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Family and Parenting Support

Policy and Provision in a Global Context

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: June 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

In keeping with the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, family and parenting support is increasingly recognized as an important part of national social policies and social investment...

In keeping with the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, family and parenting support is increasingly recognized as an important part of national social policies and social investment...


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Costs of Disarmament

Rethinking the Price Tag - A Methodological Inquiry into the Costs and Benefits of Arms Control

( Print: November 2002 )

This study investigates the methodological challenges of analyzing the costs and benefits associated with arms control. The need for such a study has arisen because the cumulative increases in the...

This study investigates the methodological challenges of analyzing the costs and benefits associated with arms control. The need for such a study has arisen because the cumulative increases in the...


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The Security Council at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century

To What Extent Is It Willing and Able to Maintain International Peace and Security?

( Print: March 2004, PDF: October 2006 )

This study looks at the United Nations Security Council through the prism of major international security issues since the end of the Cold War. Special emphasis is placed on explaining how the...

This study looks at the United Nations Security Council through the prism of major international security issues since the end of the Cold War. Special emphasis is placed on explaining how the...


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Conseil de Sécurité à L'aube du XXIème Siècle, Le

Quelle Volonté et Quelle Capacité a-t-il de Maintenir la Paix et la Sécurité Internationales?

( Print: January 2003, PDF: October 2006 )

Le développement de l'activité du Conseil de sécurité depuis la fin de la guerre froide s'est accompagné d'une mutation de ses principaux instruments d'intervention à la mesure des changements des...

Le développement de l'activité du Conseil de sécurité depuis la fin de la guerre froide s'est accompagné d'une mutation de ses principaux instruments d'intervention à la mesure des changements des...


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Tactical Nuclear Weapons

Time for Control

( Print: January 2003, PDF: October 2006 )

Following the New York terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, the issue of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, in particular fissile materials, has been raised on numerous occasions. The...

Following the New York terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, the issue of terrorists using weapons of mass destruction, in particular fissile materials, has been raised on numerous occasions. The...


Paix de Tombouctou, La

Gestion Démocratique, Développement et Construction Africaine de la Paix

( Print: September 1999 )

Tactical Nuclear Weapons

A Perspective from Ukraine

( Print: February 2001 )

This study is concerned with the present and future role of tactical nuclear weapons in the new European security system. Ukraine, a country that once had the world's third largest nuclear arsenal...

This study is concerned with the present and future role of tactical nuclear weapons in the new European security system. Ukraine, a country that once had the world's third largest nuclear arsenal...


Illicit Traffic in Firearms

Prevention and Combat in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - A National, Regional and Global Issue

( Print: January 2002 )

The problem of illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives, is a local, regional and international concern. Effective measures against it must involve a concerted effort by the relevant...

The problem of illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition and explosives, is a local, regional and international concern. Effective measures against it must involve a concerted effort by the relevant...


Represión del Tráfico Ilícito de Armas Pequeñas y Tecnologías Sensibles

Una Agenda Orientada hacia la Acción

( Print: September 1998 )

Existen buenas razones para opinar que las cuestiones del tráfico de armas pequeñas y tecnologías sensibles pueden tratarse como un solo problema, aunque, a primera vista, abarcan gran variedad de...

Existen buenas razones para opinar que las cuestiones del tráfico de armas pequeñas y tecnologías sensibles pueden tratarse como un solo problema, aunque, a primera vista, abarcan gran variedad de...


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Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme

( Print: February 2003 )

This publication explains how the apartheid government in South Africa put together a determined chemical and biological weapons programme aimed at poisoning people within and outside South Africa....

This publication explains how the apartheid government in South Africa put together a determined chemical and biological weapons programme aimed at poisoning people within and outside South Africa....


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Best of UNICEF Research 2015

( PDF: December 2015 )

The Best of UNICEF Research, now in its third year, showcases and recognizes high-quality, high-impact research being done in the organization. The intention of the project is to communicate that...

The Best of UNICEF Research, now in its third year, showcases and recognizes high-quality, high-impact research being done in the organization. The intention of the project is to communicate that...


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League Table of Educational Disadvantage in Rich Nations, A

Series: Innocenti Report Card
( Print: April 2003, PDF: April 2003 )

This publication monitors the performance of industrialized countries in meeting the needs of their children. Using data from two different surveys of students in twenty-four OECD countries, it...

This publication monitors the performance of industrialized countries in meeting the needs of their children. Using data from two different surveys of students in twenty-four OECD countries, it...


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Una classifica comparata dello svantaggio educativo nei paesi industrializzati

Series: Innocenti Report Card (Italian language)
( PDF: December 2002 )

Questa pubblicazione monitora le prestazioni dei paesi industrializzati nel soddisfare le esigenze dei loro figli. Utilizzando i dati di due diverse indagini di studenti in ventiquattro paesi dell...

Questa pubblicazione monitora le prestazioni dei paesi industrializzati nel soddisfare le esigenze dei loro figli. Utilizzando i dati di due diverse indagini di studenti in ventiquattro paesi dell...


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General Comments of the Committee on the Rights of the Child including CD-ROM with Concluding...

( Print: August 2006 )

The present publication contains the seven General Comments issued by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and the CD-ROM accompanying the text includes all the Concluding Observations adopted by...

The present publication contains the seven General Comments issued by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and the CD-ROM accompanying the text includes all the Concluding Observations adopted by...


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General Measures of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, The

The Process in Europe and Central Asia

( Print: August 2006 )

This study is based primarily on the reports of States Parties to the Committee on the Rights of the Child and other documents generated as part of the reporting process established under the CRC and...

This study is based primarily on the reports of States Parties to the Committee on the Rights of the Child and other documents generated as part of the reporting process established under the CRC and...


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Children and Disability in Transition in CEE/CIS and Baltic States

Series: Insight Innocenti
( Print: June 2009 )

This Innocenti Insight looks at how children with disabilities and their families fare in the rapidly changing environment of this wide region, since transition in the early 1980’s. It builds upon the...

This Innocenti Insight looks at how children with disabilities and their families fare in the rapidly changing environment of this wide region, since transition in the early 1980’s. It builds upon the...


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UN Human Rights Standards and Mechanisms to Combat Violence against Children

A Contribution to the UN Secretary General’s Study on Violence against Children

( Print: June 2009 )

The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989, is the most widely ratified international human rights instrument. In spite of this wide acceptance, children continue to be routinely...

The Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted in 1989, is the most widely ratified international human rights instrument. In spite of this wide acceptance, children continue to be routinely...


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Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation and other Exploitative Purposes

( Print: June 2009 )

This report on the protection of children from commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking is comprised of an introduction to the topic and then examines law and policy on child trafficking in...

This report on the protection of children from commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking is comprised of an introduction to the topic and then examines law and policy on child trafficking in...


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The Treaty of Pelindaba on the African Nuclear-weapon-free Zone

( Print: June 2003, PDF: October 2006 )

Nuclear-weapon-free zones are a key component of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime. With the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa adopted in 1964, African states were among...

Nuclear-weapon-free zones are a key component of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime. With the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa adopted in 1964, African states were among...


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Participatory Monitoring of Humanitarian Mine Action

Giving Voice to Citizens of Nicaragua, Mozambique and Cambodia

( Print: June 2003 )

Since its entry into force on 1 March 1999, the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) has been tremendously successful in attaining its aim of abolishing anti-personnel landmines. However, in terms of mine victim...

Since its entry into force on 1 March 1999, the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) has been tremendously successful in attaining its aim of abolishing anti-personnel landmines. However, in terms of mine victim...