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UNRIC Library Newsletter – September 2006
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NEW WEBSITES WITHIN THE UN SYSTEM

UN in General

General Assembly website for the 61st session
English: http://www.un.org/ga/61/
French: http://www.un.org/french/ga/61/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/spanish/aboutun/organs/ga/61/
This website is the main source of information related to the work of the General Assembly and its committees during its 61st session, which will last until mid-September 2007, as well as links to webcasts, press releases, documentation and much more.

New site on the High-level Dialogue on Migration and Development
English: http://www.un.org/migration/
French: http://www.un.org/french/migration/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/spanish/migration/

Organization Chart of the UN System – new version
English: http://www.un.org/aboutun/chart.html
French: http://www.un.org/french/aboutun/organigramme.html

The United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union
English: http://www.ipu.org/strct-e/un.htm
French: http://www.ipu.org/strct-f/un.htm

Peace & Security

UN Action to Counter Terrorism
http://www.un.org/terrorism/strategy/

White paper on Targeted Sanctions
English, French, Spanish: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/60/887
According to a white paper by Watson Institute for International Studies of Brown University, "since the early 1990s, the United Nations has increasingly targeted sanctions to improve their effectiveness and reduce humanitarian costs. While targeted sanctions significantly improve upon comprehensive sanctions in reducing humanitarian impact, the move from sanctions against states to sanctions targeted against individuals and non-state entities has generated new issues, particularly regarding the rights and standing of parties that might be listed wrongly. While political and administrative in nature, targeted sanctions can affect peoples’ lives in a manner comparable to criminal proceedings."
This white paper has been transmitted by the commissioning governments as a UN document, A/60/887 - S/2006/331. According to the letter of transmittal, the governments of Switzerland, Germany and Sweden, "would like to make this document available to the General Assembly, as a contribution to the current deliberations on the follow-up to the outcome of the 2005 World Summit, and with the Security Council with a view to supporting the latter’s ongoing efforts to strengthen the instrument of targeted sanctions. The Watson Institute is responsible for the contents of the white paper. "

Economic & Social Development

The Crisis in Lebanon: Environmental Impact (UNEP)
http://www.unep.org/lebanon/

Let Our Children Teach Us! A review of the Role of Education and Knowledge in Disaster Risk Reduction
http://www.unisdr.org/eng/task%20force/working%20groups/knowledge-education/
docs/Let-our-Children-Teach-Us.pdf
In conjunction with the International Disaster Reduction Conference in Davos, Switzerland (27 August – 1 September 2005), the UN's International Strategy for Disaster Reduction has announced a new publication. This review examines good practices to reduce disaster risk through education, knowledge and innovation. It looks critically and strategically at current activities in order to identify gaps, opportunities in the form of synergism and partnerships.

Meeting the MDG drinking-water and sanitation target: the urban and rural challenge of the decade (WHO & UNICEF report)
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/jmpfinal.pdf
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have pledged to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. Entering the International Decade for Action, Water for Life, 2005–2015, this report looks at the challenge of meeting the MDG target for drinking water and sanitation.

UNDP's Early Recovery Efforts in Lebanon
http://www.undp.org/lebanon/ 

Water for Life Decade, 2005-2015: International Decade for Action [new site]
English: http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/index.html
French: http://www.un.org/french/waterforlifedecade/
Spanish: http://www.un.org/spanish/waterforlifedecade/

International Law

Publications of the Permanent Court of International Justice (1922-1946)
English & French: http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idecisions/icpij/

NEW INFORMATION MATERIAL

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ABC des Nations Unies.
Nations Unies. New York. 2006. xviii, 453 p.
Sales No. F.04.I.7. ISBN 92-1-200267-6.

