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  • Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
    United Nations
    In 2007 the General Assembly of the United Nations, with an overwhelming majority of votes, adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration was 22 years in the making. Its purpose is to set a standard for the treatment of indigenous peoples, and to act as a tool in tackling human rights violations and discrimination against indigenous populations ar...
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    12,47 €

  • Problems and Perspectives of Conventional Disarmament in Europe
    United Nations Institute for Disarmament
    This book, first published in 1989, explores the ideas, proposals and counterproposals surrounding the thorny issue of Cold War conventional force disarmament in Europe. A UNIDIR-organized conference examined the issues, and presented here are the conference reports and findings, together with speaker responses. ...
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    66,88 €

  • Nonoffensive Defense
    Unidir United Nations Institute For Disa
    This book, first published in 1990, examines the theories on ’nonoffensive’ or ’nonprovocative’ defence that arose at the end of the Cold War. The debate around the theories is analysed here, including the claims that nonoffensive defence would lead to conventional stability, security at lower levels of armaments, and reduce suspicion leading to peace and stability. ...
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    66,68 €

  • Peaceful and Non-Peaceful Uses of Space
    Unidir United Nations Institute For Disa
    This book, first published in 1991, is the cumulative result of a long period of research by qualified experts in an attempt to analyse the legal and scientific problems of arriving at definitions in the task of preventing an arms race in outer space. ...
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    66,75 €

  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    United Nations
    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, from the time of its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948, has been a source of inspiration for nations and for individuals alike to recognise, protect and promote basic human rights and freedoms.In the decades since its inception dramatic changes have swept the globe, but the values underpinning the Decl...
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    10,89 €

  • Global Gender and Environment Outlook 2016
    United Nations Environment Programme
    The Global Gender and Environment Outlook (GGEO): The Critical Issues provides an overview of critical evaluations and analyses of the interlinkages between gender and the environment, and their importance for gender-sensitive policymaking and actions. The GGEO was first proposed by the Network of Women Ministers and Leaders for the Environment (NWMLE) to UNEP at the United Nat...
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    52,31 €

  • Global Gender and Environment Outlook 2016
    United Nations Environment Programme
    The Global Gender and Environment Outlook (GGEO) provides an overview of critical evaluations and analyses of the interlinkages between gender and the environment, and their importance for gender-sensitive policymaking and actions. The GGEO was first proposed by the Network of Women Ministers and Leaders for the Environment (NWMLE) to UNEP at the United Nations Conference on Su...
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    81,62 €

  • Africa Human Development Report 2016
    United Nations Development Programme (UN
    This 2016 Africa Human Development Report on gender equality follows the 2012 Africa Human Development Report, which looked at the importance of assuring food security for all Africans. The two reports share a common objective of addressing what might be considered two unfinished agenda items on Africa's development trajectory. Both have long been recognized as important priori...
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    49,92 €

  • Review of Maritime Transport 2016
    United Nations Conference on Trade and D
    The Review of Maritime Transport is an UNCTAD flagship publication, published annually since 1968. It provides an analysis of structural and cyclical changes affecting seaborne trade, ports and shipping, as well as an extensive collection of statistical information. The present edition of the Review of Maritime Transport takes the view that the long-term growth prospects for se...
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    118,77 €

  • The Least Developed Countries Report 2016
    United Nations Conference on Trade and D
    Graduation is the process through which least developed countries (LDCs) cease to be members of the LDC category, in recognition of their advances in development. In principle, it marks a shift from dependency to a greater degree of self-sufficiency and emergence from the development 'traps' which beset LDCs. However, the loss of access to international support measures (ISMs) ...
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    87,03 €

  • Trade and Development Report 2016
    United Nations Conference on Trade and D
    Development is a transformational process, combining a series of interactive and cumulative linkages to create a virtuous circle of enhanced resource mobilization, higher incomes, expanding markets and investment, leading to more and better jobs. Such a structural transformation requires selective government policies to shift a country's productive structure towards activities ...
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    100,40 €

  • State of the World's Volunteerism Report 2015
    United Nations Volunteers
    In most societies, millions of people make significant contributions to economic and social development through voluntary action. This report supports a better understanding of volunteerism by exhibiting its universality, scope and reach, and by highlighting new trends in the 21st century. It examines the important contributions in diverse fields such as enhanced livelihoods, s...
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    29,85 €

  • International Accounting and Reporting Issues - 2015 Review
    United Nations Conference on Trade and D
    The International Accounting and Reporting Issues 2015 Review presents country case studies of Germany and the United Kingdom on the interrelated topics of compliance monitoring and enforcement mechanisms in relation to corporate reporting, auditing and regulation of professional accountants within the context of achieving high-quality corporate reporting. These country case st...
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    88,51 €

  • Economic Development in Africa Report 2016
    United Nations Conference on Trade and D
    Africa has major development aspirations in the broader context of a global and continental economic development agenda. This calls for substantial financial resources at a time when the global development finance landscape is changing, from a model centred on official development assistance and the coverage of remaining financing needs through external debt, to a framework wit...
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    36,48 €

