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DERECHO DEL MAR - ESTRECHOS UTILIZ

Estrechos Utilizados para la Navegación Internacional

Historia Legislativa de la Tercera Parte de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar

Series:
Derecho del Mar, El
2 Apr 1993
Durante mucho tiempo la comunidad internacional ha reconocido la situación esencial de los estrechos como vínculos entre los océanos y mares y su consiguiente importancia para las comunicaciones y el comercio marítimo. En el Volumen I se examina la utilización de los estrechos para la navegación ...
INTL TAX AGREEMENTS #55

International Tax Agreements

22 Jan 1993
Loose-leaf series on the status of international taxation agreements on income and fortune; movable capital; commercial, industrial and agricultural enterprises; or maritime and air transport enterprises.
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
23 Oct 1992
Volume II focuses on the work of the Third United Nations Conference on the question of straits. Faced with the task of reconciling the different positions of Member States, an informal proposal of the Private Group on Straits provided the basis for a compromise text. That text is discussed in th...
YRBK HUMAN RGHTS COMM 1987 V1

Yearbook of the Human Rights Committee

Summary Records

This two-volume set offers a detailed summary of records and reports of the Committee on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the measures adopted by governments to give effect to the rights recognized. It contains extracted texts and summaries of significant constitutiona...
REVOLUCIONES EN EL ESTE Y SUS REPE

Revoluciones en el Este y sus Repercusiones para los Paises en Desarrollo

Series:
Revista de la Planificación del Desarrollo
5 Nov 1993
En este estudio se llega a la conclusión de que las consecuencias negativas de la transformación en Europa oriental no es probable que sean graves para los países en desarrollo como grupo. Sin embargo, es posible que cada país, especialmente los que dependieron excesivamente del comercio y de los...
MANUAL DEL PROGRAMA DE COMPARACION

Manual del Programa de Comparación Internacional

12 Feb 1993
El Programa de Comparación Internacional es un programa mundial que tiene por objeto estimaciones, comparables entre países en términos reales, del producto interno bruto y sus principales agregados. En el proceso, se obtienen paridades del poder adquisitivo que se utilizan, en vez de los tipos d...
WISTAT INDICADORES Y ESTADISTICA

Wistat

Indicadores y Estadísticas sobre la Mujer (Base de Datos en Formato de Planillas para Microcomputadoras) Guía y Manual de Referencia para los Usuarios

11 Jun 1993
Una amplia base de datos estadísticos sobre la situación de la mujer en 178 países o zonas. Los datos se ofrecen en formato de planillas y abarcan cifras sobre población, composición, características y distribución; niveles de educación y capacitación; relaciones familiares; salud y actividad eco...
DISARMAMENT & LIMITATION OF ARMA

Disarmament and Limitation of Armaments

Unilateral Measures and Policies

8 Jan 1993
International security experts and diplomats discuss unilateral disarmament and its related areas like security measures and policies in this collection of papers, communications, responses and comments.
UNCTAD COMMODITY YRBK 1992

UNCTAD Commodity Yearbook

8 Jan 1993
Provides statistical data at the regional and country levels for trade in selected agricultural primary commodities, minerals, ores and metals. These statistics are of practical use to governments, international organizations, universities and other research institutions interested in internation...
YRBK HUMAN RGHTS COMM 1987 V1

Yearbook of the Human Rights Committee

15 Oct 1993
This two-volume set offers a detailed summary of records and reports of the Committee on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the measures adopted by governments to give effect to the rights recognized. It contains extracted texts and summaries of significant constitutiona...
REVOLUTIONS THE EAST THEIR IMPLIC

Revolutions in the East and Their Implications for Developing Countries

Series:
Journal of Development Planning
7 May 1993
This study concluded that adverse consequences of the transformations in eastern Europe were not likely to be severe for developing countries as a group. However, individually, especially those who relied extensively on trade and payments from the former planned economies might face considerable ...
HNDBK THE INTL COMPARISON

Handbook of the International Comparison Programme

6 Nov 1992
The International Comparison Programme is a world programme to produce estimates, comparable across countries in real terms, for the gross domestic product (GDP) and its main aggregates. In the process, purchasing-power parities (PPP) are obtained and used instead of exchange rates for converting...
WISTAT WOMEN

WISTAT

Women's Indicators & Statistics - Spreadsheet Database for Microcomputers (Version 2) Users Guide and Reference Manual

12 Feb 1993
An extensive statistical database on the situation of women in 178 countries or areas. Data is in tabular form (spreadsheets) and covers population, composition, characteristics and distribution; education and training levels; family relationships; health; and economic, social, cultural and polit...
ENVIRO ACCOUNTING CURRENT ISSUES

Environmental Accounting

Current Issues, Abstracts and Bibliography

9 Oct 1992
Environmental disclosure in corporate annual reports is typically of a qualitative, descriptive and partial nature and difficult to compare. This publication explores the reasons why this is so and suggests guidelines for improving the situation. It is an indispensable primer for those beginning ...
FORMULATION & IMPLEMENT FOREIGN

Formulation and Implementation of Foreign Direct Policies

16 Oct 1992
This publication is intended to help decision-makers dealing with economic policies in general and FDI policies in particular, in their selection of those policies that foster the type of FDI inflows that are consistent with overall development goals. The publication is particularly useful to off...