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NEW WEBSITES WITHIN THE UN SYSTEM
Budget ordinaire – guide de recherche
http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/dhlf/resguidf/specrbfr.html
A special chapter on the UN regular budget has been added to the Research Guide in French. The major budget documents and the key UN bodies related to the programme planning and budget process are introduced; the chapter also provides symbol patterns for documents and search tips for the major UN databases.
ECOSOC President's Corner
http://www.un.org/ecosoc/president/corner/
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) website has launched a President's Corner. The new site presents information about the key issues on the ECOSOC agenda and includes an online lecture series featuring the views of policy- and decision-makers on the issues.
Interactive Thematic Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on the Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food, 6 April 2009, United Nations Headquarters
English: http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/globalfoodcrisis.shtml
French: http://www.un.org/french/ga/president/63/interactive/food_crisis.shtml
Interactive Thematic Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 25-27 March 2009, United Nations Headquarters
English: http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/worldfinancialcrisis.shtml
French: http://www.un.org/french/ga/president/63/interactive/world_financialcrisis.shtml
Spanish: http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/interactive/worldfinancialcrisis.shtml
The interactive thematic dialogue is conceived as part of the preparatory process for the upcoming International Conference on the Global Economic and Financial Crisis and Its Impact on Development, to be held 1-3 June at UN Headquarters in New York. It is also seen as a means to provide information and analysis useful for coordination with other on-going processes related to the financial and economic crisis.
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food- new website
English, French, Spanish: http://www.srfood.org/
The Special Rapporteur on the Right to food, Olivier De Schutter, has launched a new website that will have the official reports, other documents, and the calendar of activities related to the right to food.
Strategic Framework 2010-2011 (A/63/6/Rev.1)
English, French & Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/63/6/Rev.1(Supp)
The Strategic framework for the period 2010-2011 has been released (A/63/6/Rev.1). The report outlines the strategic direction for the organization for 2010-2011 which includes the following priorites:
World Digital Library
http://www.wdl.org/
UNESCO and 32 partner institutions launched the World Digital Library (WDL), a web site that features unique cultural materials from libraries and archives from around the world, at UNESCO Headquarters on 21 April. The site includes manuscripts, maps, rare books, films, sound recordings, and prints and photographs. The WDL was developed by a team at the Library of Congress with technical assistance provided by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina of Alexandria, Egypt. It functions in seven languages – Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish – and includes content in more than forty languages.
NEW INFORMATION MATERIAL
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NEW TITLES
added to the library collection in April 2009
0 Geneva Publications
Unfinished Business: The Negotiation of the CTBT and the End of Nuclear Testing / Rebecca Johnson.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2009. xviii, 363 p. (UNIDIR/2009/2).
Sales No. GV.E.09.0.4. ISBN 978-92-9045-194-5.
Online version: http://www.unidir.ch/pdf/ouvrages/pdf-1-978-92-9045-194-5-en.pdf
I General Information and Reference
Chronique ONU, Volume XLV, Numéro 2/3, 2008 (Numéro double spécial). 87 p.
« Au nom de notre humanité commune : 60 ans de la Déclaration universelles des droits de l’homme »
Index to Proceedings of the Economic and Social Council: Organizational session – 2007, Substantive session - 2007.
United Nations. New York. 2008. xx, 108 p. (ST/LIB/SER.B/E.83 (Part II))
Sales No. E.08.I.8. ISBN 978-92-1-101162-3.
Reaffirming Human Rights for All: The Universal Declaration at 60: Final Report.
(61st Annual DPI/NGO Conference, 3-5 September 2008, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris).
United Nations. New York. January 2009. viii, 96 p. + CD-ROM.
Réaffirmer les droits de l’homme pour tous la Déclaration universelle à 60 ans : Rapport final. (Soixante et unième Conférence annuelle du Département de l’information pour les organisations non gouvernementales, 3-5 septembre 2008, Paris, Siège de l’UNESCO).
