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The need for the development of statistics and indicators on the situation of women has, for some time, been voiced in various global and regional forums. This publication will be extremely helpful to...

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) constitutes the most recent and successful attempt at forming a grouping of countries of South Asia for greater regional cooperation. This...

Focusing on Bangladesh, this publication presents statistics and a discussion on the situation of women and men in the family, at work and in public life.

Focusing on the Philippines, this publication presents statistics and a discussion on the situation of women and men in the family, at work and in public life.

The call for the development of statistics and indicators on the situation of women has for some time been voiced in various global and regional forums. Focusing on Nepal, this publication presents...

The call for the development of statistics and indicators on the situation of women has for some time been voiced in various global and regional forums. Focusing on Thailand, this publication presents...

Focusing on Vanuatu, this publication presents statistics and a discussion on the situation of women and men in the family, at work and in public life.

The call for the development of statistics and indicators on the situation of women has for some time been voiced in various global and regional forums. Focusing on the Solomon Islands, this...

The call for the development of statistics and indicators on the situation of women has for some time been voiced in various global and regional forums. Focusing on the Republic of Korea, this...

The call for the development of statistics and indicators on the situation of women has for some time been voiced in various global and regional forums. Focusing on Japan, this publication presents...

The Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe has been publishing biennial reviews on iron and steel scrap since 1983. The present statistical update focuses on the significance...

This publication sets out to examine the major challenges for indigenous peoples to obtain adequate access to and utilization of quality health care services. It provides an important background to...

At its first session, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) requested the United Nations System to produce a report on the state of the world’s indigenous peoples (SOWIP)...

On 13 September 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. It marked the culmination of decades of struggle among indigenous...

While indigenous peoples make up around 370 million of the world’s population – some 5 per cent – they constitute around one-third of the world’s 900 million extremely poor rural people. Every day...

With the dramatic political and economic changes in the 1980s, the world steel industry faced a challenging period. Moreover, the steel industry itself brought about an internal evolution through...

One of the conclusions in this study is that the growth of scrap collection offsets the substantial decline in scrap reproduced and recycled in steel works. This was based on a look at the situation...

The focus on this statistical update is on the significance and influence of scrap metal in the iron and steel industries. The study presented is basically made up of statistical tables with short...

This publication offers a wide-ranging perspective on indigenous peoples’ rights to lands, territories and resources, examining legislation and agreements at the national and international level...

This study is a definitive reference for everyone in the steel-making industry in the industrialized countries. General considerations about steel and scrap quality such as clean steels...