The Blue Helmets: A Review of United Nations Peace-keeping (Third Edition) provides a comprehensive overview of the history, development, and operations of United Nations peacekeeping missions around the world. Published by the United Nations Department of Public Information, this edition documents key peacekeeping activities, mandates, challenges, and outcomes from various UN missions. It high…
The restoration of Papua (formerly known as Irian Jaya or West Papua) into the Republic of Indonesia is a complex and contentious issue with a long history. Papua is located on the western half of the island of New Guinea and is Indonesia's easternmost province. The process of integrating Papua into Indonesia has been marked by historical, political, social, and human rights challenges
The South in an Era of Globalization, Cultural Globalization: Living on a Frontierless Land, Globalization of Mass Media: Opportunities and Challenges for the South, Knowledge Networking for Technology "Leapfrogging", Repositioning Developing Countries in the World Trade Organization, Technological Implications of New Growth Theory for the South, Expanding Lateral Partnerships, Latin American P…
This book focused on debt sustainability in Africa, contains two points, Oasis and Mirage.
This publication includes the edited transcripts of the panel discussions held in the United Nations by the NGO Committee on Disarmament in 1998 and early 1999 and the presentations made by NGOs on May 11, 1999 at the third Prep Com for the Non-Proliferation Treary Review Conference to be held in the year 2000. We are very much dependent upon your reactions and suggestions to help us plan what …
This book examines the consequences of projected population decline and population aging as well as policy responses to address demographic change.
The publication of this issue of the ATAS Bulletin reflects the continuing interest of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) and the UNCTAD secretariat in the complex field of IT and its impact on social and economic development. In this regard the ECOSOC, upon recommendation of the CSTD at its second session held in Geneva, 15- 24 May 1995, decided that…
This report, Nepal: country assessment and programme of action, has been prepared as a background document for the third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries to be held from 13-20 May 2001 in Brussels, Belgium.
Myanmar has a wide variety of ecosystems such as land, mountains, forest, wetlands, coastal and marine ecosystem and enjoys a tropical climate with tree distinct seasons. This report has been prepared under the guidance and supervision of his excellency U Soe Tha, Minister for National Planning and Economic Development and chairman of the National Preparatory Committee for the third United …
Cambodia is one of the poor country in East Asia, with estimated annual GNP per capita in 2000 of about US 300. The economy has a small industrial base and depends heavily on subsistence agriculture.