Nations Unies. New York. Janvier 2009. vi, 93 p. + CD-ROM.
UN Chronicle. Volume XLV, Number 2/3, 2008 (Special Double Issue). 87 p.
“Speaking to our common humanity: 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”
Online version: http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/
United Nations Peace Operations: Year in Review 2008.
Produced by the Peace and Security Section of the United Natins Department of Public Information. 52 p. (DPI/2521, February 2009)
Sales No. E.09.I.5. ISBN 978-92-1-101191-3. 43 p.
Online version: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/pub/yir2008.pdf
II.A Business, Economics, Science and Technology
Achieving Sustainable Development in an Age of Climate Change.
United Nations. New York. 2009. ix, 29 p.
Sales No. E.08.II.A.16. ISBN 978-92-1-104592-5.
Online version: http://www.un.org/esa/policy/devplan/cdppublications/2009cdppolicynote.pdf
II.D Trade, Finance and Commerce
La crise économique mondiale: défaillances systémiques et mesures correctives multilaterals; Résumé.
Nations Unies. New York et Genève.2009. viii, 9 p. UNCTAD/GDS/2009/1
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/fr/docs/gds20091overview_fr.pdf
La crisis económica mundial: Fallos sistémicos y remedios multilaterals; Resumen.
Naciones Unidas. Nueva York y Ginebra. 2009. viii, 9 p. UNCTAD/GDS/2009/1)
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/gds20091overview_en.pdf
The Global Economic Crisis: Systemic Failures and Multilateral Remedies; Executive Summary.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2009. viii,9 p. (UNCTAD/GDS/2009/1)
Sales No. E.09.II.D.4. ISBN 978-92-1-112765-2.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/gds20091_en.pdf
The Global Economic Crisis: Systemic Failures and Multilateral Remedies; Report by the UNCTAD Secretariat Task Force on Systemic Issues and Economic Cooperation.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2009. xiv, 64 p. (UNCTAD/GDS/2009/1)
Sales No. E.09.II.D.4. ISBN 978-92-1-112765-2.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/gds20091_en.pdf
II.K Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
Assessing Regional Integration in Africa III (2008): Towards Monetary and Financial Integration in Africa.
United Nations. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2008. xvi, 293 p.
Sales No. E.08.II.K.4. ISBN 978-92-1-125109-8.
Online version: http://www.uneca.org/aria3/
État de l’intégration régionale en Afrique III: vers l’intégration monétaire et financière en Afrique.
Nations Unies. Addis-Abeba, Éthiopia. 2008. xvi, 312 p.
Sales No. F.08.II.K.4. ISBN 978-92-1-225054-0.
Online version: http://www.uneca.org/fr/aria3/
III.D United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Our Planet: Green Economy – The New Big Deal. February 2009.
United Nations Environment Programme. 34 p.
Online version: http://www.unep.org/PDF/OurPlanet/2009/Feb/EN/
OP-2009-02-en-FULLVERSION.pdf
Notre Planète : Economie verte - La nouvelle donne. Février 2009.
Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement. 34 p.
Online version: http://www.unep.org/PDF/OurPlanet/2009/feb/FR/
OP-2009-02-fr-FULLVERSION.pdf
Nuestro Planeta: Economía ecológica - El Nuevo Gran Pacto. Febrero de 2009.
Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente. 34 p.
Online version: http://www.unep.org/PDF/OurPlanet/2009/feb/SP/
OP-2009-02-sp-FULLVERSION.pdf
Trade Facilitation Terms: An English-Russian Glossary; in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2008. xix, 254 p. (ECE/TRADE/377)
Sales E/R.08.II.E.12. ISBN 978-92-1-016371-2.
IV Social Questions
International Migration Report 2006: A Global Assessment.
United Nations. New York. 2009. xvii, 343 p. (ESA/P/WP.209)
Online version: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/2006_MigrationRep/report.htm
Women 2000 and beyond, December 2008: "The Role of Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality".
