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L'annuaire est publié en deux volumes. Le premier volume contient les comptes rendus analytiques des séances de la cinquante et unième session de la Commission du droit international. Le second volume comprend les documents relatifs aux questions débattues. Il contient en particulier le rapport que la Commission adresse chaque année à l'Assemblée générale. La Commission traite notamment des sujets suivants: procédures d'arbitrage, immunités diplomatiques, droits de l’homme, droit de la mer, droit applicable aux conflits armés, droit conventionnel et droit des traités.

This fifty-sixth edition of theInternational Trade Statistics Yearbook provides the basic information for individual countries’ external trade performances in terms of value, as well as in volume and price, the importance of trading partners and the significance of individual commodities imported and exported. This edition shows annual statistics up to the year 2007 for 180 countries or areas. It is published in two volumes. Volume I contains detailed data for individual countries or areas, Volume II contains commodity tables showing the world trade of certain commodities analysed by regions and countries. This is a bilingual publication, in English and French.

The 2008 revision builds on the 2006 revision, and incorporates the results of both the 2000 round of national population censuses and the recent specialised surveys carried around the world. Those sources provide both the demographic and other information needed to assess the progress made in achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals. The comprehensive review of past worldwide demographic trends and future prospects presented in the 2008 revision provides the population to related basis for the assessment of those goals.

Presents official Records of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development: Report on the Thirteenth Session (17 to 21 May 2010).

Contains a list of manufacturers authorized by governments to manufacture narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. The list is brought up to date and reissued on an annual basis by the Policy Support Section, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The list is presented on a country-by-country basis.

UNODA Occasional Papers is a series of ad hoc publications presenting, in edited form, papers or statements made at international meetings, symposiums, seminars or workshops organized by the Office for Disarmament Affairs or its regional centres in Lima, Lomé or Kathmandu. They deal with topical issues in the field of arms limitation, disarmament and international security and are intended primarily for those concerned with these matters in government, civil society and in the academic community. The subject of this issue is “ways to strengthen the field of verification”, and is presented by two papers in this publication.

In Latin America, the dominant understanding of the relationship between trade and growth has evolved radically over time. This paper analyses the different approaches to trade and growth in Latin America from the end of WWII to the present day. Specifically, it examines the underlying rhetoric of these alternative approaches and the extent to which their rhetoric matched their understanding of Latin American reality. It is shown that throughout the period under study, the relationship between trade and growth was far from robust. In other words, the region has been unable to make exports the lynchpin of rapid long-run growth. Addressing this failure is one of the most urgent tasks confronting Latin America, and one which has received insufficient attention.

Life skills education, using the peer to to to peer approach, can effectively promote youth health and protect young people from HIV, drugs, sexual abuse and other threats. This publication draws on experiences, lessons learned and recommendations from the 2005 to 2009 UNESCAP project Strengthening Life Skills for Positive Youth Health Behaviour, which was implemented in Cambodia, China, Philippines and Sri Lanka. A youth-centred approach is adopted, with emphasis on psychological factors, social interaction and how to empower young people, especially out- of-school youth, with essential life skills to better deal with the many challenges they face in their daily lives. Wider socio to structural issues are addressed and key elements are put forward to help develop innovative and creative programmes and move Asia and the Pacific away from ineffective and costly single-problem focused strategies.

In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and the relevant General Assembly Resolutions, every treaty and international agreement registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat since 1946 is published in the UN Treaty Series. At present, the collection includes about 30,000 treaties reproduced in their authentic languages, together with translations into English and French.

Adoption is one of the oldest social institutions. Nevertheless, adoption still raises highly emotive issues because of its fundamental implications for the familial ties. This publication provides a solid foundation for furthering research on child adoption and, more specifically, on the demographic factors that shape the demand for and the availability of adoptable children. The focus of this report is on the nexus between adoption policies and trends at the national and global levels. Understanding adoption policies and their origins is all the more important today because, as adoption has become global, inconsistencies among the legal principles and traditions regarding adoption in different countries are increasingly coming to the fore.