  • World Drug Report 2016
    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
    The World Drug Report provides a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the world's illicit drug markets. Chapter one of the World Drug Report 2016 provides a global overview of the latest statistics, trends and developments with respect to opiates, cocaine, cannabis and synthetic drugs, ranging from production to trafficking as well as consumption and the health cons...
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    103,15 €

  • World Investment Report 2016
    United Nations Conference on Trade and D
    The World Investment Report series provides the latest data and analysis foreign direct investment (FDI) and other activities of transnational corporations, as well as the policies to regulate them at the national and international levels. It aims to analyse the cross-border activities of translational corporations and related policy measures with a view to helping policymakers...
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    123,62 €

  • Sources, Effects and Risks of Ionizing Radiation, United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) 2012 Report
    United Nations Scientific Committee on t
    The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) assesses the levels and effects of exposure to ionizing radiation. UNSCEAR's scientific findings underpin radiation risk evaluation and international protection standards. This report comprises a report to the General Assembly with two underpinning scientific annexes. The first annex recapitula...
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    85,64 €

  • Competent National Authorities under the International Drug Control Treaties 2015
    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
    This directory lists competent national authorities empowered to issue certificates and authorization for the import and export of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances; and competent national authorities empowered to regulate or enforce national controls over precursors and essential chemicals; International bodies that might assist national competent authorities in case ...
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    47,77 €

  • Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2015
    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
    This annual report prepared by The 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 o...
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    53,24 €

  • Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 2015
    United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
    Prepared by the 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...
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    40,92 €

  • Technology and Innovation Report 2015
    United Nations Conference on Trade and D
    This report focuses on how innovation policies can expressly promote industrial development, and what lessons can be learnt from existing experiences of countries, both developing and developed. It argues that while technology and innovation are an essential component of how industries use knowledge to apply to learning, their role in fostering economic development can only be ...
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    53,82 €

  • Industrial Development Report 2016
    United Nations Industrial Development Or
    This report looks at how technology and innovation achieves inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID). Its main finding is that ISID is feasible and technology can simultaneously serve all three dimensions of sustainability, including economic, social and environmental. Rapid inclusive and sustainable industrialization can happen more frequently provided that poli...
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    95,86 €

  • The State of African Cities 2014
    United Nations Human Settlements Program
    The African continent is currently in the midst of simultaneously unfolding and highly significant demographic, economic, technological, environmental, urban and socio-political transitions. Africa's economic performance is promising, with booming cities supporting growing middle classes and creating sizable consumer markets. Despite significant overall growth, the continent co...
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    65,50 €

  • Information Economy Report 2015
    United Nations Conference on Trade and D
    Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is rapidly transforming the way in which enterprises are interacting among each other as well as with consumers and governments. Despite important potential benefits, businesses and consumers in developing countries were for a long time slow to exploit e-commerce. As a result of changes in the evolving landscape for information and communication...
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    77,60 €

  • World Survey on the Role of Women in Development 2014
    United Nations Women
    Ensuring women's economic empowerment and access to and control over resources requires an integrated approach to growth and development, focused on gender-responsive employment promotion and informed by the interdependency between economic and social development. Social objectives need to be incorporated into economic policies. Economic growth strategies should give attention ...
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    38,95 €

  • Global Environment Outlook 2000
    United Nations Environment Progr (Unep)
    ’The continued poverty of the majority of the planet’s inhabitants and excessive consumption by the minority are the two major causes of environmental degradation The present course is unsustainable and postponing action is no longer an option. Inspired political leadership and intense cooperation across all regions and sectors will be needed to put both existing and new policy...
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    79,12 €

  • Satellite Remote Sensing for Resources Development
    United Nations Staff
    An Interregional Expert Meeting on the Use of Satellite Imaging RADAR and Thematic Mapping in Natural Resources Development, organized by the Economic and Social Develop­ ment Center of the German Foundation for International Development - DSE - in co-operation with the United Nations Department of Technical Co-operation for Develop­ ment - DTCD - was...
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    66,55 €

  • Analysis of Exploration and Mining Technology for Manganese Nodules
    United Nations Ocean Economics and Techn
    Oceans have been the subject of scientific inquiry for hundreds of years, but significant study of mineral occurrences on the deep ocean floor has only begun to take place. Man’s present knowledge of the ocean floor had to await the development of sophisticated research equipment capable of probing the ocean to great depths. This began in the 1940’s a...
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    66,92 €

  • Human Development Report 2007/2008
    United Nations Development Programme
    Hindutva in India is a chauvinist and majoritarian political ideology that conjures up the image of a peaceful Hindu Self visàvis the threatening minority Other. It is pornonationalism in its obsessive preoccupation with the predatory sexuality of the putative Muslim figure and the dangers to the integrity of the Hindu bodies. The proponents of Hindutva mobilize and generate ne...
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    76,26 €

  • The Challenge of Slums
    United Nations Human Settlements Program
    The Challenge of Slums presents the first global assessment of slums, emphasizing their problems and prospects. Using a newly formulated operational definition of slums, it presents estimates of the number of urban slum dwellers and examines the factors at all level, from local to global, that underlie the formation of slums as well as their social, spatial and economic charact...
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    162,71 €


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