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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is recognized as an appropriate driving force for economic growth. To attract investment, countries have to meet set requirements. These requirements also apply to the...

This collection of papers and proceedings submitted by leading figures in the gas industry in Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States, deals with key issues and gives a unique...

For the first time in thirty years, the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, presents a special report on this subject. Focusing on Article 27 of the...

'The individual is a bearer of international rights and responsibilities', states this study. It is hoped that this study will contribute to new developments concerning the status of the individual in...

A thorough international study on the relationship between human rights and disability, this publication's main sources have been relevant international instruments and reports by governments, NGOs...

Focusing on the basic premise that everyone has a right to food, this book presents the views of an international group of scholars on the economic, social and legal implications of this vitally...

This report includes information on manifestations of intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief in the contemporary world and attempts to identify the causes of these manifestations...

The present study should be considered as a contribution to the freedom of the individual under the law. The meaning of the concept 'Freedom under Law' is that whenever there is any conflict between...

This publication reviews and discusses future developments of energy/gas prices and competition and gas supply prospects. It focuses on central and eastern European countries (CEEs) gas markets and...

Natural gas in the European region represents the world's largest market for gas. Recognizing the importance of the gas sector to the region and the prospect that demand for gas will increase...

The Rate Design Manual focuses on the US experience in developing and implementing regulatory policies and measures designed to cover the various factors in designing gas rates by local distribution...

Gas markets have and will continue to change in the East and the West. This publication will be of help to all countries, especially those in transition, who have to choose the market and industry...

A new and timely publication made all the more urgent by the enormity by the global housing crisis, with inadequate housing threatening the health, safety and dignity of so many. An invaluable...

A new and significant study in this important series of publications on human rights. Sexual exploitation of children is unquestionably a breach of human rights and this invaluable book shows how...

In this new volume of the series all the papers and proceedings of the 1995 Seminar are presented for all to absorb in a clear and relevant format.

Natural gas price policies occupy a prominent place in the current market-oriented restructuring of the gas industry in countries with economies in transition. This publication gives a historical...

This publication consolidates the various provisions of international law relevant to internally displaced persons. It examines the guiding definitions and context of these laws and details the...

For indigenous peoples the world over, the protection of cultural and intellectual property has taken on growing importance and urgency. This publication provides a basis for appropriate standard...

This collection of papers and proceedings submitted by leading figures in the gas industry in Europe, North America and the Commonwealth of Independent States, deals with key issues on the subject and...

The market-based transition of the energy sector and the natural gas industry in countries of central and eastern Europe and of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is among the most important...