United Nations Publications' Spring Summer 2020 catalog
SPRING SUMMER 2020
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Mega trends make the world increasingly unfair. Time for policies that end inequality.
World Social Report 2020
Publication Date: January 2020 Pages: 216
ISBN: 9789211303926 Price: $50.00
See Page: 11
The most rapidly and widely ratified international human rights treaty in history The Convention on the Rights of the Child United Nations
Publication Date: November 2019 Pages: 82
ISBN: 9789211014181 Price: $12.95
See Page: 12
A new generation of inequalities is opening up that could trigger a ‘new great divergence’ in society.
Human Development Report 2019
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Publication Date: December 2019 Pages: 366
ISBN: 9789211264395 Price: $35.00
See Page: 10
Children, Food and NutritionGrowing Well in a Changing World
State of the World’s Children
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Publication Date: Decemeber 2019 Pages: 258
ISBN: 9789280650037 Price: $35.00
See Page: 25
URBAN
Forest Products
Annual Market Review 2018-2019
United Nations
This review covers the range of products from the forest to the end-user: from roundwood and primary processed products to value-added and housing. Statistics-based chapters analyse the markets for wood raw materials, sawn softwood, sawn hardwood, wood-based panels, paper, paperboard and woodpulp. It also analyzes policies, forest products trade barriers and markets for wood energy. Underlying the analysis is a comprehensive collection of data. It highlights the role of sustainable forest products in international markets. Policies concerning forests and forest products are discussed, as well as the main drivers and trends.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211172188
Pages: 152
Price: $70.00
Revised Guidelines on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context for Central Asian Countries
United Nations
This publication contains the Revised Guidelines developed as a tool for the consistent practical implementation of transboundary environmental impact assessment procedures and to assist Central Asian countries in developing their national legislation in accordance with the Espoo Convention. They are structured along each of the procedural stages of a transboundary environmental impact assessment procedure that reflects the requirements of the Convention and are complemented by related good practice recommendations in the Central Asian subregional context.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211172072
The
Future of Asian & Pacific Cities
Pages: 28
Price: $15.00
Transformative Pathways Towards Sustainable Urban Development
United Nations
This report is an important resource to explore critical and emerging policy opportunities to realize urban sustainability. It identifies future policy pathways for urban decision makers and stakeholders to reimagine the built and natural environments in Asian and Pacific cities and offers policy solutions across different types of cities to achieve the global development agendas. The solutions address four major development challenges – natural resource management, climate change, disaster risk and inequalities – through a focus on the key means of implementation to accelerate the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211207965
Pages: 184
Price: $50.00
Hard Talks in ECE Countries on How to Increase Renewable Energy Uptake
United Nations
This publication aims to present a succinct overview of a series of “Hard Talks” (in Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Serbia and Ukraine in 2016-2019) that have taken place as part of UNECE activities. These events promoted demand-driven debates held in the focus country on what is needed to change for the private sector to invest in sustainable energy and substantially increase the uptake of renewable energy.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211172300
Pages: TBD
Price: TBD
How Natural Gas Can Support the Uptake of Renewable Energy
United Nations
This publication shows that there is a strong medium-to-long-term future for gas so long as it wholeheartedly embraces the energy transition and partners with renewables to produce carbon-free products, notably hydrogen, whilst embracing carbon capture and storage. Gas has several key advantages. It is highly flexible and can be used for heating, cooling, cooking, waste disposal and transportation as well as feedstock for chemicals, fertilisers and pharmaceutical products.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211172294
Pathways to Sustainable Energy
United Nations
Pages: 80
Price: TBD
Energy underpins the development of economies and most of the goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. The development of strategies and actions to ensure the attainment of sustainable energy in the UNECE region serves as the background to this publication. The goal is to strengthen the knowledge and capacities of countries to develop, implement and track national sustainable energy policies aligned with their commitments on climate change and sustainable development, and to understand the objectives and actions of other countries. It aims to contribute to climate change mitigation and sustainable development.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211172287
Pages: 80
Price: TBD
Towards Sustainable Renewable Energy Investment and Deployment Trade-offs and Opportunities With Water Resources and the Environment
United Nations
This toolkit aims at increasing renewable energy investments and improving cross-sectoral planning in decision-making processes. The Renewable Energy “Hard Talk” events held in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018) and Serbia (2019) included a Nexus component for this purpose. Substantively, the approach used drew from the nexus assessment work under the ECE Water Convention and evolved into a list of criteria for sustainable renewable energy policies and investment initiatives that bring multiple benefits across sectors and countries while minimizing trade-offs, including with other water uses and environment protection.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211172317
Pages: 80
Price: TBD
Promoting Energy Efficiency Standards and Technologies to Enhance Energy Efficiency in Buildings
United Nations
Considerable progress in energy efficiency in the building sector is reported in the majority of the UNECE Member States but reaching the potential often falls short due to flawed policy frameworks and lack of public awareness on available modern technologies and education concerning energy efficiency improvement. This publication responds to challenges and aims to elucidate the status of implementation of energy efficiency standards in buildings and deployment of appropriate technologies, and to identify good policy practices and replicable solutions together with general recommendations and priority actions.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211172355
Pages: 90
Price: TBD
Best Practice Guidance for Effective Methane Management in the Oil and Gas Sector
Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) and Mitigation
United Nations
This publication provides guidance for developing and implementing effective monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) practices, as well as for mitigating methane emissions, from the oil and gas sector. In its discussion on MRV and mitigation opportunities, it is meant to serve as a resource for a broad audience, including owners and operators of oil and gas facilities and policymakers at all levels of government. It is intentionally “principles-based”, recognizing that conditions vary greatly across oil and gas facilities, and that legal, political and institutional aspects differ by jurisdictions.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211172171
Pages: 100
Price: TBD
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Join the SDG Book Club which uses books as a tool to encourage children ages 6-12 to interact with the principles of the Sustainable Development Goals. A curated reading list of books will take them on a new journey around the world every month while learning to see poverty, hunger and equality through the eyes of their favourite characters. It will then encourage them to turn lessons learnt into concrete actions to help achieve the Goals.