The objective of the study is to serve as a guiding framework for policymakers, researchers and practitioners interested in developing practical tools for evidence-based policymaking, impact assessment, monitoring and evaluation in the area of social inclusion. It provides guidance on how to develop tools, taking into consideration the historical, cultural and contextual backgrounds of one’s own society. The study also builds on the work on social indicators that has already been undertaken by many people at local, national, regional and international levels. It is hoped that the study will help to inspire new ideas and to generate innovative approaches.

The EC-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) has created business opportunities in services sectors and other investment opportunities. This guide looks at opportunities for Caribbean enterprises in Europe, as well as openings for European businesses in 13 Caribbean markets. Part 1 of the publication deals with services and investment commitments made by the European Community (EC) granting market access for Caribbean businesses, describes commitments on a sector-by-sector basis, identifying new investment and export opportunities, and the applicable limitations. Part 2 outlines trade in services and investment opportunities available, and limitations applicable, to European businesses for each sector in individual Caribbean countries. Key features of market access commitments made under the EPA are explained.

The current episode (2007 to 09) may well be the first time since Latin America gained its independence in the early 1800s that a major economic contraction and financial calamity in the industrialised world has not caused a wave of currency, sovereign debt or banking crises in the region. What explains Latin America's unprecedented resilience in contrast with, for example, Eastern Europe's now-evident financial vulnerability? Here we review the enormous progress made by many governments in Latin America in the past decade to reduce currency mismatches, allow for more flexible exchange-rate regimes, enhance the capitalization, funding and supervision of their banking systems, encourage the development of local capital markets, and implement sounder and more credible monetary and fiscal policies. Evidently, it is not necessary to wait for an improved international financial regulation in order for reform-minded, well to managed countries to reap the most benefits from, and minimise the deleterious impact of market crises.

This present policy note takes stock of the nature of the financial, institutional and technical support and preferential trade-related treatments that have been provided to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). It is mainly designed to contribute to the debate leading up to the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2011, and to provide an assessment of how effective existing international support measures have been. It identifies ways in which those measures can be strengthened and suggests additional interventions that need to be considered in order to facilitate development in LDCs. The report argues for greater coherence between the international strategy for LDCs and other existing development strategies. A clearer link also needs to be established between the poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) and the overall strategy and measures that will be decided upon at the Fourth United Nations Conference on LDCs.

Presents the text of the European Code for Inland Waterways Revision 3 including annexes and supplement. It extensively details the code and covers Articles 1 to 9.

This study focuses on export promotion schemes that developing countries may use without violating international trade rules. It examines the rules themselves – the World Trade organisation (WTO) Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures for industrial goods and the Agreement on Agriculture for agricultural products – and looks at schemes currently in place in the developing world.

This report on the International Trade Centre (ITC) World Export Development Forum on Consumers, Ethics and Environment (Octo ber 2008), reflects on what ethical trade means, the growth in the global fair trade and ethical markets, how entrepreneurs in developing countries can break into these markets, and what trade support institutions and governments should be doing to help ethical traders. It considers the bottom line for every topic discussed: how to use ethical trade as a tool to raise standards of living for everyone involved.

Part of Internatonal Trade Centre’s (ITC's) Trade Secrets series, this book provides extensive information, resources and advice on electronic commerce. The guide’s question and answer format allows users to focus on areas of particular interest, while at the same time covering the myriad issues linked to selling and buying via the Internet.

Provides a snapshot of disability statistics and information. This compilation serves as a point of reference whereby governments, researchers, organisations of persons with disabilities, and other stakeholders are encouraged to take further action to enhance their data collection efforts and create an inclusive, barrier to a free and rights-based society.

In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and the relevant General Assembly Resolutions, every treaty and international agreement registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat since 1946 is published in the UN Treaty Series. At present, the collection includes about 30,000 treaties reproduced in their authentic languages, together with translations into English and French.