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This is the official report submitted to the General Assembly by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean on its formal session (451st meeting) held on 26 July 2005 at United Nations Headquarters.

This is the official report submitted to the General Assembly of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean on its formal session (453rd meeting) held on 24 July 2009 at United Nations Headquarters.

In its resolution 64/23, the General Assembly, having taken note of the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean (A/64/29), requested the Chair of the Committee to continue his informal...

Official records of the Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean

Official records of the Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean

This is the biennial report submitted to the General Assembly by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean.

This paper discusses why the UNECE countries have chosen rather different models of welfare state and, more generally, alternative policies to fight poverty. In particular, the paper focuses upon why...

The objective of the “Blue book” is to establish an inventory of existing and envisaged standards and parameters of E waterways and ports in Europe and to show, on an internationally comparable basis...

This publication is the fourth issue prepared by the Executive Secretariat of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the United Nations regional commission covering the Middle...

This Paper argues that the challenges posed by resource dependence can be overcome if accompanied by the right economic policies. It then analyzes what these policies are, and how to set up economic...

The continued growth of the European Union (EU) will have important economic consequences both for the EU member states and for their trading partners, especially those at the new borders of the...

This paper discusses the role of institutions in economic development. The author puts forward an argument that the considerable gap in real income per capita between richer and poorer countries...

The performance of Arab countries in 2007 was uneven. Some sectors increased their share in the world economy while others saw their share decline. This issue of the Annual Review assesses, through an...

This annual publication reviews the progress made by Arab countries towards regional integration and their integration into the world economy. It provides an analysis of economic indicators which...

This is the third annual review of key trends and developments regarding regional integration of the countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) region into the global...

The Mydral Lecture, delivered by Nobel laureate Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on 11 February 2004 is presented in this paper. In his lecture, Prof. Stiglitz offers...