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NEW WEBSITES WITHIN THE UN SYSTEM
UN in General
UN General Assembly 63rd sessionPeace and Security
CTBTO launches new website
http://www.ctbto.org/
The new website of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) includes a host of new features which will benefit States, the media, NGOs, academic institutions, think tanks and the public at large. These features range from greatly expanded written and visual content, powered by state-of the-art technology, to a more comprehensive search engine and a number of engaging multimedia applications. Our goal is to make this website the primary source of substantive information in a number of fields related to the ban on nuclear testing.
Security Council concept paper (S/2008/590)
English, French & Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=S/2008/590
The President of the Security Council for the month of September, Burkina Faso, has issued a concept paper for the Security Council High-level meeting on "Mediation and settlement of disputes" to be held in New York on 23 September (S/2008/590). With the overall objective of helping to promote mediation as a method of dispute settlement, the high-level meeting aims to achieve a number specific objectives as outlined in the report.
UNRWA commemorates 1948
http://www.un.org/unrwa/48Commem/introduction.html
UNRWA is revisiting events and experiences of Palestinians from all walks of life before the war of 1948.
Economic & Social Development
Humanitarian Affairs
Housing for All: The challenges of affordability, accessibility and sustainability; The experiences and instruments from the developing and developed worlds (UN-HABITAT)International Law
Juridical Yearbook online
NEW INFORMATION MATERIAL
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NEW TITLES
added to the library collection in September 2008
I General Information and Reference
Bericht des Generalsekretärs über die Tätigkeit der Vereinten Nationen.
Generalversammlung. Offizielles Protokoll. Dreiundsechzigste Tagung. Beilage 1 (A/63/1).
Vereinte Nationen. New York. 2008. iv, 70 p.
Online version: http://www.un.org/Depts/german/gs/a-63-1.pdf
Index to Proceedings of the Security Council: Sixty-second year – 2007.
United Nations. New York. 2008. xxiv, 266 p. (ST/LIB/SER.B/S.43)
Sales No. E.08.I.13. ISBN 978-92-1-101167-8.
Millennium Development Goal 8: Delivering on the Global Partnership for Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG Gap Task Force Report 2008).
United Nations. New York. 2008. xiii, 52 p.
Sales No. E.08.I.17. ISBN 978-92-1-101172-2.
Online version: http://www.un.org/esa/policy/mdggap/mdg8report_engw.pdf
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2008.
United Nations. New York. 2008. 52 p.
Sales No. E.08.I.18. ISBN 978-92-1-101173-9.
Online version: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Host.aspx?Content=Products/ProgressReports.htm
Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement: Rapport 2008.
Nations Unies. New York. 2008. 52 p.
Sales No. F.08.I.18. ISBN 978-92-1-200288-0.
Online version: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Host.aspx?Content=Products/ProgressReports.htm
Objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio: Informe de 2008.
Nationes Unidas. Nueva York. 2008. 52 p.
Sales No. S.08.I.18. ISBN 978-92-1-300234-6.
Online version: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Host.aspx?Content=Products/ProgressReports.htm
Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization.
General Assembly. Official Records. Sixty-third Session. Supplement No. 1.
United Nations. New York. 2008. iv, 71 p. (A/63/1)
Online version: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/63/1(SUPP)
II.A Business, Economics, Science and Technology
National Development Strategies: Policy Notes.
United Nations. New York. 2008. xxv, 349 p.
Sales No. E.08.II.A.4. ISBN 978-92-1-104579-6.
II.C World Economy
Rapport sur la situation économique et sociale dans le monde, 2006: Divergence de la croissance et du développement.
Nations Unies. New York. 2008. xxxiii, 208 p. (E/2006/50/Rev.1-ST/ESA/306)
Sales No. F.06.II.C.1. ISBN 978-92-1-209090-7.
II.D Trade, Finance and Commerce
Le développement économique en Afrique: Résultats à l’Exportation après la Libéralisation du Commerce ; Quelques Tendances et Perspectives.
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2008. ix, 105 p. (UNCTAD/DGS/AFRICA/2008)
Sales No. F.08.II.D.12. ISBN 978-92-1-212359-2.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/fr/docs/aldcafrica2008_fr.pdf
Economic Development in Africa: Export Performance Following Trade Liberalization; Some Patterns and Policy Perspectives.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2008. viii, 103 p. (UNCTAD/DGS/AFRICA/2008)
Sales No. E.08.II.D.22. ISBN 978-92-1-112754-6.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/aldcafrica2008_en.pdf
Examen de la politique de l'investissement: Maroc.
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2008. xv, 142 p. (UNCTAD/ITE/IPC/2006/16)
Sales No. F.07.II.D.4. ISBN 978-92-1-212339-4.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Download.asp?docid=8096&lang=2&intItemID=4028
Rapport 2008 sur les pays les moins avancés: Aperçu général par le Secrétaire général de la CNUCED.
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2008. 23 p. (UNCTAD/LDC/2008 (Overview))
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/fr/docs/ldc2008overview_fr.pdf
Rapport sur le commerce et le développement, 2008: Aperçu géneral.
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2008. 24 p. (UNCTAD/TDR/2008 (Overview))
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/fr/docs/tdr2008overview_fr.pdf
Trade and Development Report, 2008: Commodity prices, capital flows and the financing of investment.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2008. xiii, 201 p. (UNCTAD/TDR/2008)
Sales No. E.08.II.D.21. ISBN 978-92-1-112752-2.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Download.asp?docid=10438&lang=1&intItemID=1397
Transnational Corporations, Volume 17, Number 1, April 2008. v, 179 p.
