité essentielle des administrations publiques modernes. La deuxième révision des principes et recommandations concernant les recensements de la population et des logements présente plusieurs modifications de fond. Les recommandations pour la série de recensements de 2010 sont aussi beaucoup plus orientées sur les produits et présentent des tableaux qui est recommandé de suivre au sujet des caractéristiques de la population et du logement et qu’il est demandé à toutes les autorités nationales chargées des statistiques ou du recensement de produire au moins une fois au cours de cette série de recensements. Ces recommandations soulignent aussi l’importance et la nécessité de la collecte et de la présentation de métadonnées, indispensables à l’interprétation exacte des résultats des recensements.

Official Records of the Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the Biennium Ended 31 December 2009 and Report of the Board of Auditors: International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia Since 1991.

The GHS addresses classification of chemicals by types of hazard and proposes harmonized hazard communication elements, including labels and safety data sheets. It aims at ensuring that information on physical hazards and toxicity from chemicals be available in order to enhance the protection of human health and the environment during the handling, transport and use of these chemicals. The GHS also provides a basis for harmonization of rules and regulations on chemicals at national, regional and worldwide level, an important factor also for trade facilitation. This third revised edition contains various new and revised provisions concerning, inter alia, new provisions for the allocation of hazard statements and for the labelling of small packagings, two new sub-categories for respiratory and skin sensitization, the revision of the classification criteria for long-term hazards (chronic toxicity) to the aquatic environment, and a new hazard class for substances and mixtures hazardous to the ozone layer.

Official Records of the Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the Biennium Ended 31 December 2009 and Report of the Board of Auditors: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

The 2007 edition of the Demographic Yearbook provides statistics on population size and composition, fertility, mortality, infant and foetal mortality, marriages and divorces. It also includes a detailed set of technical notes and footnotes explaining the sources, availability, timeliness, quality, reliability and coverage of the data presented. Data have been collected from national statistical authorities since 1948 through a set of questionnaires dispatched annually by the United Nations Statistics Division to over 230 national statistical offices. The primary sources of the data reported in the Demographic Yearbook are national population and housing censuses, population to related statistics from national administrative recording systems and population and household surveys reported by national statistical authorities.

Coal mines are not only a safety management challenge but also a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Methane release during coal mining creates unsafe working conditions in underground coal mines around the world. This Guidance is intended to provide a genuine contribution to improve mine safety practices at active underground coal mines, by supporting safer mining practices to reduce fatalities, injuries, and property losses, while encouraging the use of coal mine methane (CMM) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and utilize otherwise–wasted energy resources.

Le Rapport 2010 sur le développement économique en Afrique examine les tendances récentes des relations du continent avec d’autres pays en développement et les nouvelles formes de partenariat dans lesquelles s’inscrivent ces relations. Le rapport analyse les divers arrangements institutionnels qui guident et encouragent ces nouvelles relations économiques. Il donne une information à jour sur le commerce de l’Afrique avec les autres pays en développement ainsi que sur les apports financiers publics et l’investissement étranger direct en Afrique provenant de ces pays. Enfin, il traite d’importantes questions de principe soulevées par les nouveaux partenariats dans chacun de ces domaines.

The Guide aims to provide practical assistance for the establishment or upgrading of forensic document examination capacities in two categories of service providers – immigration and border control agencies and forensic science laboratories. The focus is on the staff skill and educational requirements needed to perform forensic document examinations and to provide court testimony, intelligence alerts, and training. Recommendations on forensic equipment as well as establishing and maintaining a document examination facility are also included.

This report documents the major reductions in mortality achieved since 1950 in all countries and the shifting burden of disease from communicable to non-communicable diseases. It also documents how that shift has entailed a change in the age profile of mortality. To ensure universal access to the health system, the report suggests that health-care coverage be expanded by pooling resources and by implementing prepayment schemes.

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This is the second Environmental Performance Review (EPR) of Uzbekistan published by UNECE. The report takes stock of the progress made by Uzbekistan in the management of its environment since the country was first reviewed in 2001. It assesses the implementation of the recommendations in the first review (Annex I). It also covers nine issues of importance to Uzbekistan concerning policymaking, planning and implementation, the financing of environmental policies and projects, and the integration of environmental concerns into economic sectors, in particular water management, land management, energy and climate change. The report places particular emphasis on climate change and water, as the country gives a high priority to this issue.

Exposure to radiation has origins such as medical diagnosis and therapeutic procedures, nuclear weapons production and testing, as well as occupations that entail increased exposure to artificial or naturally occurring sources of radiation. Since the establishment on of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation the mandate of the committee has been to undertake board reviews of the sources of ionizing radiation and of the effects of that radiation on human health and the environment. The committee last made estimates of radiation levels and trends in its 2000 report. The present report updates and extends those estimates.

The publication of the sixty-first edition of the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, corresponding to 2008 to 2009, comes at a critical point in the economic development of the Latin American and Caribbean region. A growth phase that the region's recent history cannot equal in nature and duration has come to an end and output is contracting. The first part of this edition looks at the channels through which the crisis is affecting the economies of the region and its impact on variables such as economic growth, employment and external-sector indicators. It also discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the countries and concludes with a discussion of the outlook for the second half of the year. The second part discusses policies for creating quality jobs, including challenges and opportunities for labour institutions and labour markets, labour to market policies for youth and women. This CD also contains the electronic versions of the printed publication.

This volume contains the summary records of the meetings of the fifty-second session of the Commission with the corrections requested by members of the Commission and such editorial changes as were considered necessary. The issues discussed at that session included: State responsibility, unilateral acts of States, nationality in relation to the succession of States, prevention of transboundary damage from hazardous activities, diplomatic protection, reservations to treaties and long-term programme of work of the Commission.

Due to the global crisis, in 2009 FDI flows to the region shrunk by 42% with regard to the historical record of in 2008. This decrease is explained by a combination of factors: a fall in world production, prevailing uncertainty and the deceleration of growth in several countries of the region, which discouraged FDI in search of local markets. In addition, falling commodity prices in late 2008 warded off investment in the exploitation of these resources, while the recession in North America restrained investment in export platforms. The report notes that most announced FDI in manufacturing continues concentrated in low and medium to low technology intensive activities, while FDI in high to tech sectors and research and development projects is still scarce. This reveals that two decades after FDI flows were liberalized, the region still has difficulties attracting high to technology investment and participating in high value-added links in global production chains. The report suggests policies for productive development.