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The Least Developed Countries Report 2019
The Present and Future of External Development FinanceOld Dependence, New Challenges
United Nations
This report provides a comprehensive source of socio-economic analysis and data on the world’s most impoverished countries. It calls for least developed countries to ensure that external finance from all sources is directed to national development priorities, and urges the international community to scale up its support toward this goal. Persistent shortfalls in domestic savings in these countries make them heavily dependent on external finance. They are most dependent on official development assistance. Such assistance is essential for them to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and escape dependence.
Publication Date: November 2019 Pages: 196
ISBN: 9789211129601
Human Development Report 2019
Price: $65.00
Beyond Income, Beyond Averages, Beyond TodayInequalities in Human Development in the 21st Century United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Inequalities in human development are not just about disparities in income and wealth. They cannot be accounted for simply by using summary measures of inequality that focus on a single dimension. And they will shape the prospects of people in the next century. This report explores inequalities by going beyond income, beyond averages and beyond today. It asks what forms of inequality matter and what drives them, recognizing that pernicious inequalities are generally better thought of as a symptom of broader problems in a society and economy. It focuses on policies that can simultaneously help nations to grow their economies, improve human development and reduce inequality.
Publication Date: December 2019 Pages: 366
ISBN: 9789211264395
Forging a Path Beyond Borders
The Global South
Price: $35.00
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
This publication delves into what the future of South-South cooperation holds for developing countries, and how it can be reenergized and revitalized as a unique area of development cooperation. Given the trajectory of South-South cooperation over the last 40 years, the way forward needs to be traced, particularly in important areas of work like regional cooperation and digital industrialization. This publication covers a vast range of pertinent areas in South-South cooperation.
Publication Date: December 2019 Pages: 96
ISBN: 9789211129366
Price: $25.00
Industrial Development Report 2020
Industrializing in the Digital Age
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
The emergence and diffusion of advanced digital production (ADP) technologies clustered around the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is radically altering the nature of manufacturing production, and increasingly blurring the boundaries between physical and digital production systems. The significant requirements of ADP technologies are raising questions on whether industrialization is still a feasible or even a desirable strategy to achieve economic development. This publication contributes to this debate by presenting fresh analytical and empirical evidence on the future of industrialization in the context of a technological paradigm shift.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211064568
Pages: 228
Price: $90.00
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2020
United Nations
This is the United Nation’s definitive report on the state of the world economy, providing global and regional economic outlooks for 2020 and 2021. Produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the five United Nations regional commissions, and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, with contributions from the UN World Tourism Organization and other intergovernmental agencies.
Publication Date: January 2020
ISBN: 9789211091816
World Social Report 2020
Inequality in a Rapidly Changing World
United Nations
Pages: 234
Price: $70.00
This report examines the links between inequality and other major global trends (or megatrends), with a focus on technological change, climate change, urbanization and international migration. The analysis pays particular attention to poverty and labour market trends, as they mediate the distributional impacts of the major trends selected. It also provides policy recommendations to manage these megatrends in an equitable manner and considers the policy implications, so as to reduce inequalities and support their implementation.
Publication Date: February 2020
ISBN: 9789211303926
Pages: 216
Price: $50.00
HUMAN
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
United Nations
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is the first international agreement setting out freedoms, rights and entitlements for all humanity to claim. It emphasizes the inextricable relationship between fundamental freedoms and social justice, and their connection with peace and security. Different editions exist: the YAK-illustrated hardbound edition is available in English and French; the multilingual edition featuring all six official United Nations languages is available in hardcover; individual monolingual editions are available in each of the official United Nations languages, and finally there is the children’s adaption by Ruth Rocha and Otavio Roth.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Arabic language)
Publication Date: December 2017 Pages: 14
ISBN: 9789214000556
Price: $3.00
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Chinese language)
Publication Date: December 2017 Pages: 16
ISBN: 9789216000363
Price: $3.00
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (English language)
Publication Date: December 2017 Pages: 14
ISBN: 9789211013641
Price: $3.00
Déclaration universelle des droits de l’homme (French language)
Publication Date: December 2017 Pages: 16
ISBN: 9789213002681
Price: $3.00
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Russian language)
Publication Date: December 2017 Pages: 16
ISBN: 9789216000370
Price: $3.00
Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos (Spanish language)
Publication Date: December 2017 Pages: 16
ISBN: 9789213002698
Price: $3.00
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Illustrated by Yacine Aït Kaci (YAK)
Publication Date: December 2015 Pages: 72
ISBN: 9789211013146
The Convention on the Rights of the Child
United Nations
Price: $17.00
Thirty years ago, world leaders made a historic commitment to the world’s children by adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This Convention, one of the core human rights instruments, has become the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history and has helped transform children’s lives around the world. This book is published to commemorate this momentous anniversary. The e-book for this publication has been converted into an accessible format for the visually impaired and people with print reading disabilities. It is fully compatible with leading screen-reader technologies such as JAWS and NVDA.
