Image
Show or Sort:
Image
Beyond Violence
Conflict Resolution Process in Northern Ireland
Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: November 2002
)
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...
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...
Global Financial Turmoil and Reform
A United Nations Perspective
Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: July 1999
)
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...
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...
Image
Image
State of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Peoples' Access to Health Services
Series: State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
( Print: March 2016,
PDF: February 2016
)
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...
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...
Image
Image
State of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Education
Series: State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
( Print: January 2018,
PDF: December 2017
)
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)...
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)...
Image
Image
Cold-water Coral Reefs
Out of Sight - No Longer Out of Mind
Series: UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity
( Print: December 2004
)
This document presents a comprehensive and up-to-date compilation of information and data on marine cold-water coral reefs from around the world. It describes the various cold-water coral reef...
This document presents a comprehensive and up-to-date compilation of information and data on marine cold-water coral reefs from around the world. It describes the various cold-water coral reef...
Image
Image
Cloud Forest Agenda
Series: UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity
( Print: February 2007
)
The Cloud Forest Agenda report is designed to stimulate new initiatives and partnerships for the conservation and restoration of tropical cloud forests around the world. It provides global maps of...
The Cloud Forest Agenda report is designed to stimulate new initiatives and partnerships for the conservation and restoration of tropical cloud forests around the world. It provides global maps of...
Image
Image
State of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Series: State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
( Print: September 2019,
PDF: September 2019
)
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...
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...
Image
Image
State of the World's Indigenous Peoples
Series: State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
( Print: December 2009,
PDF: May 2011
)
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...
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...
Image
Image
In the Front Line
Shoreline Protection and Other Ecosystem Services from Mangroves and Coral Reefs
Series: UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity
( Print: May 2006
)
The tragic and devastating consequences of the Asian tsunami, December 2004, and the hurricanes and cyclones of 2005 were a wake up call for the global community, dramatically drawing attention to the...
The tragic and devastating consequences of the Asian tsunami, December 2004, and the hurricanes and cyclones of 2005 were a wake up call for the global community, dramatically drawing attention to the...
Image
Image
Protected Areas and Biodiversity
An Overview of Key Issues
Series: UNEP-WCMC Biodiversity
( Print: August 2004
)
This publication synthesizes key aspects in the development of protected areas, the level of international commitment and the relationship of protected areas to sustainable development, and reviews...
This publication synthesizes key aspects in the development of protected areas, the level of international commitment and the relationship of protected areas to sustainable development, and reviews...
Image
Image
Inter-linkages
The Kyoto Protocol and the International Trade and Investment Regimes
Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: June 2001
)
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...
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...
Image
Image
State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Rights to Lands, Territories and Resources
Series: State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
( Print: March 2021,
PDF: March 2021
)
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 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...
Image
Image
Financing for Development
Proposals from Business and Civil Society
Series: UNU Policy Perspectives
( Print: January 2002
)
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...
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...