United Nations Conferences on Trade and Development. Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/webflyer.asp?docid=10124&intItemID=2926&lang=1
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2008 / Manuel de Statistiques de la CNUCED 2008.
United Nations / Nations Unies. New York and Geneva / New York et Genève. 2008. DVD.
Sales No. E/F.08.II.D.17. ISBN 978-92-1-012067-8.
Online version: http://stats.unctad.org/handbook/ReportFolders/ReportFolders.aspx?
CS_referer=&CS_ChosenLang=en
UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2008 / Manuel de Statistiques de la CNUCED 2008.
United Nations / Nations Unies. New York and Geneva / New York et Genève. 2008. xlii, 468 p. (TD/STAT.33)
Sales No. E/F.08.II.D.18. ISBN 978-92-1-012069-2.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/tdstat33_en.pdf
II.E Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Assessment of Capacity for Countries of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia to Produce MDG-relevant Statistics.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2008. viii, 50 p. (ECE/CES/STAT/2008/3)
Sales No. E.07.II.E.20. ISBN 978-92-1-116973-7.
Llama/Alpaca meat – carcases and cuts: 2006 Edition. (UNECE Standard)
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2008. vi, 36 p. (ECE/TRADE/368)
Sales No. E.07.II.E.3. ISBN 978-92-1-116955-3.
Online version: http://www.unece.org/trade/agr/standard/meat/e/Llama_2008_e_Publication.pdf
Viande de lama/alpaga – carcasses et découpes: Édition 2006. (Norme CEE-ONU)
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2008. vi, 36 p. (ECE/TRADE/368)
Sales No. F.07.II.E.3. ISBN 978-92-1-216491-5.
Online version: http://www.unece.org/trade/agr/standard/meat/f/Llama_2008_f_Publication.pdf
III.D United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
CCCC: Kick the Habit; a UN Guide to Climate Neutrality.
United Nations Environment Programme. Nairobi. 2008. 200 p.
ISBN 978-92-807-2926-9.
Online version: http://www.unep.org/publications/ebooks/kick-the-habit/
TUNZA: Le magazine du PNUE pour les jeunes.
Vol. 6, No. 1: Non à la dépendance. 23 p.
Online version: http://www.unep.org/pdf/tunza/Tunza_6.1_FR.pdf
IV Social Questions
Growing Together. Youth and the Work of the United Nations.
United Nations Programme on Youth. 2008. 101 p.
Online version: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/documents/growing_together.pdf
V International Law
Ecosystem approaches and oceans: panel presentations during the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (Consultative Process), 7th meeting, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 12 to 16 June 2006.
United Nations. New York. 2008. xiv, 144 p. Includes CD-ROM containing PowerPoint presentations by panelists.
Sales No. E.07.V.4. ISBN 978-92-1-133758-7.
The Law of the Sea: A Select Bibliography, 2006.
United Nations. New York. 2008. v, 122 p. (LOS/LIB/21)
Sales No. E.08.V.3. ISBN 978-92-1-133772-3.
The Law of the Sea: A Select Bibliography, 2007.
United Nations. New York. 2008. v, 124 p. (LOS/LIB/22)
Sales No. E.08.V.12. ISBN 978-92-1-133785-3.
Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 64.
United Nations. New York. 2007. iv, 52 p.
ISBN 978-92-1-133771-6.
Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 65.
United Nations. New York. 2008. iv, 49 p.
ISBN 978-92-1-133774-7.
VIII Transport and Communications
ADR en vigueur le 1er janvier 2008: Accord européen relatif au transport international des marchandises dangereuses par route; Volume I.
Nations Unies. New York et Genève, 2008. xxii, 622 p. (ECE/TRANS/202 (Vol.I)
Sales No. F.08.VIII.1. ISBN 978-92-1-239119-9.
IX Disarmament and Atomic Energy
Disarmament forum, two, 2008: Arms control in the Middle East / Forum du désarmement, deux, 2008: La maîtrise des armements au Moyen-Orient (UNIDIR - United Nations Institut for Disarmament Research / Institut des Nations Unies pour la Recherche sur le Désarmement)
English online version: http://www.unidir.org/bdd/fiche-periodique.php?ref_periodique=1020-7287-2008-2-en
French online version: http://www.unidir.org/bdd/fiche-periodique-fr.php?ref_periodique=1020-7287-2008-2-fr
United Nations Disarmament Yearbook - Volume 32 (Part II): 2007.
United Nations. New York. 2008. xvii, 304 p.
Sales No. E.08.IX.1. ISBN 978-92-1-142260-3.
Online version: http://disarmament.un.org/e-yearbook.html
XIV Human Rights (including Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - OHCHR)
2007 Report: Activities and Results.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Geneva. 2008. 183 p.
Online version: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Press/OHCHR_Report_07_Full.pdf
XVII International Statistics
Classification type pour le commerce international: Quatrième version révisée.
(Études statistiques, Série M n° 34/Rev.4)
Nations Unies. New York. 2008. xii, 224 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/34/Rev.4)
Sales No. F.06.XVII.10. ISBN 978-92-1-261209-6.
Femmes dans le monde, 2005: Progrès en statistiques.
Nations Unies. New York. 2007. viii, 176 p.(ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/17)
Sales No. F.05.XVII.7. ISBN 978-92-1-261206-5.
Monthly bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin mensuel de statistique: Issue No. 1045, Vol. LXII, No. 7, July / Edition n° 1045, Vol. LXII, n° 7, juillet.
United Nations/Nations Unies. New York. 2008. xii, 305 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.Q/427)
Online version: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs
National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2006.
United Nations. New York. 2008. x, 286 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.X/38)
Sales No. E.08.XVII.2. ISBN 978-92-1-161507-4.
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