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DERECHO DEL MAR ACUERDOS SOBRE FRO

Acuerdos sobre Fronteras Marítimas

Series:
Derecho del Mar, El
31 Jan 1992
La delimitación de las fronteras marítimas,aunque no es un fenómeno nuevo, ha pasado a ser un elemento importante de la práctica de los Estados en lo que hace al Derecho del Mar moderno. El establecimiento de nuevos límites en zonas que se encuentran sujetas a la jurisdicción nacional ha obligado...
MUJER PROCESO TOMA DECIS COSTA RIC

Mujer en el Proceso de Toma de Decisiones

Estudio Monográfico sobre Costa Rica, La

31 Jan 1992
A pesar del interés expresado por los Estados Miembros de las Naciones Unidas y de las convenciones, declaraciones y comisiones establecidas para tal fin, la información sigue dando la pauta de que las mujeres se encuentran prácticamente excluídas de los procesos de formulación de políticas en ma...
LONG RANGE WORLD POP PROJ TWO

Long-range World Population Projections

Two Centuries of Population Growth

Series:
Population Studies
31 Jan 1992
'According to the medium-fertility extension...the population of the world will be multiplied by 4.6 between the years 1950 and 2150...'. This publication provides long-range projections of the population of the world and nine major areas to the year 2150. The nine major areas are Africa, Latin A...
GOVERNMENT POLICIES & FOREIGN DIRE

Government Policies and Foreign Direct Investment

31 Jan 1992
Most governments welcome foreign direct investment, but most also regulate it, to a greater or lesser degree. This study addresses the issue of whether specific government policies aimed at inward foreign direct investment can have an influence on the level of investment flows. It also assesses o...
LAW OF THE SEA STRAITS USED INTL

Straits Used for International Navigation

Legislative History of Part III of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

Series:
Law of the Sea, The
31 Jan 1992
The international community has long recognized the special situation of straits as linkages between oceans and seas and their consequential importance for maritime communications and trade. Volume I discusses the use of straits for international navigation. The early chapters cover the work of t...
MODEL SURVEY COMPUTER SERVICE

Model Survey of Computer Services, A

31 Jan 1992
The increasing use of microcomputers and packaged software has given rise to a whole range of computer-based services. This publication sets out a model survey for the collection of data from enterprises or establishments engaged in providing computer services. It presents a framework of informat...
LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS NACIONALES

Comision de Estupefacientes. Indice Acumulativo

Leyes y Reglamentos Nacionales de Fiscalizacion de Estupefacientes y Sustancias Sicotropicas

31 Jan 1992
Este indice acumulativo sirve como una referencia amplia de los distintos aspectos de las leyes y reglamentos de fiscalizacion de estupefacientes y como un instrumento practico que puede utilizarse tanto en el plano nacional como en el internacional. Proporciona una herramienta para que las Parte...
TREATY SERIES 1299 I:21537-21592

Treaty Series 1299 I

21537-21592

Series:
United Nations Treaty Series / Recueil des Traites des Nations Unies
31 Jan 1992
In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and the relevant General Assembly Resolutions, every treaty and international agreement registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat since 1946 is published in the United Nations Treaty Series. At present, the collection includes about 30,000...
TREATY SERIES 1420 I:23802-23977

Treaty Series 1420 I

23802-23977

Series:
United Nations Treaty Series / Recueil des Traites des Nations Unies
24 Jan 1992
In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and the relevant General Assembly Resolutions, every treaty and international agreement registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat since 1946 is published in the United Nations Treaty Series. At present, the collection includes about 30,000...
FOREIGN DIRECT INVEST & INDUSTRY

Foreign Direct Investment and Industrial Restructuring in Mexico

6 Mar 1992
This publication gives a summary of Mexico's macro-economic developments in the 1980s, examines the contribution of industrial restructuring of the principal foreign affiliates in its manufacturing sector and looks at how government policy has influenced the restructuring. For businesses who are ...
ESCAP ATLAS OF STRATIGRAPHY #10