United Nations. Division for the Advancement of Women. 51 p.
Online version: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/public/w2000/
W2000%20Men%20and%20Boys%20E%20web.pdf
V International Law
Bulletin du droit de la mer. No. 64.
Nations Unies. New York. 2008. iv, 56 p.
ISBN 978-92-1-233441-7.
Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 67.
United Nations. New York. 2008. iv, 61 p.
ISBN 978-92-1-133788-4.
Yearbook of the International Law Commission 1996, Volume II, Part One: Documents of the forty-eighth session.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2008. iv, 154 p. (A/CN.4/SER.A/1996/Add.1 (Part 1))
Sales No. E.98.V.9 (Part 1). ISBN 978-92-1-133598-9.
Online version: http://untreaty.un.org/ilc/publications/yearbooks/1996.htm
Summaries of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders of the International Court of Justice, 2003-2007.
United Nations. New York. 2009. vii, 236 p. (ST/LEG/SER.F/1/Add.3)
Sales No. E.08.V.6. ISBN 978-92-1-133776-1.
Previous versions online: http://www.un.org/law/ICJsummaries/
IX Disarmament and Atomic Energy
Conflict of Interests: Children and Guns in Zones of Instability; Panel Discussion at the United Nations, 15 July 2008, New York
United Nations. New York. 2009. vi, 29 p. (UNODA Occasional Papers, No. 14, February 2009)
Sales No. E.09.IX.2. ISBN 978-92-1-142265-8.
Online version: http://www.un.org/disarmament/HomePage/ODAPublications/
OccasionalPapers/PDF/OP14.pdf
Developing a Biological Incident Database: 23 October 2008, United nations, New York.
United Nations. New York. 2009. vi, 101 p. (UNODA Occasional Papers, No. 15, March 2009)
Sales No. E.09.IX.3. ISBN 978-92-1-142266-5.
Online version: http://www.un.org/disarmament/HomePage/ODAPublications/
OccasionalPapers/PDF/OP15.pdf
XI Narcotic Drugs (including United Nations Office on Drug and Crime - UNODC)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Annual Report 2009 – covering activities in 2008.
United Nations. Vienna. 2008. 56 p.
Online version: http://www.unodc.org/documents/about-unodc/AR09_LORES.pdf
XIV Human Rights (including Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - OHCHR)
Human Rights, Health and Poverty Reduction Strategies.
(Health and Human Rights Publication Series, Issue No.5, December 2008)
World Health Organization/Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Geneva. 2008. 73 p. (HR/PUB/08/05)
ISBN 978-92-4-156374-1.
Online version: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications
/HHR_PovertyReductionsStrategies_WHO_EN.pdf
XVII International Statistics
Monthly bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin mensuel de statistique: Issue No. 1051, Vol. LXIII, No. 1, January 2009 / Edition n° 1051, Vol. LXIII, n° 1, janvier 2009.
United Nations/Nations Unies. New York. 2009. xi, 303 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.Q/433)
Online version: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs
Monthly bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin mensuel de statistique: Issue No. 1052, Vol. LXIII, No. 2, February 2009 / Edition n° 1052, Vol. LXIII, n° 2, février 2009.
United Nations/Nations Unies. New York. 2009. xii, 306 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.Q/434)
Online version: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs
National Accounts Statistics: Analysis of Main Aggregates, 2007.
United Nations. New York. 2009. x, 250 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.X/41)
Sales No. E.09.XVII.6. ISBN 978-92-1-161525-8.
National Accounts Main Aggregates Database: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/dnllist.asp
World Health Organization (WHO)
Rapport sur la santé dans le monde 2008: Les soins de santé primaires: maintenant plus que jamais.
Organisation mondiale de la santé. Genève. 2008. xxi, 125 p.
ISBN 978-98-4-256373-3.
Online version: http://www.who.int/whr/2008/08_report_fr.pdf
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