Publication Date: November 2019 Pages: 82
ISBN: 9789211014181
Price: $12.95
The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation in Practice
Findings and Lessons Learned from the Work on Equitable Access to Water and Sanitation under the Protocol on Water and Health in the Pan-European Region United Nations
This publication capitalizes on the findings and lessons learned so far from the work on equitable access to water and sanitation under the UNECE/ WHO Regional Office for Europe Protocol on Water and Health. It features the experiences of 11 countries from the pan-European region that established baseline measures of their situation with regard to equitable access to water and sanitation. This was achieved through multi-stakeholders’ self-assessment processes by looking at geographical disparities, specific barriers faced by vulnerable and marginalized groups, affordability concerns, and the governance framework.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211172263
Generation Equality
Women’s Rights in Review 2020
UN-Women
Pages: 82
Price: $25.00
2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action. It also marks the first time that progress on the implementation of the Platform is reviewed in light of the 2030 Agenda. This report therefore takes an integrated approach to reporting on progress, gaps and challenges related to the advancement of gender equality and women’s rights across six dimensions that link the Platform’s critical areas of concern and the Sustainable Development Goals. It finds that there have been important gains since Beijing in 1995, but that progress towards gender equality has stalled and even reversed in some areas. Across the globe women’s movements, energized by young feminists work to advance the rights of women and girls that are linked to the achievement of economic, social and environmental justice for all.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211270723
Pages: 24
Price: TBD
World Survey on the Role of Women in Development 2019 Why Addressing Women’s Income and Time Poverty Matters for Sustainable Development
UN-Women
This edition focuses on the ways in which the nexus of time and income poverty shapes or constraints the lives of women. It argues that addressing this double bind is critical to achieve sustainable development, particularly in low-income contexts, and presents an integrated policy agenda for doing so. The report finds large gender gaps in extreme poverty rates especially between the ages of 25 and 34, coinciding with the phase in the life course of family formation and child-rearing, during which women and their households face increased expenses associated with having children, while also experiencing constraints on the time they have available for engaging in paid work.
Publication Date: May 2020
ISBN: 9781632141576
Pages: 130
Price: TBD
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Yearbook of the International Law Commission 2011, Vol. II, Part 1
United Nations
The Yearbook contains the official records of the Commission and is an indispensable tool for the preservation of the legislative history of the documents emanating from the Commission, as well as for the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the Commission in the progressive development of international law and its codification. Volume II (Part One) reproduces the edited versions of the official documents considered by the Commission at the respective annual session.
Publication Date: November 2019 Pages: 260
ISBN: 9789211338430
Manual of Tests and Criteria
7th Revised Edition
United Nations
Price: $70.00
The Manual of Tests and Criteria contains criteria, test methods and procedures to be used for classification of dangerous goods according to the provisions of Parts 2 and 3 of the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulations, as well as of chemicals presenting physical hazards according to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). As a consequence, it supplements also national or international regulations which are derived from the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods or the GHS.
Publication Date: December 2019 Pages: 536
ISBN: 9789211303940
Price: $150.00
Guidelines on Producing Leading, Composite and Sentiment Indicators
United Nations
Leading, composite and sentiment indicators offer a powerful way of communication for statistical information and reaching out to users of statistics. The indicators can provide relevant and timely information on aspects of the economy and social society that are not covered by other statistics. They can also provide information on complex phenomena in simple and condensed form, for instance on current or expected economic development or on the well-being or sense of happiness of citizens.
Publication Date: December 2019 Pages: 134
ISBN: 9789211172195
Price: $45.00
Guidelines on the Management and Ownership of Condominium Housing
United Nations
Effective and efficient housing management is important to support the implementation of key UN agreements, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the New Urban Agenda and the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing. Efficient housing management results in economic benefits and decent housing conditions for inhabitants of condominiums. Housing management, through housing refurbishment programmes, protects the environment and contributes to decrease in greenhouse gas emissions, which supports the efforts of governments and stakeholders to address climate change.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211172256
Pages: 104
Price: $35.00
Yearbook of the International Law Commission 2013, Vol. II, Part 1
United Nations
The Yearbook contains the official records of the Commission and is an indispensable tool for the preservation of the legislative history of the documents emanating from the Commission, as well as for the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the Commission in the progressive development of international law and its codification. Volume II (Part One) reproduces the edited versions of the official documents considered by the Commission at the respective annual session.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211338713
Pages: 172
Price: $70.00
Yearbook of the International Law Commission 2012, Vol. II, Part 1
United Nations
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The Yearbook contains the official records of the Commission and is an indispensable tool for the preservation of the legislative history of the documents emanating from the Commission, as well as for the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the Commission in the progressive development of international law and its codification. Volume II (Part One) reproduces the edited versions of the official documents considered by the Commission at the respective annual session. 16
Publication Date: January 2020
ISBN: 9789211338690
Pages: 66
Price: $45.00
United Nations Juridical Yearbook 2015
United Nations
The Yearbook contains legal materials concerning the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations (IGOs). This volume covers the year 2015 and contains: legislative texts and treaties, or provisions thereof, concerning the legal status of the UN and related IGOs; a general overview of the legal activities of the UN and related IGOs; selected treaties concerning international law concluded under the auspices of the organizations concerned; selected decisions of administrative tribunals of the UN and related IGOs; selected legal opinions of the UN and related IGOs; a list of judgments, advisory opinions and selected decisions by international tribunals; selected decisions of national tribunals relating to the work of the UN and related IGOs. 16
Publication Date: February 2020 Pages: 488
ISBN: 9789211304022
Price: $95.00
TRADE STATISTICS
Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development in International Investment Governance
United Nations
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a principal means of financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. FDI’s potential contributions to sustainable development can only be realized if the right conditions and policies are in place and if both the quantity and quality of FDI to, from, and within the region increase. This requires not only identifying and prioritizing FDI projects in key sustainable development sectors - such as renewable energy, education, health, water and sanitation, etc. - but also developing and operationalizing FDI policies and legal and regulatory frameworks at national and international levels that maximize the sustainable development potential of FDI in local economies. This publication explores the latter.