Africa Renewal: Volume 20, No. 2, July 2006. 24 p.
Online version: http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/ar2/prevar.htm

Des jeunes en mouvement: État de la population mondiale 2006: supplément jeunesse.
Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population. New York. 2006. vii, 64 p.
Sales No. F.06.III.H.2. ISBN 0-89714-790-1.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/moving_young_fr/introduction.html

Estado de la población mundial 2006: Hacia la esperanza; Las mujeres y la migración internacional.
Fondo de la Población de las Naciones Unidas. Nueva York. 2006. iii, 107 p.
Sales No. S.06.III.H.1. ISBN 0-89714-774-X.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/spanish/introduction.html

État de la population mondiale 2006: Vers l’espoir; Les femmes et la migration internationale.
Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population. New York. 2006. iii, 107 p.
Sales No. F.06.III.H.1. ISBN 0-89714-773-1.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/french/introduction.html

Jóvenes en movimiento: Estado de la población mundial 2006; suplemento jóvenes.
Fondo de la Población de las Naciones Unidas. Nueva York. 2006. vii, 64 p.
Sales No. S.06.III.H.2. ISBN 0-89714-791-X.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/moving_young_sp/introduction.html

Moving Young: State of the World Population 2006; Youth Supplement.
United Nations Population Fund. New York. 2006. vii, 64 p.
Sales No. E.06.III.H.2. ISBN 0-89714-777-4.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/moving_young_eng/introduction.html

Multilateral Treaty Framework : An Invitation to Universal Participation ; Focus 2006 – Crossing Borders (Treaty Event, 13-15 September 2006, United Nations Headquarters) / Traités multilatéraux: Pour une participation universelle; Thème 2006 – Franchir les frontières (Cérémonie des traités, 13-15 septembre 2006, Siège de l’Organisation des Nations Unies).
United Nations / Nations Unies. New York. 2006. xii, 145 p. (English) & xii, 152 p. (French).
Online version, English: http://untreaty.un.org/English/TreatyEvent2006/Focus2006_eng.pdf
Online version, French: http://untreaty.un.org/English/TreatyEvent2006/Focus2006_fr.pdf

Postcard: International Day of Peace – 21 September
Online version: http://www.un.org/events/peaceday/2006/pdf/postcard.pdf

Poster: International Day of Peace – 21 September (available in all six official languages)
Online version: http://www.un.org/events/peaceday/2006/pdf/poster.pdf

Poster: Journée mondiale de l’alimentation, 16 octobre 2006: “Le monde entier y gagnera“.
FAO.
Online version: http://www.fao.org/wfd/2006/resources.asp

Poster: World Food Day, 16 October 2006: “The whole world will profit.”
FAO.
Online version: http://www.fao.org/wfd/2006/resources.asp

Press Kit: United Nations General Assembly, Sixty First Session. September 2006 – September 2007.
United Nations Department for Public Information. DPI/2432. August 2006.
Online version: http://www.un.org/ga/president/61/presskit/president.shtml

Press Kit: Nations Unies. Assemblée générale, Soixante et unième session. Septembre 2006 – septembre 2007.
Département de l’information des Nations Unies. DPI/2432. Août 2006.
Online version: http://www.un.org/french/ga/president/61/president.shtml

State of World Population 2006: A Passage to Hope; Women and International Migration.
United Nations Population Fund. New York. 2006. iii, 107 p.
Sales No. E.06.III.H.1. ISBN 0-89714-772-3.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/english/introduction.html

NEW TITLES
added to the library collection in September

0   Geneva Publications

Bound to Cooperate: Conflict, Peace and People in Sierra Leone.
United Nations. Geneva. 2006. 2nd ed. xix, 186 p. (UNIDIR/2006/9)
Sales No. GV.E.06.I.12. ISBN 92-9045-183-1.
Online version: http://www.unidir.org/bdd/fiche-ouvrage.php?ref_ouvrage=92-9045-183-1-en

I   General Information and Reference

ABC des Nations Unies.
Nations Unies. New York. 2006. xviii, 453 p.
Sales No. F.04.I.7. ISBN 92-1-200267-6.

The Holocaust: Frequently Asked Questions / Edited by Avraham Milgram and Robert Rozett.
Yad Vashem. Jerusalem, Israel. 2005. 44 p.
ISBN 965-308-253-1.

The Millennium Development Goals Report 2006.
United Nations. New York. 2006. 28 p.
Sales No. E.06.I.18. ISBN 92-1-101132-9.
Online version: http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/Progress2006/
MDGReport2006.pdf

II.A   Business, Economics, Science and Technology

ECOSOC Ad Hoc Advisory Groups on African Countries Emerging from Conflict: The Silent Avant-Garde.
United Nations. New York. 2006. viii, 160 p.
Sales No. E.06.II.A.2. ISBN 92-1-104560-6.

