UNRIC Library Newsletter - November 2010

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New Websites within the UN System

UN in General

UNRIC launches redesigned website
http://www.unric.org
A common UNRIC website is operational in 13 languages of the region: Danish, Dutch/Flemish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. Each language site gives information about the most important current UN-related events, activities and observances, as well as UNRIC and UN family programmes in the region. The sites in non-official UN languages (all except English, French and Spanish that have links to the UN headquarters website) also present basic information on the UN organization, including its structure, goals, main documents, affiliated agencies, employment opportunities and main areas of work.

Every Woman, Every Child
http://www.everywomaneverychild.org/
"Every Women Every Child" brings together partners within and outside the UN system, including governments, the private sector, philanthropic institutions and civil society which support the “Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health”, launched during the UN Millennium Development Goals Summit.

“Hot issues: Open debates” – new DPI discussion forum
http://www.un.org/webcast
The UN Department of Public Information (DPI) has launched a periodic discussion forum on current topical issues. Called “Hot issues: Open debates,” this forum will bring together representatives of a Member State and senior UN officials face-to-face to discuss current issues of mutual interest. The primary objective of the forum is for participants and viewers to gain a fuller understanding of critical issues from multiple perspectives, including the role of the UN and that of the Secretary-General.
The first of these debates took place on Tuesday, 26 October 2010. Topic was “Sudan: A vision for the future”:  http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2010/10/discussion-forum-sudan-a-vision-for-the-future.html.

UNODC Menu of Services
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/2010/November/unodc-expands-services-to-promote-global-security-and-development.html?ref=fs2
The UN Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) has released a new “Menu of Services” which provides a detailed overview of how clients can access targeted assistance on the range of publications and online tools available. The Menu of services contains information about some of the publications and online tools it has developed and examples of the impact that the UNODC is having on the ground in the following five areas: Organized crime and trafficking, corruption, crime prevention and criminal justice reform, drug abuse prevention and health, and terrorism prevention.

Youth at the UN: A Handbook for Establishing a National Youth Delegate Programme to the United Nations (WFUNA)
http://www.wfuna.org/youthhandbook
This Handbook – published by the Word Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) -  guides young people through the process of developing a proposal and budget for a national Youth Delegate Programme, as well as taking them step-by-step through creating their own campaign for such a Programme.

Peace and Security

United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – Background Note: 30 September 2010 (DPI/1634/Rev.113, October 2010)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/bnote.htm
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/bnote.htm

United Nations Political and Peacebuilding Missions - Background Note:
30 September 2010 (DPI/2166/Rev.88, October 2010)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents//ppbm.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/french/peace/peace/pdf/ppbmf.pdf

UNIFEM Resources on Women, Peace and Security
http://www.unifem.org/materials/item_detail.php?ProductID=186
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) gathered a collection of UNIFEM papers on Women, peace and security. Included in this collection are papers on gender issues in early warning, peace processes, peacekeeping, post-conflict planning and financing, and transitional justice.

Women Count for Peace: The 2010 Open Days on Women, Peace and Security (UNIFEM)
http://www.unifem.org/attachments/products/WomenCount4Peace_OpenDays_Report_en.pdf
This report provides an account of an extraordinary set of 25 meetings held in the summer of 2010 between women peace activists and senior United Nations leaders in conflict-affected countries. It details women’s perspectives on resolving conflict and building peace more effectively, identifies issues of common concern across different contexts — as well as areas of divergence — and makes proposals for improving international, regional and national efforts to protect women and promote peace.

Economic & Social Development

Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2010 (UNESCAP)
http://www.unescap.org/idd/pubs/Asia-Pacific-Disaster-Report-2010.pdf
The UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) has issued a report titled Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2010 - Protecting Development Gains. The report notes that the Asia and the Pacific is a region vulnerable to natural hazards of almost every kind – from earthquakes to droughts, from floods to tsunamis and with the prospect of climate change, the situation could become even more hazardous.

'Climate Smart' Agriculture – new FAO website
http://www.fao.org/climatechange/climatesmart/en/
Food security and climate change can be addressed together by transforming agriculture and adopting practices that are "climate-smart". A number of production systems are already being used by farmers and food producers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to climate change, and reduce vulnerability. This website provides examples of many of these production systems considered as "climate-smart" and will be constantly updated to highlight additional examples and lessons learned from around the world.

Hidden Cities: Unmasking and Overcoming Health Inequities in Urban Settings (WHO / UN-HABITAT)
http://www.hiddencities.org/downloads/WHO_UN-HABITAT_Hidden_Cities_Web.pdf
This new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) shows for the first time how ill-health is linked to poverty in cities, and not just among the poorest urban populations. It calls for policymakers to take action targeting health inequities.

