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After almost thirty years of bloody conflict, the opposing parties in Northern Ireland eventually signed an agreement about how to share power, thus bringing to an end the conflict that had claimed...

As Asia's financial and economic crisis which started in 1997, deepened and spread around the world, United Nations economists on five continents shared notes to understand the upheaval and suggest...

This official report of the Board of Auditors transmits to the General Assembly the financial report and audited financial statements of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for...

This report addresses the reality of millions of poor children living in urban cities worldwide. It highlights the chronic poverty and marginalisation they face, many of them living in conditions of...

This report presents and evaluates the most effective ways to promote the rights of indigenous children taking into consideration their unique and rich cultural heritage. It pays particular attention...

Official Records of the Financial report and audited financial statements and Report of the Board of Auditors: International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

Throughout the world, marriage is regarded as a moment of celebration and a milestone in adult life. Sadly, as this Digest makes clear, the practice of early marriage gives no cause for celebration...

In 1997, delegates to the third session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreed by consensus to adopt the Kyoto Protocol under which...

This Digest looks at birth registration, a fundamental human right that opens the door to other rights, including education and health care, participation and protection. It explains why the births of...

The Innocenti Digest on Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities attempts to provide a global perspective on the situation of some 200 million children with disabilities. The Digest is based...

This Innocenti Digest examines the social dynamics of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). In communities where it is practiced, FGM/C is an important part of girls’ and women’s cultural gender...

This publication focuses on independent human rights institutions for children. It points out the urgent need to create such institutions in every country to protect, promote, and monitor children's...

In Financing for Development, twenty-one authors, including business executives and civil-society activists from developing and developed countries, address the question of how to boost the financing...