Geography against Development: A Case for Landlocked Developing Countries.
United Nations. New York. 2006. ix, 175 p.
Sales No. E.05.II.A.5. ISBN 92-1-104540-1.

II.D   Trade, Finance and Commerce

Communication d’informations concernant l’impact des entreprises sur la société : Tendances et problèmes actuels.
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2004. ix, 122 p. (UNCTAD/ITE/TEB/2003/7)
Sales No. F.04.II.D.18. ISBN 92-1-212306-6.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/fr/docs/iteteb20037_fr.pdf

The Digital Divide: ICT Diffusion Index 2005.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2006. xii, 70 p. (UNCTAD/ITE/IPC/2006/5)
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/iteipc20065_en.pdf

Informe sobre el comercio y el desarrollo, 2006: Panorama general.
Naciones Unidas. Nueva York y Ginebra. 2006. 40 p. (UNCTAD/TDR/2006 (Overview))

Rapport sur le commerce et le développement, 2006: Aperçu général.
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2006. 36 p. (UNCTAD/TDR/2006 (Overview))

Trade and Development Report, 2006: Global partnership and national policies for development.
United Nations. New York and Geneva, 2006. xxi, 237 p. (UNCTAD/TDR/2006)
Sales No. E.06.II.D.6. ISBN 92-1-112698-3.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/tdr2006_en.pdf

Trade and Development Report, 2006: Overview.
United Nations. New York and Geneva, 2006. 39 p. (UNCTAD/TDR/2006 (Overview))
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/tdr2006_en.pdf

Transnational Corporations, Volume 15, Number 1, April 2006.
United Nations Conferences on Trade and Development. Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2006. x, 239 p.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=2926&lang=1

UNCTAD’s Contribution to the Mid-Term Review of the Programme of Action for LDCs for the Decade 2001-2010: Progress made, results achieved and lessons learned.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2006. xii, 87 p. (UNCTAD/LDC/2006/3)

II.E   Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)

Votre droit à un environnement sain: Un guide simplifié de la Convention d’Aarhus sur l’accès à l’information, la participation du public au processus décisionnel et l’accès à la justice en matière d’environnement.
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2006. (ECE/MP.PP/5)
Sales No. F.06.II.E.9. ISBN 92-1-216486-2.

Your Right to a healthy environment: A simplified guide to the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2006. vi, 18 p. (ECE/MP.PP/5)
Sales No. E.06.II.E.9. ISBN 92-1-116943-7.

III.H   United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

Des jeunes en mouvement: État de la population mondiale 2006: supplément jeunesse.
Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population. New York. 2006. vii, 64 p.
Sales No. F.06.III.H.2. ISBN 0-89714-790-1.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/moving_young_fr/introduction.html

Estado de la población mundial 2006: Hacia la esperanza; Las mujeres y la migración internacional.
Fondo de la Población de las Naciones Unidas. Nueva York. 2006. iii, 107 p.
Sales No. S.06.III.H.1. ISBN 0-89714-774-X.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/spanish/introduction.html

État de la population mondiale 2006: Vers l’espoir; Les femmes et la migration internationale.
Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population. New York. 2006. iii, 107 p.
Sales No. F.06.III.H.1. ISBN 0-89714-773-1.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/french/introduction.html

Jóvenes en movimiento: Estado de la población mundial 2006; suplemento jóvenes.
Fondo de la Población de las Naciones Unidas. Nueva York. 2006. vii, 64 p.
Sales No. S.06.III.H.2. ISBN 0-89714-791-X.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/moving_young_sp/introduction.html

Moving Young: State of the World Population 2006; Youth Supplement.
United Nations Population Fund. New York. 2006. vii, 64 p.
Sales No. E.06.III.H.2. ISBN 0-89714-777-4.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/moving_young_eng/introduction.html

State of World Population 2006: A Passage to Hope; Women and International Migration.
United Nations Population Fund. New York. 2006. iii, 107 p.
Sales No. E.06.III.H.1. ISBN 0-89714-772-3.
Online version: http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2006/english/introduction.html

III.T   International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO)

Capacitación y Consultoría: Diseño, preparación y ejecución de intervenciones en materia de capacitación y consultoría.
Centro de Comercio Internacional. Ginebra. 2005. xiii, 170 p.  (ITC/P182.E/TSS/EMDS/05-I)
Sales No. S.05.III.T.5. ISBN 92-9137-319-2.

