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Women are having fewer children than ever before, and population growth has slowed from 2.0 to 1.3 percent in 30 years; but large families in the recent past mean that there are many more women of...

The Yearbook covers the Commission's report on its work as well as related documents, studies, reports and notes, and the action thereon by UNCTAD and the General Assembly. It also covers specific...

The Yearbook covers the Commission's report on its work as well as related documents, studies, reports and notes, and the action thereon by UNCTAD and the General Assembly. It also covers specific...

The Model Law and its accompanying guide will be of assistance to countries, which are in the process of reforming their public procurement system to increase the market orientation of their economy...

Attacking poverty directly has become an urgent global priority if we want to accelerate development and reduce inequality within and among nations. World leaders have agreed to launch a variety of...

The present report of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) covers the forty-seventh session of the Commission, held in New York from 7 to 18 July 2014.

The Yearbook covers the Commission's report on its work as well as related documents, studies, reports and notes, and the action thereon by UNCTAD and the General Assembly. It also covers specific...

This publication reproduces the substantive documents prepared each year for the Commission and its working groups. It includes the annual report of the Commission, meeting records, General Assembly...

The population explosion is not over. Its reverberations are still being heard around the world. The world population has doubled since 1960, and, while women are having half the number of children...

The Yearbook covers the Commission's report on its work as well as related documents, studies, reports and notes, and the action thereon by UNCTAD and the General Assembly. It also covers specific...

Our world is home to 1.8 billion young people between the ages of 10 and 24, and the youth population is growing fastest in the poorest nations. Within this generation are 600 million adolescent girls...

Each year since 1978, UNFPA has issued a report highlighting new developments in population. Human activity is altering the planet on an unprecedented scale, the report points out. More people are...

The present report of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) covers the thirty-seventh session of the Commission, held in New York from 14-25 June 2004.

The present report of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) covers the thirty-eighth session of the Commission, held in New York from 4-15 July 2005.

Although reliable access to contraceptives and other commodities is a fundamental requirement for reproductive health, millions of women in developing countries go without these essentials. Therefore...

Many new elements have been developed in order to adapt to the rapid increase in transactions carried out as electronic commerce. Electronic signature is one of these elements. To ensure security...

The present report of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) covers the thirty-ninth session of the Commission, held in New York from 19 June-7 July 2006.

The present report of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) covers the forty-first session of the Commission, held in New York from 16 June-3 July 2008.

The present report of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) covers the forty-third session of the Commission, held in New York from 21 June - 9 July 2010.

The impending demands of adulthood make adolescence a time of intensive preparation. This publication discusses the health, sexuality and reproductive rights of young people. Among other areas it...