UNRIC Library Newsletter - October 2006

NEW WEBSITES WITHIN THE UN SYSTEM

UN in General

Organization Chart of the UN System – new version
Spanish: http://www.un.org/spanish/aboutun/organigrama.html

UN News Focus: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=69&Body=Korea&Body1=democratic

UN News Focus: Secretary-General-Designate
http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=122&Body=Ban+Ki-moon&Body1=

Peace & Security

Global Action Plan on Security Council Resolution 1325: Women, Peace and Security (DPI/2434 – August 2006)
http://pbpu.unlb.org/pbpu/library/Action%20Plan%20Brocure%20(sep%202006).pdf

UN Peacemaker
http://peacemaker.unlb.org/
This new Web site (registration required) serves as an online mediation support tool for international peacemaking professionals. Launched by the United Nations’ Department of Political Affairs, the site provides information for peacemakers, including Peace Agreements, Peace Agreement Summaries, selected literature on various substantive peacemaking issues, a Legal Library, as well as links to Research Centres and other useful resources. In addition, the site offers easy access to peacemaking knowledge by providing Lessons, Case Briefs, Operational Guidance Notes, Knowledge Essays and Comments on peace agreements and on the management of peace processes. The lessons, guidance and comments have been derived from the United Nations' extensive experience in peacemaking.

United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations: Fact Sheet (DPI/2429/Rev.1 - September 2006)
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/factsheet.pdf

Economic & Social Development

Who's Who of Women and the Environment
http://www.unep.org/women_env/
This website introduces a database of influential women in the field of the environment who UNEP believes should be honoured and whose work should be recognized.

Human Rights

Extranet page of the Human Rights Council
http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/form.htm
The Extranet is a community site where updated documents, statements, and schedules of the Human Rights Council are available.

List of documents to be submitted by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Fourth and the Third Committees of the 61st session of the General Assembly
http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/GA/61documents.htm

Secretary-General's in-depth study on all forms of Violence against Women
http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/vaw/index.htm

United Nations Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children
http://www.violencestudy.org/r25
The Study is a joint initiative, directly supported by the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Working with OHCHR: A Handbook for NGOs
http://www.ohchr.org/english/about/ngohandbook.htm
The Handbook aims to provide NGOs with a comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the work of OHCHR, including key information on human rights mechanisms, entry points for NGOs and contact details with a view to assisting NGOs in identifying areas of possible cooperation and partnership with OHCHR; it also anticipates the changes of the current United Nations reform process. The Handbook is up to date as of June 2006, and is currently available in electronic format and in the English language only. Efforts are underway to secure its translation in other UN languages in the next few months.

Humanitarian Affairs

Forgotten and Neglected Emergencies
http://ochaonline.un.org/webpage.asp?MenuID=11777&Page=1977
The world’s spectacular response to the tsunami disaster unfortunately has overshadowed emergencies in other parts of the world, especially in Africa.

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

A/61/100 (15 June 2006): Annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the sixtieth regular session of the General Assembly
Online version: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/61/100

A/61/100 (15 de junio de 2006): Lista preliminar anotada de temas que se incluirán en el programa provisional del sexagésimo primer período ordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General
Online version: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/61/100

A/61/100 (15 juin 2006): Liste préliminaire annotée des questions à inscrire à l’ordre du jour provisoire de la soixantième session ordinaire de l’Assemblée générale
Online version: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/61/100

Focus Kosovo – Number 26, September 2006. 15 p.
Online version: http://www.unmikonline.org/pub/focuskos/sep06/FK_26_ENG.pdf

Population Ageing 2006.
United Nations. New York. 2006. Wall chart. (ST/ESA/SER.A/251)
Sales No. E.06.XIII.2. ISBN 92-1-151416-9.
Online version: http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/ageing/ageing2006.htm

UN Chronicle. Volume XLIII, Number 2, June-August 2006. 79 p.
“The Urban Environment”.
Online version: http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2006/issue2/0206cont.htm