Publication Date: February 2020
ISBN: 9789211208023
Pages: 132
Price: $30.00
United Nations Framework Classification for Resources
Update 2019
United Nations
The UNFC is a global classification and management system applicable to mineral, petroleum, nuclear fuel, renewable energy and anthropogenic resources, as well as injection projects for geological storage. Managing energy and raw material resources in a sustainable manner has become paramount to all stakeholders including governments, industry, investors and communities. This updated version of UNFC is intended to satisfy the requirements of different resource sectors and applications, as well as making it fully aligned to the sustainable resource management called for by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The key changes, including the normalization of the text, make UNFC applicable for all resources.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211172331
Pages: 60
Price: TBD
United Nations Framework Classification for Resources: Case Studies
United Nations
The UNFC is a project-based classification and management system applicable to all energy and mineral resource projects including renewable energy, anthropogenic resource projects as well as injection projects for geological storage. Managing energy and raw material resources sustainably is paramount to all stakeholders such as governments, companies and investors. This has to be viewed along with the Paris Climate Accord, which seeks low-carbon pathways in the appropriate developmental strategies. Resource management requires information on the resource base, understanding factors that are responsible for progressing the resources to production, adequate framework conditions set by regulators and society and the enterprising capacity. Case studies demonstrate how UNFC can be used for sustainable resource management.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211172218
Pages: 26
Price: $15
Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders
2018 Bound (Two Volume Set)
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
One of the main purposes of the United Nations is to bring about adjustment or settlement of international disputes by peaceful means. This is accomplished through the International Court of Justice (ICJ), a principal organ of the United Nations. This publication is a compilation of the reports of judgments passed, advisory opinions offered, and orders by the Court with respect to cases brought before it by Member States and organs of the United Nations.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211573589
Annuaire-Yearbook 2017-2018
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Pages: 1,664
Price: $150.00
The Yearbook presents the activities of the Court between August 1, 2017 and July 31, 2018, as well as its organization and operation. The book also includes appendices retracing the history of the Court and its practice from 1946 to the present day, as well as the text of the Procedural Instructions adopted by the Court.
Publication Date: June 2020
ISBN: 9789211573626
Pages: 380
Price: $38.50
The International Court of Justice Handbook
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Its purpose is to provide the general public with a simple, comprehensible overview of the history, composition, jurisdiction, procedure and decisions of the Court.
Publication Date: June 2020
Pages: 330
ISBN:978921573633 Price: $30.00
I.C.J. Pleadings, Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989 (Guinea-Bissau
v. Senegal)
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
The documents relating to the case are being published in one volume: the written pleadings have been reproduced in full, the pleadings themselves in hard copy and the annexes in electronic format, on a CD-ROM in a sleeve at the end of the paper volume.
Publication Date: June 2020
Pages: 726
ISBN: 9789211573367 Price: $65.50
Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2019
Navigating Non-tariff Measures towards Sustainable Development
United Nations
This report provides an analysis of the rise of non-tariff measures (NTMs) and its implications for Asia and the Pacific. It reviews the costs and benefits associated with such measures from a sustainable development perspective, and identifies good practices to ensure that they serve their legitimate social or environmental purpose while not unnecessarily and negatively affecting trade and investment. The report focuses on the rise of NTMs and why they matter for sustainable development. It delves on the impact of NTMs, explores their relationship to international standards and discusses streamlining NTMs for Sustainable Development.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211207958
Pages: 126
Price: $ $55.00
External Trade Bulletin of the Arab Region, Twenty-seventh Issue
United Nations
This Bulletin presents data and statistical indicators on external and intraregional trade in goods. Data are presented in time series until 2017 and were drawn primarily from national sources, and from secondary sources when needed. The Bulletin aims to assist policymakers, analysts, researchers and other users at the national, regional and international levels. It examines external trade, directions of trade and intraregional trade. The publication contains tables on a wide range of subjects.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211284102
Pages: 174
Price: $40.00
Regulatory and Procedural Barriers to Trade in Armenia
Needs Assessment
United Nations
This study highlights challenges faced by international traders and the types of efforts needed for greater regional and global economic integration. It supports governments in formulating trade reforms to ensure the successful achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The recommendations are born out of consultations with the Government of Armenia, drawing on extensive field surveys targeting supply chain actors, legislative analysis and trade indices. The study has a special focus on female-owned enterprises, with a view to gaining a better understanding of the specific challenges to increasing their participation in international trade.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211172089
Pages: 156
Price: $45.00
Trade Facilitation Terms: An English-Russian-Chinese Glossary
Revised Third Edition
United Nations
This Glossary represents an English-Russian-Chinese dictionary of terms that are widely used in trade facilitation. This is the third, revised and completed edition including new terms, notably ones related to the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which entered into force on 22 February 2017, as well as new electronic business terms. For the first time it incorporates a Chinese version of the terms, thus expanding the previous English-Russian version. 17
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211172225
Pages: 326
Price: $60.00
International Trade Statistics Yearbook 2018, Volume II Trade by Product
United Nations
The Yearbook, Volume II - Trade by Product contains detailed tables showing international trade for 258 individual commodities, for the eleven main Extended Balance of Payments Services categories, and eleven world trade tables or figures presenting statistics up to the year 2018. The information is based on data provided by approximately 175 countries (or areas) in the world. The Yearbook is aimed at both specialist trade data users and common audience at large. The presented data, charts and analyses will benefit policy makers, government agencies, non-government organizations, civil society organizations, journalists, academics, researchers, students, businesses and anyone who is interested in trade issues.
