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UNRIC Library Newsletter - July 2008
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NEW TITLES
added to the library collection in July 2008

The Holocaust and the UN Outreach Programme

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport; The British Scheme that saved 10,000 Children from the Nazi Regime / Mark Jonathan Harris and Deborah Oppenheimer, Preface by Lord Richard Attenborough, Introduction by David Cesarani. Bloomsbury. London. 2000. xiii, 292 p. ISBN 0-7475-5092-1.

A Study Guide Based on the Film "Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport" / Written by Scott Chamberlin and Gretchen Skidmore. Warner Home Video. 2001. 36 p.


I    General Information and Reference

Chronique ONU, Volume XLIV, Numéro 4, décembre 2007. 46 p.
Les OMD: Sommes-nous sur la bonne voie?

Resolutions and Decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its sixty-second session - Volume II: 18 September – 22 December 2007.
General Assembly. Official Records. Sixty-second session. Supplement No. 49 (A/62/49/Vol.II).
United Nations. New York. 2008. 36 p.
Online version: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/62/49(Vol.II)(SUPP)

Résolutions et décisions adoptées par l’Assemblée générale au cours de sa soixante-deuxième session - Volume II: 18 septembre - 22 décembre 2007.
Assemblée générale. Documents officiels. Soixante-deuxième session. Supplément n°49 (A/62/49/Vol.II).
Nations Unies. New York. 2008. 36 p.
Online version: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/62/49(Vol.II)(SUPP)


II.C    World Economy

World Economic and Social Survey 2008: Overcoming Economic Insecurity.
United Nations. New York. 2008. xxx, 202 p. (E/2008/50/Rev.1-ST/ESA/317)
Sales No. E.08.II.C.1. ISBN 978-92-1-109157-1.
Online version: http://www.un.org/esa/policy/wess/wess2008files/wess08/wess2008.pdf


II.D    Trade, Finance and Commerce

The Least Developed Countries Report 2008: Growth, Poverty and the Terms of Development Partnership
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2008. xiv, x, 171 p. (UNCTAD/LDC/2008)
Sales No. E.08.II.D.20. ISBN 978-92-1-112751-5.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/ldc2008_en.pdf


II.E    Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)

Measuring Population and Housing: Practices of UNECE countries in the 2000 round of censuses.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2008. viii, 198 p. (ECE/CES/STAT/2008/2)
Sales No. E.07.II.E.15. ISBN 978-92-1-116968-3.
Online version: http://www.unece.org/stats/publications/Publication_on_2000_censuses.pdf

Nouveaux risques mondiaux en matière de sécurité énergétique. (CEE – Série “Énergie” No 36)
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2007. vii, 116 p. (ECE/ENERGY/70)
Sales No. F.07.II.E.22. ISBN 978-92-1-216497-7.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe: Report 2008.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2008. 143 p. (ECE/INF/2008/1)
Online version: http://www.unece.org/pub_cat/topics/annual_report_2008.pdf


III.B    United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Capacity Development: Empowering People and Institutions; Annual Report 2008.
United Nations Development Programme. New York. June 2008. 36 p.
Online version: http://www.undp.org/publications/annualreport2008/downloads.shtml

El fomento de la capacidad: Empoderamiento de las personas y las instituciones: Informe annual 2008.
Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo. Nueva York. Junio de 2008. 36 p.
Online version: http://www.undp.org/spanish/publicaciones/annualreport2008/downloads.shtml

Le renforcement des capacités: l’habilitation des gens et des institutions; Rapport annuel 2008.
Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement. New York. Juin 2008. 36 p.
Online version: http://www.undp.org/french/publications/annualreport2008/downloads.shtml


III.D    United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Our Planet: Kick the Habit: Towards a low carbon economy. May 2008. 
United Nations Environment Programme. 27 p.
Online version: http://www.unep.org/ourplanet/2008/may/en/

Notre Planète: Non à la dépendance : Pour une économie à faible émission de carbone. Mai 2008.
Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement. 27 p.
Online version: http://www.unep.org/ourplanet/2008/may/fr/


IV    Social Questions

Femmes en l’an 2000 et au-déla, Décembre 2007: "Les femmes, l’égality des sexes et le sport".
Nations Unies. Division de la promotion de la femme. 43 p.
Online version: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/Women_and_Sport_French-web.pdf


V    International Law

Bulletin du droit de la mer. No. 61.
Nations Unies. New York. 2008. iii, 124 p.
ISBN 978-92-1-233423-3.

Bulletin du droit de la mer. No. 58.
Nations Unies. New York. 2006. iv, 63 p.
ISBN 978-92-1-233416-5.


IX    Disarmament and Atomic Energy

Verification in all aspects, including the role of the United Nations in the field of verification. (Study Series 32)
United Nations. New York. 2008. v, 48 p.
Sales No. E.08.IX.5. ISBN 978-92-1-142262-7.
Online version: http://disarmament.un.org/DDApublications/Study-Series/StudySeries32.pdf


XI    Narcotic Drugs (including United Nations Office on Drug and Crime - UNODC)

Perspectives, Number 5, May 2008: Guinea-Bissau: New hub for cocaine trafficking.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.  23 p.


XIV    Human Rights (including Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - OHCHR)

Claiming the Millennium Development Goals: A human rights approach.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2008. viii, 52 p. (HR/PUB/08/3)
Sales No. E.08.XIV.6. ISBN 978-92-1-154184-7.
Online version: http://www2.ohchr.org/SPdocs/Claiming_MDGs_en.pdf


XVII      International Statistics

2005 Energy Balances and Electricity Profiles / Bilans énergétiques et profils du secteur de l’électricité.
United Nations / Nations Unies. 2008. xxxv, 629 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.W/14)
Sales No. E/F.08.XVII.6. ISBN 978-92-1-061244-9.

2005 Energy Statistics Yearbook / Annuaire des statistiques de l’énergie.
United Nations / Nations Unies. New York. 2008. l, 561 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.J/48)
Sales No. E/F.08.XVII.4. ISBN 978-92-1-061229-6.

Monthly Bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin mensuel de statistique: Issue No. 1043, Vol. LXII, No. 5, May / Edition no. 1043, Vol. LXII, no. 5, mai.
United Nations/Nations Unies. New York. 2008. xii, 305 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.Q/425)
Online version: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs

National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables, 2006; Part III.
United Nations. New York. 2008. xxvi, 1109 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.X/39, Part III)
Sales No. E.08.XVII.3. ISBN 978-92-1-161508-1.