Water: a shared responsibility: The United Nations World Water Development Report 2.
UNESCO. Paris. 2006. xv, 584 p. (+ CD-ROM)
ISBN 92-3-104006-5.
Online version: http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr2/

NEW TITLES
added to the library collection in October

0   Geneva Publications

Cluster Munitions in Albania and Lao PDR: The Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Impact.
United Nations. Geneva. 2006. ix, 45 p. (UNIDIR/2006/16)

Cost of Disarmament: Cost Benefit Analysis of SALW Destruction versus Storage.
United Nations. Geneva. 2006. xiii, 27 p. & CD-ROM. (UNIDIR/2006/14)
Sales No. GV.E.06.I.13. ISBN 92-9045-184-X.

I   General Information and Reference

Dismantling the Big Lie: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion / by Steven L. Jacobs and Mark Weitzman; Preface by Abraham Cooper.
Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, Ca. is association with KTAV Publishing House, Inc. Jersey City, N.J. 2003. xiv, 232 p. ISBN 088125-785-0.

United Nations Secretariat First Consolidated Report 2005.
United Nations. New York. 2006. vi, 392 p.
Sales No. E.06.I.35. ISBN 92-1-101134-5.

II.D   Trade, Finance and Commerce

Economic Development in Africa: Doubling Aids; Making the “Big Push” Work.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2006. vi, 101 p. (UNCTAD/DGS/AFRICA/2006/1)
Sales No. E.06.II.D.10. ISBN 92-1-112702-5.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/WebFlyer.asp?intItemID=3937&lang=1

Le développement économique en Afrique: Doublement de l’aidE; assurer la "grande poussée".
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2006. vi, 118 p. (UNCTAD/DGS/AFRICA/2006/1)
Sales No. F.06.II.D.10. ISBN 92-1-212332-5.
Online version: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/WebFlyer.asp?intItemID=3937&lang=2

II.E   Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)

Forest Products Annual Market Review 2005-2006. (Geneva Timber and Forest Study Paper 21)
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2006. xvii, 141 p. (ECE/TIM/SP/21)
Sales No. E.06.II.E.11. ISBN 92-1-116945-3.

Recommandations relatives à des prescriptions techniques harmonisées à l’échelle européenne applicables aux bateaux de navigation intérieure : Résolution No 61.
Nations Unies. New York et Genève. 2006. vi, 232 p. (ECE/TRANS/SC.3/172)
Sales No. F.06.II.E.7. ISBN 92-1-216485-5.

III.T   International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO)

ITC Incorporated Joint Venture Model Agreements. (Trade Law Series)
International Trade Centre. Geneva. 2005. vi, 129 p. (ITC/P190.E/TSS/BAS/05-IV)
Sales No. E.05.III.T.7. ISBN 92-9137-302-8.

V   International Law

Yearbook of the International Law Commission 2001, Volume I, Summary records of the meetings of the fifty-third session 23 April – 1 June and 2 July – 10 August 2001.
United Nations. New York and Geneva. 2006. xxv, 307 p. (A/CN.4/SER.A/2001)
Sales No. E.04.V.16. ISBN 92-1-133592-2.

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

Perspectives, Number 1, 2006: Children and drugs.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.  27 p.
Online version: http://www.unodc.org/newsletter/index.html

XVII   International Statistics

Monthly bulletin of Statistics / Bulletin Mensuel de Statistique: Issue No. 1022, Vol. LX, No. 8, August / Edition no. 1022, Vol. LX, no. 8, août. United Nations/Nations Unies. New York. 2006. xii, 281 p. (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.Q/404)
Online version: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs

UNESCO

Water: a shared responsibility: The United Nations World Water Development Report 2.
UNESCO. Paris. 2006. xv, 584 p. (+ CD-ROM)
ISBN 92-3-104006-5.
Online version: http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr2/