Publication Date: February 2020 Pages: 324
ISBN: 9789212591339
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Price: $150.00
Review of Sustainable Transport Connectivity in Asia and the Pacific 2019
Sustainable Freight Transport
United Nations
Publication Date: February 2020
ISBN: 9789211207989
Pages: 112
Price: $35.00
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Within the transport sector freight and logistics account for a significant portion of total energy use – in many countries upwards of 40% – and a correspondingly large share of CO2 emissions. Furthermore, on account of economic development and population growth, the region is expected to face substantial increases in trade shares and, thus, freight volumes. Against this background, the Review provides a data-supported overview and insight for policy makers towards accomplishing seamless intermodal freight transport connectivity across key economic, social and environmental dimensions. 11 9
Key Statistics and Trends in International Trade 2019
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
This yearly publication, it is a product of the Trade Analysis Branch, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities of the UNCTAD secretariat. It monitors the trends of international trade in goods and services in the medium term. The series is part of a larger effort by UNCTAD to analyse trade-related issues of particular importance for developing countries.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211129687
Pages: 30
Price: TBD
Cross-border e-Commerce Development in Asia and the Pacific
United Nations
Technological advances – particularly in the areas of information and communication, transport, and electronic commerce and payment – have spurred international trade. The ubiquitous usage of the Internet in many countries and rapid penetration of mobile phones for the past decade have not only greatly facilitated conduction of international trade but have also led to new business models. This report aims to support policy makers and the general public to better understand the interplay between technology and trade in the region. It takes a closer look at cross-border e-commerce in Asia and the Pacific and provides policy recommendations.
Publication Date: May 2020
ISBN: 9789211208054
Pages: TBD
Price: TBD
International Trade Statistics Yearbook 2019, Volume I Trade by Country
United Nations
The Yearbook, Volume I —Trade by Country — provides a condensed and integrated analytical view of international merchandise trade, and trade in services up to the year 2019 by means of brief descriptive texts, concise data tables and charts. The information provides insights into the latest trends of trade in goods and services of around 175 countries (and areas) in the world. The publication is aimed at both specialist trade data users and the common audience at large.
Publication Date: July 2020
ISBN: 9789212591346
Pages: TBD
Price: TBD
World Population Prospects 2019 - Volume I: Comprehensive Tables
United Nations
This publication presents population estimates from 1950 until the present for 235 countries or areas, which have been developed through country-specific analyses of historical demographic trends. It builds on previous revisions by incorporating additional results from the 2010 and 2020 rounds of national population censuses as well as information from vital registration and recent nationally representative household sample surveys. It presents population projections to the year 2100 that reflect a range of plausible outcomes at the global, regional and country levels.
