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The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (1989) is a global international treaty on hazardous and other wastes. It sets rules for...

This publication contains nationally reported information for countries that are parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. The...

This publication compiles information on the key restrictions to the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes and other wastes, reported by parties to the Secretariat of the Basel Convention in 2002...

This publication provides an overview of national policies and programmes on ageing in Asia and the Pacific. It focuses on the analysis of major issues and examines lessons learned. The publication is...

The number of elderly in Asia will more than double by 2025: 705 million against 322 million in 2000. This publication addresses major policy implications of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific...

Since the inception of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, ESCAP has been conducting reviews of the progress in achieving the goals of the Decade, in particular, the implementation of...

Several years following its breakout in mid-1997, the impact and devastating consequences of the regional economic crisis still linger on. In response to this crisis, the affected countries set up...

This publication is a further step following the issuance in November 1999 of the publication entitled “Establishing a Social Development Management Information System: Issues and Perspectives”, with...

This paper discusses the current approaches to international migration as an emerging social development issue that merits attention in the post-Copenhagen Declaration years. Special emphasis is...

This training manual has been developed to assist with the preparation of a national environmentally sound management plan for polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) and PCB contaminated equipment. It is designed...

This technical paper provides guidance to countries that would like to improve their capacity to manage used lead-acid battery wastes. A comprehensive approach to managing battery wastes is explained...

The progressive steps that are being taken at the national, sub-regional and regional levels to fulfill the objectives of the first Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons are examined in this...

This publication is based on the annual reports that were submitted by Parties to the Basel Convention during 2002. It identifies the list of waste substances that did not fall under the scope of the...

Drug abuse has emerged only recently in the Republic of Maldives and is not widespread. In 1997, the government established the Narcotics Control Board (NCB) and a drug rehabilitation center to...