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WOMEN & HEALTH MAINSTREAMING

Women and Health

Mainstreaming the Gender Perspective into the Health Sector

9 Jul 1999
This report is an outcome of the 1998 Expert Group Meeting on Women and Health, following the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, 1995). The Platform for Action, which resulted from the Conference, calls for creating a coherent approach to women's health care. Women and Health examines how...
UN CRIME & JUSTICE INFO NETWORK

United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network

Providing Information to and from Developing Countries

16 Apr 1999
In addition to an in-depth overview on the criminal justice information in the information age, this resource presents discussions on: Strategies for Information Management; Key Issues in Introducing Information Technology in Criminal Justice: United Nations Assistance to Member States; Introduct...
TREATY SERIES 1835 I:31363 (CONT

Treaty Series 1835 I

31363 (Continued-Suite)

Series:
United Nations Treaty Series / Recueil des Traites des Nations Unies
28 May 1999
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 1827 I:31252-31256

Treaty Series 1827 I

31252-31256

Series:
United Nations Treaty Series / Recueil des Traites des Nations Unies
28 May 1999
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 1744 I:30373

Treaty Series 1744 I

30373

Series:
United Nations Treaty Series / Recueil des Traites des Nations Unies
28 May 1999
TREATY SERIES 1743 I:30372

Treaty Series 1743 I

30372

Series:
United Nations Treaty Series / Recueil des Traites des Nations Unies
28 May 1999
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 1742 I:30371

Treaty Series 1742 I

30371

Series:
United Nations Treaty Series / Recueil des Traites des Nations Unies
28 May 1999
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 1740 I:30369

Treaty Series 1740 I

30369

Series:
United Nations Treaty Series / Recueil des Traites des Nations Unies
28 May 1999
REPERT PRATI CONSEIL SECUR 1981/84

Répertoire de la Pratique du Conseil de Sécurité

5 Feb 1999
Exposé des débats du Conseil de sécurité présentant les résultats d'une étude empirique de la procédure du Conseil destinée à faciliter la recherche. La présentation des rubriques permet aux lecteurs de se reporter aux débats pertinents. Collection complète disponible sur microfiche.
TRADE & INVESTMENT SCENARIOS

Trade and Investment Scenarios and Liberalization Agenda for Asia and the Pacific

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
25 Feb 2000
This publication discusses the effects of the Asian crisis on trade and investment flows in the Asia and the Pacific region; the response of policy makers within and outside the region; the likely short-, medium- and long-term trade and investment policy responses and scenarios; and the likely re...
HNDBK WORLD MINERAL TRADE 1992/97

Handbook of World Mineral Trade Statistics

25 Jun 1999
This handbook provides up-to-date and consistent data at the world, regional and country levels for the international trade of major non-fuel minerals and metals, from primary to semi-processed forms. Recognized by the industry as the first comprehensive publication, which provides both quantitie...
GOVERNMENT NGO COLLABORATION RURAL

Government-NGO Collaboration in Rural Poverty Alleviation

21 Jul 2000
The issue of good governance keeps surfacing as a key area of concern in poverty alleviation.This publication analyzes the situation in six developing countries namely: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam, in order to fully understand the extent of GO-NGO (Government...
TRADE & INVESTMENT COMPLEMENTARI

Trade and Investment Complementarities among the South-Western Member Countries of ESCAP

Series:
ESCAP Studies in Trade and Investment
11 Feb 2000
This study analyzes the trade and investment complementarities among the member countries of the Economic Cooperation Organization and neighboring Armenia. It describes the physical facilities and structures now in place, national trade and investment policies, and constraints on trade and invest...
INVERSION EXTRANJERA AMERICA 1998

Inversión Extranjera en América Latina y el Caribe, La

16 Apr 1999
Por varias razones el informe correspondiente a 1998 de La Inversión Extranjera en América Latina y el Caribe representa un significativo avance con respecto a versiones anteriores. En primer lugar, en el presente documento se estableció un nuevo marco analítico que permite profundizar el examen ...
PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES TO POVERT

Participatory Approaches to Poverty Alleviation in Rural Community Development

26 Mar 1999
With the focus on rural areas, this paper seeks to identify the most effective policies and methods for increasing the income, opportunities and influence of the poor. In addition to an analysis of the evolution of development theories and the design of a successful development programme, the pub...
RESTRUCTURING & REFORM BUSINESS

Restructuring and Reform

Business Development in Military Industry Conversion to Civilian Markets

14 May 1999
This unique publication outlines and discusses the military industry restructuring and public sector reform experience in a wide range of situations and countries, from Belarus and China to the Ukraine and the United States. It presents an analysis of the successes and failures of the conversion ...
BUDGET REFORM DEV COUNTRIES

Budget Reform in Developing Countries

Papers of a Workshop held in New York, 4-5 December 1997

11 Jun 1999
New concepts of governance are increasingly appearing in the working agendas of the international community. These have certain recurring features, which are of great relevance to Governments of developing countries undertaking their annual budget exercises. This publication discusses budgetary r...
HUMAN RGHTS & THE RULE OF LAW

Human Rights and the Rule of Law

Vienna Commemoration

8 Jan 1999
This book, in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948-1998), reproduces the statements made at the Vienna Public Assembly on Human Rights and the Panel Discussion on Human Rights held in Vienna on 27 June 1998. Among the distinguished presenters ar...