Publication Date: November 2019
ISBN: 9789211483277
World Population Ageing 2019 Highlights
United Nations
Pages: 392
Price: $125.00
Drawing on the 2019 revision of World Population Prospects, the World Population Ageing 2019 (Highlights) documents global and regional trends in population ageing, including consideration of the implications of these trends for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The report also presents various concepts and indicators related to population ageing and discusses related fiscal and economic implications.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211483253
Pages: 42
Price: $20.00
Safety Guidelines and Good Practices for the Management and Retention of Firefighting Water
United Nations
The safety guidelines and good practices aim to support governments, competent authorities and operators in minimizing the risk of fire and safely retaining firefighting water. They are intended to enhance existing practices and promote harmonized safety standards for firefighting water management and retention, in order to prevent accidental pollution of soil and water, including pollution that could cause transboundary effects.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211172096
Pages: 68
Price: $25.00
United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2018
United Nations
The Yearbook contains chapters on population size and distribution, population of capital cities, fertility, foetal mortality, infant and maternal mortality, general mortality, nuptiality and divorce. Through cooperation with National Statistical Offices, official demographic statistics are compiled in the Yearbook, as available, for more than 230 countries and areas of the world up to the reference year 2017.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211483208
Contraceptive Use by Method 2019
Data Booklet
United Nations
Pages: 814
Price: $150.00
This data booklet highlights estimates of the prevalence of individual contraceptive methods based on the World Contraceptive Use 2019 (which draws from 1,247 surveys for 195 countries or areas of the world) and additional tabulations obtained from microdata sets and survey reports. The estimates are presented for female and male sterilisation, intrauterine device, implant, injectable, pill, male condom, withdrawal, rhythm and other methods combined.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211483291
World Mortality 2019: Data Booklet
United Nations
Pages: 26
Price: $20.00
The data booklet presents key mortality indicators at the national, regional, and global levels from 1950-2030. It highlights variations among countries in a number of mortality indicators: annual deaths; crude death rates; life expectancy at birth by sex; infant mortality; under-five mortality; and probabilities of dying from age 15 to age 60 and from birth to age 70. Estimates of mortality are complemented by information on the age distribution of deaths.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211483307
Pages: 22
Price: $15.00
The State of the World’s Children 2019
Children, Food and Nutrition - Growing Well in a Changing World United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
This report examines nutrition, providing a fresh perspective on a rapidly evolving challenge. Despite progress in the past two decades, around 200 million under-fives suffer from undernutrition. Adding to this toll is rising obesity, which affects 38 million children. All these forms of malnutrition threaten children’s development. The report provides unique data and analysis of malnutrition in the 21st century and outlines recommendations to put children’s needs at the heart of global and national food systems.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789280650037
Pages: 258
Price: $35.00
World Population Prospects 2019 - Volume II: Demographic Profiles
United Nations
This publication presents population estimates from 1950 - present for 235 countries or areas, that have been developed through country-specific analyses of historical demographic trends. It builds on previous revisions by incorporating additional results from the 2010 and 2020 rounds of national population censuses as well as information from recent household sample surveys. It presents population projections to the year 2100 that reflect a range of plausible outcomes at the global, regional and country levels, and includes tables displaying key demographic indicators for selected periods or dates from 1950 to 2100, for the world, development groups, income groups, regions, subregions, and countries or areas with more than 90,000 inhabitants in 2019.
Publication Date: January 2020
ISBN: 9789211483284
Pages: 1,236
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Arab Society: Demographic and Social Trends
United Nations
This publication is the latest in a series published biennially by the Statistics Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia under the title Arab Society: Demographic and Social Trends. It presents a broad description of Arab society and the ways in which it is changing. It focuses on population dynamics, household composition, family formation, housing conditions, health, education, labour, poverty, inequality, culture and social participation.
Publication Date: February 2020
ISBN: 9789211284119
Pages: 65
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Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2019
United Nations
This annual report prepared by the International Narcotics Control Board provides a comprehensive account of the global drug situation, analyses trends in drug abuse and drug trafficking and suggests necessary remedial action. Divided into four parts, it covers the following topics: drugs and corruption, functioning of the international drug control system, analysis of the world situation and finally, a set of recommendations to governments, the United Nations and other relevant international and regional organizations. A set of Annexes follows.
Publication Date: February 2020 Pages: 142
ISBN: 9789211483413
Disability at a Glance 2019
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Investing in Accessibility in Asia and the Pacific - Strategic Approaches to Achieving Disability-Inclusive Sustainable Development
United Nations
Persons with disabilities face numerous barriers that restrict their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. This publication illustrates the need for increased investment in accessibility and lays out foundational concepts and terminologies related to disability and accessibility, provides an understanding of the key areas in which to invest in order to promote accessibility, and examines the drivers for governments and other stakeholders to invest in accessibility. It also analyzes the status of disabilityinclusive development and accessibility investment and presents case studies and good practices of investing in accessibility.
Publication Date: May 2020
ISBN: 9789211208016
Narcotic Drugs 2019
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Estimated World Requirements for 2020 - Statistics for 2018
United Nations
This publication contains information about the licit movement of the internationally controlled narcotic drugs included in the Schedules of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. This includes information on cultivation of opiate raw materials, on extraction of alkaloids from opium, poppy straw and concentrate of poppy straw; on the manufacture of consumption, utilization and stocks of opiates and opioids; and international global trade in narcotic drugs as well as in individual countries/territories. It contains estimated requirements of narcotic drugs for each country and territory.
Publication Date: May 2020
ISBN: 9789211483345
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Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 2019
United Nations
Prepared by the International Narcotics Control Board, this annual report presents an analysis of the information at its disposal and, in appropriate cases, an account of the explanations, if any, given by or required of Parties, together with any observations and recommendations which the Board desires to make. This report is submitted to the Economic and Social Council through the Commission, which may make such comments as it sees fit.
Publication Date: May 2020
ISBN: 9789211483390
Psychotropic Substances 2019
Pages: 45
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Statistics for 2018 - Assessments of Annual Medical and Scientific Requirements for Substances in Schedules II, III and IV of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971
United Nations
This publication provides up-to-date comprehensive statistics as well as assessments of annual medical and scientific requirements concerning psychotropic substances, the various levels of consumption of groups of the substances, and also the prohibitions and restrictions relative to their export and import. This trilingual publication contains the English, French and Spanish versions.
Publication Date: May 2020
ISBN: 9789211483406
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United Nations National Quality Assurance Frameworks Manual for Official Statistics
United Nations
The Manual is an important contribution for guiding countries in the implementation of a national quality assurance framework, including for new data sources, new data providers, and data and statistics on the Sustainable Development Goal indicators. Building on and replacing the generic template and guidelines adopted in 2012, the Manual contains recommendations on quality assurance for official statistics, the United Nations National Quality Assurance Framework and practical guidance for developing and implementing a national quality assurance framework. It is intended for use by anyone interested in or working on quality assurance of official statistics.
