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Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS): Fifth Revised Edition
United Nations
June 2013 9789211391466 844pp $160.00
This publication covers the classification of dangerous goods and their listing, the use, construction, testing and approval of packagings and portable tanks, and the consignment procedures. They aim at ensuring a high level of safety by preventing accidents to persons and property and damage to the environment during transport. This revised edition contains new and revised provisions concerning, inter alia: classification of solid oxidizing substances; transport of absorbed gases; lithium batteries; asymmetric capacitors; discarded packagings; ammonium nitrate and radioactive material; testing of gas cartridges and fuel cell cartridges; marking of bundles of cylinders; and the applicability of ISO standards to the manufacture of new pressure receptacles.
This publication addresses classification and labelling of chemicals by types of hazards and provides the basis for worldwide harmonization of rules and regulations used in various sectors. It aims at enhancing the protection of human health and the environment during the handling, transport and use of these chemicals by ensuring that the information about their physical, chemical and environmental hazards is available. The fifth revised edition includes a new test method for oxidizing solids, new miscellaneous changes to further clarify the criteria for the hazard classes skin corrosion/irritation, severe eye damage/irritation and aerosols; revised and simplified classification and labelling summary tables; a new codification system for pictograms and revised and further rationalized precautionary statements.
June 2013 9789211170672 536pp $115.00
African Governance Report III: Elections and the Management of Diversity
United Nations Practical Manual on Transfer Pricing for Developing Countries
This report is the most comprehensive report yet on governance in Africa. It assesses and monitors the progress African countries are making on governance; identifies capacity gaps in governance institutions, and proposes policies and strategic interventions aimed at promoting good governance on the continent. It focuses on political and economic governance, development of the private sector and corporate governance, checks and balances in political power, institutional effectiveness and accountability of the executive, human rights and the rule of law, corruption and institutional capacity building. The theme of this edition revolves around elections in Africa becoming a significant tool for political change and genuine democratization.
This publication responds to the need expressed by developing countries for clearer guidance on the policy and administrative aspects of applying transfer pricing analysis to some of the transactions of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in particular. Such guidance should not only assist policy makers and administrators in dealing with complex transfer pricing issues, but should also assist taxpayers in their dealings with tax administrations. Without an effective response to transfer pricing issues, profits earned in one jurisdiction might appear to be shifted to another jurisdiction. This may have the net effect of minimizing tax revenues in a country where economic activity of the MNE takes place, and therefore the ability to finance the country’s development.
United Nations Handbook on Selected Issues in Administration of Double Tax Treaties for Developing Countries
Spring Summer 2014
April 2014 9789211170696 350pp $55.00
Asian countries have introduced major reforms and new institutional mechanisms to promote the engagement of elected local governments, civil society and the private sector. This book attempts to examine emerging issues in democratic local governance and factors that influenced the impetus for and the substance of reforms. It asks: What have been challenges in designing and implementing decentralization policies and programs? What are the constraints on strengthening citizen participation? What is the impact of reforms to promote gender and rights perspectives in local governance? What is the role of local government in service delivery and access? How effective have the mechanisms for accountability and transparency in local governance been? What are the driving forces influencing democratic local governance reform?
January 2014 9789280812329 388pp $38.00
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This state-of-the-art volume on local governance, decentralization and local democracy summarizes original research conducted in the last decade. It is a future-looking volume with explicit policy relevance, that paves the way for innovative thinking (and acting) related to development in the field. From a theoretical perspective it adjoins top–down and bottom–up rationalities, which are illustrated by a variety of case studies. The case studies are selected for their relevance to the current global evolution of decentralized policies and politics. This volume concludes that local politics have a huge potential that needs to be explored. It gives valuable insights into how this can be achieved.
January 2014 9781780932316 256pp $38.00
The Aarhus Convention is an international legally binding instrument giving the public the rights of participation in decision making, access to information and justice regarding the environment. These rights were emphasized in the outcome document of the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. The Convention’s twin protections for environmental and human rights, and its focus on involving the public, provide a mechanism for holding governments to account in their efforts to address the multidimensional challenges facing our world today, including climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty reduction, increasing energy demands, rapid urbanization, and pollution. The Guide is designed for policy-makers, legislators, NGOs, academics and civil society.
United Nations
April 2014 9789211338164 340pp $49.00
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This series contains summaries of judgments, advisory opinions and orders of a substantive nature issued by the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. The present volume includes summaries of all the judgments, advisory opinions and orders issued by the Permanent Court of International Justice, the predecessor of the International Court of Justice. From 1922 to 1946, the Permanent Court dealt with 29 contentious cases and delivered 27 advisory opinions, thus participating in the settlement of numerous international disputes and contributing to the development of international law. The decisions summarized in the present volume have played and continue to play an important role in understanding the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice.
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL): Yearbook 2010
UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law, Part Four: Directors’ Obligations in the Period Approaching Insolvency
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) is the core legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law. It specializes in the modernization and harmonization of rules on international business. The Commission is composed of 60 Member States elected by the General Assembly. This Yearbook reproduces the substantive documents prepared each year for the Commission and its working groups. It also includes the annual report of the Commission, meeting records, General Assembly resolutions and Sixth Committee reports related to UNCITRAL’s work, as well as a bibliography of recent scholarly writings examining the legal texts prepared by UNCITRAL.
This book focuses on the obligations regarding management of an enterprise when it faces imminent insolvency or insolvency becomes unavoidable. The aim of imposing such obligations, which become enforceable once insolvency proceedings commence, is to protect the legitimate interests of creditors and other stakeholders and encourage timely action to address financial distress and minimize its effects. This publication addresses the key elements of provisions imposing such obligations, as well as the nature of the obligations, the time at which the obligations should arise, the persons to whom the obligations would attach, and related issues.
United Nations
April 2014 9789211338157 CD $80.00
This publication provides ideas on overcoming deficiencies in the ongoing process of globalization and in existing mechanisms for global economic governance. Promising directions for reform include: strengthening government capacities for formulating and implementing national development strategies; ensuring that official development assistance is aligned with national priorities; strengthening the international trade and financial systems so countries with limited capabilities can integrate into the global economy; and creating new mechanisms for dealing with deficiencies. The authors do not offer a blueprint, but aim at presenting ideas to become the basis for guiding development policies and international cooperation.
Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the Permanent Court of International Justice
United Nations
United Nations University
Double tax treaties play a key role in the context of international taxation, by reducing or eliminating double taxation over cross-border income, thus encouraging international investment and global economic growth, and by enhancing cooperation among tax administrations, especially in tackling international tax evasion and avoidance. This publication, which is designed especially for developing countries, aims at providing practical guidance to effectively implement double tax treaties and, in particular, those drawing upon the United Nations Model Double Taxation Convention between Developed and Developing Countries. Primary audiences are officials of national tax authorities and other tax professionals, the general public, media and universities.
United Nations
The Aarhus Convention: An Implementation Guide
Democratic Local Governance: Reforms and Innovations in Asia
United Nations
December 2013 9789211591057 432pp $45.00
January 2014 9789280812299 460pp $40.00
United Nations
November 2013 9789211591033 496pp $40.00
Retooling Global Economic Governance
United Nations University
United Nations
United Nations
October 2013 9789211251203 260pp $45.00
The Imperative of Good Local Governance: Challenges for the Next Decade of Decentralization
United Nations
April 2014 9789211338188 30pp $18.00
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Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods: Model Regulations (18th Revised Edition)