Yearbook of the United Nations, 2009
1572 UNMIT see United Nations Integrated Mission in TimorLeste UNOCI see United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) UNODC see United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNOGBIS see United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau UNOMIG see United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia UNOPS see United Nations Office for Project Services UNRWA see United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) UNTSO see United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
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vulnerable groups Democratic Republic of the Congo *739, *742 human rights *733–749 International Committee of the Red Cross *744 International Labour Organization *746 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 734–735, 748, 750 Organization of American States *746 United Nations Children’s Fund 735, *739
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weapons see disarmament weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) 13, 70 bacteriological (biological) and chemical weapons *542 chemical weapons *543 disarmament 496, 502, *543, *548 energy and natural resources 994 Europe *432 non-proliferation *520–525, *527 nuclear disarmament *504, *506, *508 nuclear-weapon-free zones *536, *538–539 small arms *548 transparency, conventional weapons *557 see also disarmament; terrorism WEST AFRICA African Union *167, 169–170, 232 Cameroon–Nigeria 226–228 Côte d’Ivoire *170–191 European Union 228 Guinea *228–231 Guinea-Bissau *215–226 International Court of Justice 226 International Monetary Fund *167 Liberia *191–206 Mauritania 232 political and security questions *166–232 regional issues *166–170 Sierra Leone *206–215 United Nations Development Programme 232 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 169 see also Cameroon; Côte d’Ivoire; Guinea-Bissau; Mauritania; Sierra Leone West African Economic and Monetary Union, Benin and Senegal see Economic Community of West African States; specific country names
WESTERN ASIA economic and social questions 989–992 economic trends 989 economic trends 989 World Trade Organization 991 see also Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia WESTERN SAHARA African Union *310 European Union *305 International Committee of the Red Cross *308 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees *305 political and security questions *304–310 WFP see World Food Programme White Helmets *890–891 WHO see World Health Organization; see also health; HIV/AIDS WIPO see World Intellectual Property Organization WMDs see weapons of mass destruction WMO see World Meteorological Organization WOMEN Commission on the Status of Women *1154–1157 Convention on elimination of discrimination against women *635, *1151–1154 critical areas of concern *1119–1151 Democratic Republic of the Congo *1137 Department of Peacekeeping Operations 1130, *1137 economic and social questions *1114–1159 follow-up to Fourth World Conference on Women and Beijing+5 *1114–1151 HIV/AIDS 1114, *1116, *1121, *1124, *1126–1130, *1143, *1146–1148, *1150–1151, *1154, *1156–1157 International Labour Organization 1152 International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) *1158–1159 Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 1128 Millennium Development Goals 1115, *1120, *1125 Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 1146 peacekeeping 77 UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) *1157– 1158 UN machinery *1151–1159 United Nations Development Programme *1157, 1158 United Nations Population Fund 1130, *1133, *1157, 1158 World Conference on Women and Beijing+5, Fourth follow-up to *1114–1151 World Food Programme (WFP) 1230–1231 administrative and staff matters *1470 children 1173, 1183 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea *765 health 1216–1217 human rights 764 Iraq *364–365 Nepal 393 refugees and displaced persons *1196 resource mobilization 889, *890 Somalia 275, 283, 288 threats to international peace and security *69 UN financing and programming *1416 see also food