Publication Date: November 2019
ISBN: 9789212591285
Pages: 130
Price: $45.00
National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables 2018 (Five-volume Set)
United Nations
This publication contains detailed official national accounts data for over 200 countries or areas of the world for 2007 to 2018. The data for each country or area are presented in separate chapters with uniform table headings and classifications as recommended in the System of National Accounts 1993. Each country chapter contains a write-up on the methodology and data sources which are used to compile the national accounts. A summary of the SNA conceptual framework, classifications, and definitions is included. Other statistical information includes gross domestic product, national income, savings, private and government consumption, and transactions of institutional sectors.
Publication Date: November 2019
ISBN: 9789212591292
Pages: 4,752
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Statistical Yearbook 2019, Sixty-second Issue
United Nations
This publication is an annual compilation of a wide range of international economic, social and environmental statistics on over 200 countries and areas. It contains data available as of 31 July 2019 and presents them in tables on topics such as: communication; crime; development assistance; education; energy; environment; finance; gender; international merchandise trade; international tourism; labour force; national accounts; population and migration; price and production indices; and science and technology. Technical notes provide brief descriptions of major statistical concepts, definitions and classifications.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789212591322
Pages: 522
Price: $175.00
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2019
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
This publication was first launched in 1967. Over the past 50 years, the handbook has evolved to incorporate new statistics and ensure that readers have access to the best possible information available. This edition continues in this tradition and introduces ‘nowcasted’ estimates for total merchandised trade, total services trade, and GDP on a worldwide basis.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211129403
Pages: 104
Price: $130.00
National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates 2018
United Nations
This publication presents a series of analytical national accounts tables for more than 200 countries and areas in the world. It presents, in the form of analytical tables, a summary of the principal national accounts aggregates as provided by countries and supplemented with estimates prepared by the UN Statistics Division. The tables of the publication include analysis of data on Gross Domestic Product by different structural components, for example, by type of expenditure, kind of economic activity, major area, region and country as well as per capita and as growth rates.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789212591308
African Statistical Yearbook 2019
United Nations
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The Yearbook series is a result of collaborative efforts by major African regional organizations to set up a joint data collection mechanism of socioeconomic data on African countries, as well as the development of a harmonized database. It seeks to promote wider use of country data, reduce costs, significantly improve the availability and quality of the data, and lead to better monitoring of development initiatives on the continent.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211251388
Pages: 448
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Energy Statistics Yearbook 2017
United Nations
In this publication, annual data for 230 countries and areas for the period 2014 to 2017 are presented on production, trade and consumption of energy: solids, liquids, gaseous fuels, electricity and heat, covering both renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy. In addition, per capita consumption series are also provided for all energy products. Graphs are included to illustrate historic trends and/or changes in composition of production and/or consumption of major energy products.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789212591254
2017 Electricity Profiles
United Nations
Pages: 540
Price: TBD
This publication contains electricity profiles for about 230 countries and territories, providing detailed information on production, trade and consumption of electricity, net installed capacity and thermal power plant input and efficiency for most countries, on an internationally comparable basis. Electricity production and electric installed capacity are disagregated by source, as coming from Combustible fuels, Hydro, Nuclear and Other sources; and by type of producer, whether from main activity producers or autoproducers.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789212591278
2017 Energy Balances
United Nations
Pages: 242
Price: TBD
This publication contains energy balances for about 220 countries and territories, showing production, trade, transformation and consumption (by sector) in energy units for all energy products. It presents energy data for countries and areas in a format which shows the overall picture of the production, trade, transformation and consumption of energy products utilized in the region. Such a format is useful in assessing and analyzing supply and consumption patterns across both products and countries in detail on an internationally comparable basis.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789212591261
Pages: 384
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The UNITED NATIONS BOOKSHOP offers a wide range of books and responsibly sourced souvenirs supporting the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, whereby 17 Sustainable Development Goals call for action by all countries to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change by 2030.
Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the International Court of Justice
United Nations
The Charter of the United Nations was signed in 1945 by 51 countries representing all continents, paving the way for the creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Justice forms part of the Charter. The aim of the Charter is to save humanity from war; to reaffirm human rights and the dignity and worth of the human person; to proclaim the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small; and to promote the prosperity of all humankind. The Charter is the foundation of international peace and security.
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Action for Disarmament
10
Things You Can Do!
United Nations
Focusing on the risks posed by nuclear arms and small weapons, this illustrated, educational and thought-provoking book calls on the world’s young people to actively mobilise and promote disarmament in 10 practical ways. This book is a tool for young people to get involved in mobilising the public at large to participate in developing new strategies to reduce the threats posed by weapons. It will help young people to raise awareness of why disarmament is important for the future of all humankind as well as their own lives. It is recommended as a resource for teenagers and their parents, young adults, as well as high school and university professors, civil society and community leaders.
Publication Date: April 2014
ISBN: 9789211422870
Pages: 152
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Basic Facts about the United Nations, 42nd Edition
United Nations
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, published in 2017, has been revised to take account of significant developments in the world and the Organization itself since 2014.