Compre un Resultado! Guía sobre la compra con obligación de resultado para compradores públicos y privados.
Centro de Comercio Internacional. Ginebra. 2005. x, 170 p. (ITC/P148.S/TSS/IPSM/03-II)
Sales No. S.03.III.T.1. ISBN 92-9137-259-5.

Conéctese : Aplicaciones digitales en el sector de los textiles y el vestido.
Centro de Comercio Internacional. Ginebra. 2005. xiv, 185 p. (ITC/P188.F/PMD/MDS/05-IV)
Sales No. S.05.III.T.4. ISBN 92-9137-315-X.

ISO 9001: 2000; Manuel à l’usage des organizations de services.
Centre du commerce international. Genève. 2005. xi, 122 p.  (ITC/P170.E/PMD/TSS/05-XII)
Sales No. F.04.III.T.8. ISBN 92-9137-294-3.

ISO 9001: 2000; Manual para organizaciones de servicios.
Centro de Comercio Internacional. Ginebra. 2005. xi, 122 p.  (ITC/P170.E/PMD/TSS/05-XII)
Sales No. S.04.III.T.8. ISBN 92-9137-292-7.

ISO 9001: 2000; a workbook for service organizations.
International Trade Centre. Geneva. 2005. xi, 116 p.  (ITC/P170.E/PMD/TSS/05-XII)
Sales No. E.04.III.T.8. ISBN 92-9137-286-2.

V   International Law

Bulletin du droit de la mer. No. 59.
Nations Unies. New York. 2006. iv, 41 p.
ISBN 92-1-233419 -9.

IX   Disarmament and Atomic Energy

Disarmament forum, two, 2006: CTBT - Passing the Test / forum du désarmement, deux, 2006 : Le TICE – essais transformés?  (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=1020-7287-2005-2-en,
French online version: http://www.unidir.org/bdd/fiche-periodique.php?ref_periodique=1020-7287-2006-2-fr

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

Nations Unies. Office contre la drogue et le crime.
UPDATE, Numéro 2, 2006: Vers une République démocratique populaire lao exempte d'opium. 16 p.
Online version: http://www.unodc.org/newsletter/fr/200602/index.html

XIII   Demography

Levels and Trends of Contraceptive Use as Assessed in 2002.
United Nations. New York. 2004. lxv, 179 p. (ST/ESA/SER.A/239)
Sales No. E.04.XIII.9. ISBN 92-1-151399-5.

Réunion d’experts sur la conduite à suivre face au vieillissement et au déclin de la population. (Bulletin démographique des Nations Unies, Numéro spécial nos. 44/45, 2002)
Nations Unies. New York. 2006. vii, 523 p. (ST/ESA/SER.N/44-45)
Sales No. F.02.XIII.4. ISBN 92-1-251115-5.

XVII   International Statistics

Monthly bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique: Issue No. 1019, Vol. LX, No. 5, May / Edition n? 1019, Vol. LX, n? 5, mai. United Nations/Nations Unies. New York. 2006. xi, 279 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.Q/401)
Online version: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs

Monthly bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique: Issue No. 1020, Vol. LX, No. 6, June / Edition n? 1020, Vol. LX, n? 6, juin. United Nations/Nations Unies. New York. 2006. xii, 273 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.Q/402)
Online version: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs

Monthly bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique: Issue No. 1021, Vol. LX, No. 7, July / Edition n? 1021, Vol. LX, n? 7, juillet. United Nations/Nations Unies. New York. 2006. xii, 283 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.Q/403)
Online version: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs

World Health Organization (WHO)

Travailler ensemble pour la santé : Rapport sur la santé dans le monde 2006.
Organisation mondiale de la Santé. Genève. 2006. xxviii, 213 p.
ISBN 92-4-256137-X.
Online version: http://www.who.int/whr/2006/fr/

Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS)

NGLS Go Between no. 110, April – July 2006. 44p.
Online version: http://www.un-ngls.org/site/article.php3?id_article=7

NGLS Roundup 126, June 2006. 6 p.
High-Level Meeting: Time to Scale Up the AIDS Response.
Online version: http://www.un-ngls.org/site/article.php3?id_article=8