STATIST EN V I R ON ME N T AN D URBAN ISSUEIC SS
International Recommendations for Energy Statistics
Basic Facts about the United Nations 2014
Year in Review 2012: United Nations Peace Operations
This multi-purpose conceptual and statistical framework provides an organizing structure to guide the collection and compilation of environment statistics at the national level. Though recommended for use by countries at any stage of development, its primary objective is to guide countries at early stages in the development of their environment statistics programmes. It adequately responds to the increasing demand for information in the follow-up to Rio+20 and the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
This publication was developed to assist countries in the establishment and strengthening of their energy statistical programmes. In particular, it provides data compilers with a complete set of recommendations covering all aspects of the statistical production process from basic concepts, definitions, classifications and measurement units to data sources, institutional and legal framework, data compilation strategies, energy balances, data quality and statistical dissemination. It also contains the Standard International Energy Product Classification (SIEC) which is the first internationally agreed classification of energy products. This multipurpose document is intended to address the need of various user groups including data producers and data users.
This comprehensive handbook designed for the general public explains the structure of the United Nations, how the Organization works, the main issues it addresses and its importance for people everywhere. In addition to setting out the various roles played by principle UN organs and related organizations, Basic Facts about the United Nations documents the Organization’s contributions to international peace and security, economic and social development, human rights, humanitarian action, international law and decolonization. Appendices contain current data on UN membership and peacekeeping operations, as well as contact information for UN information centres, services and offices. This latest edition has been revised to take account of significant developments in the world and the Organization itself since 2011.
No day is quite the same in the life of a peacekeeper and working in the field has its demands and rewards. Peace operations continue to evolve with more robust and multidimensional mandates requiring expertise in human rights, justice, rule of law, security and political diplomacy, to name a few. The Year in Review features the activities of the UN Peacekeeping Missions in 2012, highlighting the successes and challenges that emerge throughout the year. It looks at how these challenges-- many times unforeseen, always under difficult conditions --are met by the peacekeepers on the ground as they work towards maintaining peace and security, protecting civilians, and providing support to fragile societies and governments in post-conflict settings.
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July 2014 9789211615821 330pp $40.00
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July 2014 9789211615845 230pp $35.00
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October 2013 9789211012798 296pp $15.00
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October 2013 9789211012866 74pp $10.00
Transforming the United Nations System: Designs for a Workable World
Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council 2012 United Nations
United Nations University
November 2013 9789280812305 460pp $40.00
In this publication it is argued that one nation–one vote decision-making in most United Nations agencies fails to reflect the distribution of power in the world at large. Hence, nations are reluctant to endow the UN with the authority and the resources it needs. It is proposed that systemic improvements, largely through weighted voting formulae that balance the needs of stakeholders in diverse UN agencies be introduced. It indicates ways by which the interests of regions can supplement those of nations. It also proposes that NGOs and ordinary citizens be given a greater voice. The aim is not to create an unrealistic utopia, but rather to establish a workable world where law supplants force and where sustainable development prevails.
November 2013 9789211012880 120pp $21.00
Index to Proceedings of the Security Council: Sixty-seventh Year, 2012
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The Index to Proceedings of the United Nations Security Council is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the Security Council. This issue covers the sixty-seventh year of the Council including its commissions, committees and ad hoc committees. The Index is divided in two parts comprising the Subject Index and Index to Speeches. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Department of Public Information, at UN Headquarters in New York, as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS).
With its comprehensive coverage of political and security matters, human rights issues, economic and social questions, legal issues, and institutional, administrative and budgetary matters, the Yearbook of the United Nations is the principal reference work on the United Nations and provides a detailed overview of the Organization’s concerns and activities. Each Yearbook is fully indexed and includes all major General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions.
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January 2014 9789211012811 282pp $54.00
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The Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council is a bibliographic guide to the proceedings and documentation of the Economic and Social Council. This issue covers the 2012 session of the Council including the organizational and substantive session. The Index is divided in two parts comprising the Subject Index and Index to Speeches. The Index is prepared by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Department of Public Information, at UN Headquarters in New York, as one of the products of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System (UNBIS).
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January 2014 9789211012750 1610pp $175.00
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UN ITE D N ATIO N S/IN TE RN AT ION A L PEACE A N D S ECUR I T Y
Framework for the Development of Environment Statistics 2013