Publication Date: May 2017
ISBN: 9789211013504
Pages: 294
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The Sustainable Development Goals: Illustrated by Yacine Aït Kaci (YAK)
United Nations
On 25 September 2015, countries adopted a set of 17 goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda to be achieved by 2030. For the goals to be reached, everyone needs to do their part: governments, the private sector, civil society and people like you. Elyx, the United Nations’ digital ambassador, uses various expressions and actions to help demonstrate the meaning of each goal. Created by French artist YAK, Elyx has no race, sex or nationality and is a universal character promoting the importance of the United Nations’ work.
Publication Date: October 2017
ISBN: 9789211013696
Pages: 76
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The Essential UN
United Nations
Everything you always wanted to know about the United Nations in one book! This primer to the United Nations is designed for all global citizens. It covers the history of the UN, what it does and how it does it. As the world’s only truly global organization,the United Nations is where countries meet to address universal issues that cannot be resolved by any one of them acting alone. From international peace and security to sustainable development, climate change, human rights, and humanitarian action, the United Nations acts on our behalf around the world.
Publication Date: February 2018
ISBN: 9789211013726
Frieda Makes a Difference
Pages: 160
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The Sustainable Development Goals and How You Too Can Change the World United Nations
Frieda Makes a Difference is a wonderful introduction for children ages 6-8 on how we can all work together to make the world a better place. Young readers will learn about how they can be part of the solution to today’s most important global challenges: from combating climate change and protecting endangered species to ending poverty and fighting inequality. With colourful illustrations, engaging text, and tips on how to change the world, children will discover what they can do to make a difference — in their lives and the lives around them.
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ISBN: 9789211014099
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Publication Date: August 2019
ISBN: 9789211014068
UNODA Occasional Papers No. 33
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United Nations Efforts to Reduce Military Expenditures - A Historical Overview
United Nations
This publication provides a historic overview of the efforts within the United Nations to reduce military spending. It examines how the discussions on reducing military budgets have evolved in disarmament forums over the last decades. This includes early efforts to pursue the reduction of military spending throughout the Cold War period as a distinct objective of general and complete disarmament, the emergence of efforts related to promoting transparency on military matters, and the various workstreams carried out under the banner of the relationship between disarmament and development.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211391756
Pages: 102
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The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention - Twenty Years of Saving Lives and Preventing Indiscriminate Harm
United Nations
This publication describes the achievements and shortfalls of the first twenty years of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, which entered into force on 1 March 1999. Published with the aim of bringing together diverse perspectives on this key instrument of humanitarian disarmament, the paper was written by pioneers and luminaries of the movement that helped achieve the Convention and that committed themselves towards realizing the Convention’s full implementation. Each chapter contains discussions of an element of the Convention.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211391763
Yearbook of the United Nations 2014
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With its comprehensive coverage of political and security matters, human rights issues, economic and social questions, legal issues, and administrative and budgetary matters, the Yearbook is the authoritative reference work on the annual activities and concerns of the United Nations. Fully indexed, it includes all major General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions, uniquely placing them in a narrative context of UN consideration, deliberation and action. This volume presents the work of the UN in dealing with inter alia recurring conflicts including in Syria, the Ebola outbreak, the entry into force of the landmark Arms Trade Treaty, and the missile downing of an airliner in the midst of a geopolitical crisis in eastern Ukraine.
Publication Date: December 2019
ISBN: 9789211013320
Pages: 1,788
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Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council 2018
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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 2018 session of the Council including the organizational and substantive session. The Index is divided into two parts comprising the Subject Index and Index to Speeches. The Index is prepared by the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library.
Publication Date: March 2020
ISBN: 9789211014150
Pages: 120
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United
Nations Guide to Model UN
United Nations
Model United Nations (MUN) simulations are popular exercises for those interested in learning more about the UN. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of students worldwide participate every year in MUN at all educational levels in schools and universities. Many of today’s leaders in law, government, business and the arts participated in MUN as students. Some MUNs however do not follow the actual rules and practices used at the UN. This guide is designed for students and teachers on how to organize and participate in MUNs that simulate the way the UN actually works.
Publication Date: March 2020 Pages: 150
ISBN: 9789211014198
Price: $24.95
Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council: Supplement 2016-2017
United Nations
The Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council provides UN Member States, UN entities, researchers and the general public with a comprehensive, reliable, objective and readily accessible source of information concerning the evolving practice of the Security Council on constitutional, procedural and substantive matters since inception in 1946. The Repertoire covers in particular the Council’s interpretation and application of the UN Charter and its own Provisional Rules of Procedure and features case studies as well as summaries of its official documents.
Publication Date: May 2020 Pages: 600
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20 Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2019: Navigating Non-tariff Measures towards Sustainable Development
33 Basic Facts about the United Nations, 42nd Edition
8 Best Practice Guidance for Effective Methane Management in the Oil and Gas Sector: Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) and Mitigation
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32 Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the International Court of Justice
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34 Frieda Makes a Difference: The Sustainable Development Goals and How You Too Can Change the World
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38 Statement of Treaties and International Agreements
28 Statistical Yearbook 2019, Sixty-second Issue
12 The Convention on the Rights of the Child
34 The Essential UN
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18 The International Court of Justice Handbook
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This year, the United Nations commemorates its 75 th anniversary with a special announcement from the Secretary-General – “No country, no community, is able to solve the complex problems of our world alone. We need to come together, not only to talk, but to listen. It is absolutely essential that you all join the conversation. We need your opinion, your strategies and your ideas for us to be able to deliver better for the people of the world that we must serve.”
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