This book contains about Proceedings ted nations training course on international norms and standards in the field of human rights, Moscow (USSR), 27 November-1 December 1989
There is increasing recognition that public health often provides an added and compelling justification for safeguarding human rights, despite the respect, protection and fulfilment which they merit in their own right. In the context of HIV/AIDS, an environment in which human rights are respected ensures that vulnerability to HIV/AIDS is reduced, those infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS liv…
The 2006 conference "Building the Architecture for Sustainable Space Security" is the latest in a series of annual conferences held since 2002 by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research in cooperation with a wide range of Member States, research institutes and NGOs. This series of conferences has drawn on a high level of interest on the part of diplomats in Geneva, both within and…
The age of ocean discovery is not yet over, and new theories about ocean processes and system and marine resource potencial are still being advanced and tested.
This report is an assessment of the trade liberalization policies in the forestry sector, using cost-benefit analysis and other quantitative and qualitative approaches.
A valuable resource for those involved in international business and economic development, the Trade and Development Report (TDR) 1999, issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), examines current performance and prospects in the world economy. It offers further reflections on the Asian financial crisis and discusses the euro and the international financial system…
The continuous globalization of the world economy poses new challenges for the governance of economic activities. This is particularly the case in the area of foreign direct investment. Investment and trade liberalization have provided greater freedom to transnational corporations to organize their production activities across borders in accordance with their own corporate strategies and the co…
The Yearbook on Human Rights for 1988 contains three parts: part I concerns international developments in the field of human rights, part II re- lates to activities of the United Nations supervisory bodies and part III con- cerns national developments.
The Yearbook on Human Rights for 1987 has been prepared on the same basis as that for 1979, according to the directives laid down by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1979/37 of 10 May 1979, and in conformity with the "Guidelines for the contents and format of the Yearbook on Human Rights" annexed to Council resolution 1979/37.
The Yearbook on Human Rights for 1986 has been prepared on the same basis at that for 1979, according to the directives laid down by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 1979/37 of 10 May 1979, and in conformity with "Guidelines for the contents and format of the Yearbook on Human Rights" and annexed to Council resolution 1979/37.