Quaternary Stratigraphy of Asia and the Pacific IGCP 296

China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Republic of Korea, Australia and New Zealand

Series:
Mineral Resources Development
24 Jan 1992
Contains an overview of the progress made by quaternary specialists, a bibliography of papers on the quaternary of east and southeast Asia and a summary of French literature on the quaternary of Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Viet Nam.
SECTORAL ENERGY DEMAND STUDIES

Sectoral Energy Demand Studies

Application of the End-Use Approach to Asian Countries

Series:
Energy Resources Development Series
24 Jan 1992
One of the ultimate goals of administrators must be to formulate investment plans that would minimize the overall cost over the long term of supplying energy services. The aim of this study is to aid the implementation of this concept by providing a clear understanding of the energy demand dynami...
DERECHO DEL MAR PRACTICA LOS ESTAD

Práctica de los Estados Archipelágicos

Series:
Derecho del Mar, El
25 Sep 1992
Esta publicación complementa un estudio anterior dedicado a la parte IV (Estados archipelágicos) de la Convención, en que se ofrece una historia legislativa de los artículos 46 a 54 de la Convención según su evolución durante la Tercera Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar....
TREATY SERIES 1258 I:20646-20668

Treaty Series 1258 I 20646-20668 II 897-900

Series:
United Nations Treaty Series / Recueil des Traites des Nations Unies
24 Jan 1992
In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and the relevant General Assembly Resolutions, every treaty and international agreement registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat since 1946 is published in the United Nations Treaty Series. At present, the collection includes about 30,000...
TREATY SERIES 1204 I:19229-19253

Treaty Series 1204 I

19229-19253

Series:
United Nations Treaty Series / Recueil des Traites des Nations Unies
24 Jan 1992
In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and the relevant General Assembly Resolutions, every treaty and international agreement registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat since 1946 is published in the United Nations Treaty Series. At present, the collection includes about 30,000...
YRBK ON HUMAN RGHTS 1987

Yearbook on Human Rights

26 Mar 1993
This annual survey contains extracted texts and summaries of significant constitutional, legislative and judicial developments in personal, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights throughout the world.
GUIDE TO COMPUTERIZATION OF INFORM

Guide to Computer Information Systems in Criminal Justice

8 May 1992
The non-technical guidelines offered provide a step-by-step approach to computerized information systems that will improve efficiency. It discusses the entire process of computerization covering such areas as: choice and definition of objectives, planning and preparation, project management and d...
LAW OF THE SEA PRACTICE OF ARCHIP

Practice of Archipelagic States

Series:
Law of the Sea, The
3 Apr 1992
This publication is complementary to an earlier study devoted to part IV (Archipelagic States) of the Convention, which provides a legislative history of articles 46 to 54 of the Convention as it evolved during the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. It examines the practice of...
REGISTER DEV ACTIVITIES UN 1990

Register of Development Activities of the United Nations System (ACCIS)

28 Feb 1992
An annual register on the development activities of the United Nations system. The activities are listed under the countries or regions receiving development support and include information on activity type, funding source, executing agencies, years of operation and amounts in US dollars spent pe...
CONCEPTS & METHODS ENVIRO STATIST

Concepts and Methods of Environment Statistics

Statistics of the Natural Environment - A Technical Report

24 Jan 1992
An invaluable source of information for statisticians, planners, policy-makers and administrators in environment and related socio-economic fields. This report proposes concepts, definitions and classifications for the identification of statistical variables required for the development of enviro...
IMPACT TRADE RELATED INVESTMENT

Impact of Trade-Related Investment Measures, The

24 Jan 1992
This publication offers a wealth of information on the characteristics of trade related investment measures (TRIMs) and the impact of these measures on trade and development. Using numerous case studies, conclusions and policy implications are presented in an attempt to answer such questions as w...