Human Development Report 2010 - 20th Anniversary Edition (UNDP)
“The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development"
English, French & Spanish: http://hdr.undp.org/en/mediacentre/
This 20th anniversary milestone presents an opportunity to review human development achievements at the global and national levels. Life expectancy climbed from 59 years in 1970 to 70 in 2010, school enrolment rose from just 55 percent of all primary and secondary school-age children to 70 percent, and per capita GDP doubled to more than US$10,000.

Towards Sustainable Production and Use of Resources: Assessing Biofuels
Full report in English, Summary available in English, French, Spanish: http://www.unep.fr/scp/rpanel/biofuels.htm
The development of renewable energy from materials derived from biological sources (bioenergy) may reduce dependence on fossil fuels and help cut green gas emissions. The processes used for bioenergy production, however, consume considerable amounts of water. The report makes the case for the adoption of new planning approaches to balance the potential of biofuels production to combat climate change with environmental and social impacts.

Trade-related Technical Assistance database (WTO)
http://gtad.wto.org
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has launched a new database aimed at sharing information on trade-related technical assistance. The Global Trade-Related Technical Assistance Database (GTAD) has been developed to ensure a coordinated approach to the design and implementation of technical assistance programmes among partner agencies, beneficiaries and donors. The database includes a search engine, which enables the extraction of information through different parameters, such as beneficiary country or by one of the 20 trade categories.

Weak employment recovery with persistent high unemployment and decent work deficits - An update on employment and labour market trends in G20 countries; An ILO report published on the occasion of the G20 Summit in Seoul, 11-12 November 2010
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_146307.pdf
Although the report finds positive employment growth in all countries in 2010—stronger in emerging countries than in high income economies—it also says this employment growth as not been strong enough to reverse the slack that accumulated in the labour market during the economic crisis.

World Health Report 2010: Health systems financing - the path to universal coverage (WHO)
English: http://www.who.int/whr/2010/en/index.html
French: http://www.who.int/whr/2010/fr/index.html
Spanish: http://www.who.int/whr/2010/es/index.html
In this report, the World Health Organization maps out what countries can do to modify their financing systems so they can move more quickly towards this goal - universal coverage - and sustain the gains that have been achieved.

Human Rights

OHCHR Regional Office for Europe - new website launched
http://europe.ohchr.org
The mandate of the Regional Office for Europe is based on that of the High Commissioner as the principal UN official in charge of the promotion and protection of human rights. Through the integration of the UN’s human rights standards into EU-wide policies, legislation and implementation measures, the Regional Office aim to help address human rights challenges in Europe. It also seeks to ensure the integration of the UN’s human rights perspective in external EU policies and activities. To this end the Office provides policy advocacy and advisory services and work with governments, parliaments, judicial and national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and the UN Team in Brussels. Key regional partners include the EU institutions based in Brussels (the Council, the Commission and the Parliament), the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in Vienna, the Council of Europe and the OSCE.

Humanitarian Affairs

Guidebook for planning Education in Emergencies and Reconstruction (UNESCO / INEE)
English & Spanish: http://www.iiep.unesco.org/no-cache/en/news/single-view.html?tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=698&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=262
The 2010 revised version of the Guidebook  provides detailed information and guidance to support ministries of education in countries affected by conflict or natural disaster, as well as UN organizations, donor agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in support of these ministries.

Natural hazards, UnNatural disasters: the economics of effective prevention
http://www.gfdrr.org/gfdrr/NHUD-home#NHUD
Jointly published by the United Nations and the World Bank, this publication stresses the importance early warning systems and outlined measures to prevent death and destruction from earthquakes, hurricanes and flooding.

Post-conflict and post-disaster - new website on UNESCO responses
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/themes/pcpd/
Following earthquakes, tsunamis and other crises, UNESCO is increasingly called upon by its Member States to respond to post-conflict/post-disaster situations in all its fields of expertise. UNESCO specializes in providing support to education and media and mitigating threats to culture and World Heritage.

New information material

Single copies of the following titles can be ordered via e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Bulletin on action by the United Nations system and intergovernmental organizations relevant to the question of Palestine, May 2010, Volume XXXIII, Bulletin No. 5.
United Nations. Division for Palestinian Rights. 16 p.
Online version: http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/049D4D8BB7D790578525776900557F58

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2010.
United Nations. New York. 2010. 76 p. Includes 2010 Progress Chart.
Sales No. E.10.I.7. ISBN 978-92-1-101218-7.
Report: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/
Progress2010/MDG_Report_2010_En.pdf
Progress Chart: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/
Progress2010/MDG_Report_2010_Progress_Chart_En.pdf

Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développment.
Nations Unies. New York. 2010. 76 p.
Sales No. F.10.I.7. ISBN 978-92-1-200306-1.
Online version: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/
Progress2010/MDG_Report_2010%20_Fr.pdf
Tableau de suivi: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/
Progress2010/MDG_Report_2010_Progress_Chart_Fr.pdf

Objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio: Informe de 2010.
Nationes Unidas. Nueva York. 2010. 76 p.
Sales No. S.10.I.7. ISBN 978-92-1-300246-9.
Online version: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/
Progress2010/MDG_Report_2010_Es.pdf
Tabla de progreso: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/
Progress2010/MDG_Report_2010_Progress_Chart_Es.pdf

United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force: Report of the Working Group on Preventing and Responding to Weapons of Mass Destruction Attacks; Interagency Coordination in the Event of a Nuclear or Radiological Terrorist Attack: Current Status, Future Prospect.
United Nations. New York. August 2010. vi, 34 p.
Online version: http://www.un.org/terrorism/pdfs/10_48863_ctitf_wmd_working_group_report_interagency.pdf

United Nations System in Belgium: Directory. 11 p.
Online version: http://www.unbrussels.org/images/pdf/UNBT_directory.pdf

New Titles
added to the library collection in November

I   General Information and Reference

United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund: 2009 Annual Report.
United Nations. New York. 2010. 40 p.
Online version: http://ochaonline.un.org/OchaLinkClick.aspx?link=ocha&docId=1165583

II.D   Trade, Finance and Commerce

Trade and Development Report, 2010: Overview.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2010. xiii, 27 p. (UNCTAD/TDR/2010(Overview))
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/tdr2010overview_en.pdf

II.E  Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)

Forest Products Annual Market Review 2009-2010. (Geneva Timber and Forest Study Paper 25)
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2010. xvii, 166 p. (ECE/TIM/SP/25)
Sales No. E.10.II.E.11. ISBN 978-92-1-117027-6.
Online version: http://timber.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/publications/sp-25.pdf

III.H   United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

State of World Population 2010: From conflict and crisis to renewal; generations of change.
United Nations Population Fund. New York. 2010. iv, 108 p.
Sales No. E.10.III.H.1. ISBN 978-0-89714-974-7.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/sitemap/swp2010#reports

V      International Law

Nations Unies Annuaire Juridique 2003.
Nations Unies. New York. 2009. xxvi, 722 p. (ST/LEG/SER.C/41)
Sales No. F.06.V.1. ISBN 978-92-1-233422-6.

VIII      Transport and Communications

European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) including the Annexed Regulations, applicable as from 1 January 2011: Volume I.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2010. xxii, 613 p. (ECE/TRANS/215 (Vol.I))
Sales No. E.10.VIII.4. ISBN 978-92-1-139140-4.

European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN) including the Annexed Regulations, applicable as from 1 January 2011: Volume II.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2010. xi, 645 p. (ECE/TRANS/215 (Vol.II))
Sales No. E.10.VIII.4. ISBN 978-92-1-139140-4.

XIII     Demography

World Population Monitoring: Focusing on Health, Morbidity, Mortality and Development; the Concise Report.
United Nations. New York. 2010. v, 54 p. (ST/ESA/SER.A/299)
Sales No. E.10.XIII.10. ISBN 978-92-1-151476-6.

Population and HIV/AIDS 2010.
United Nations. New York. 2010. Wall chart. (ST/ESA/SER.A/298)
Sales No. E.10.XIII.9. ISBN 978-92-1-151474-2.
Online version: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/population-hiv2010/population-hiv2010chart.pdf

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

Suivi de la Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées: Guide à l’intention des observateurs des droits de l’homme (Série sur la formation professionnelle n° 17)
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2010. 71 p. (HR/P/PT/17)
Online version: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/HR_P_PT_17_fr.pdf

XVII   International Statistics

Guide pratique pour la conception d’enquêtes sur les ménages. (Études méthodologiques, Série F, N° 98)
Nations Unies. New York. 2010. xi, 351 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/98)
Sales No. F.06.XVII.13. ISBN 978-92-1-261215-7.
Online version: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/publication/seriesf/Seriesf_98f.pdf

Monthly bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin mensuel de statistique: Issue No. 1070, Vol. LXIV, No. 8, August 2010 / Edition n° 1070, Vol. LXIV, n° 8, août 2010.
United Nations/Nations Unies. New York. 2010. xii, 320 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.Q/452)
Online version: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs

Principes et recommandations concernant les recensements de la population logements: Deuxième édition. (Études statistiques, Série M, N° 67/Rev.2)
Nations Unies. New York. 2010. xxii, 448 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/67/Rev.2)
Sales No. F.07.XVII.8. ISBN 978-92-1-261214-0.

Statistical Yearbook: Fifty-third issue; Data available as of October 2009 / Annuaire statistique: Cinquante-troisième édition; Données disponibles en octobre 2009.
United Nations/Nations Unies. New York. 2007. xi, 817 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.S/29)
Sales No. E/F.09.XVII.1. ISBN 978-92-1-061266-1.

The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics.
United Nations. New York. 2010. xxv, 255 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/19)
Sales No. E.10.XVII.11. ISBN 978-92-1-161539-5.