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The World Investment Report 2023 provides the latest trends and prospects for foreign direct investment. It documents a challenging year for cross-border investment flows, looking at greenfield investment in industry, project finance in infrastructure, and international production activities of the largest multinationals.

Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntarily implemented action plan of the United Nations with regard to sustainable development. It is a product of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992. Its purpose is an action agenda for the UN, other multilateral organizations, and individual governments around the world that can be executed at local, national, and global levels. The "21" in Agenda 21 refers to the 21st century.

Contains provisions concerning dangerous substances and articles, their carriage in packages and in bulk on board inland navigation vessels or tank vessels, as well as provisions concerning the construction and operation of such vessels. This version has been prepared on the basis of amendments applicable as from 1 January 2021.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, from the time of its adoption by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948, has been a source of inspiration for nations and for individuals alike to recognise, protect and promote basic human rights and freedoms.In the decades since its inception dramatic changes have swept the globe, but the values underpinning the Declaration - ­a fundamental commitment to human dignity, equality, fairness and universality - endure and are as relevant today as when it was first proclaimed.In this charming, whimsical interpretation, Michel Streich's illustrations give a fresh voice to the enduring sentiments that resonate from every page, evoking the timelessness, passion and power of this remarkable document.

The countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States have opened up their economies to the world economy as a step towards a profound transformation from plan to market. Some have fully integrated into the European market while others have not. This book focuses on the challenges economies face when in transition.

Understanding the key trends in urbanization likely to unfold over the coming years is crucial to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and for efforts to forge a new framework of urban development. This data booklet highlights current and future trajectories of populations in cities around the globe.

In the early 21st Century, prospects for human development are threatened by a deepening global water crisis. Debunking the myth that the crisis is the result of scarcity, this report argues poverty, power and inequality are at the heart of the problem.

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The deterioration of global sustainability, caused in large part by climate change, is the most serious issue facing humanity. This book looks at how to achieve a more secure level of global sustainability and offers a range of recommendations to that end. It offers policy recommendations for achieving global sustainability.

The 2011 report reviews global patterns of progress and the impact of environmental degradation and social inequality on the world's poor, proposing a bold new approach to address the urgent, global problems of sustainability and equity.

The 20th Anniversary edition is a time to take stock, reflect and move forward. It rigorously reviews the past two decades of human development trends and challenges, and provides newly available data and supplementary indices weighing the effect of income inequalities, gender disparities and household-level poverty.

Focuses on providing basic information and guidance to those policymakers and programme managers interested in launching a family skills training programme at the universal or selective level. It includes an overview of the importance of family environment, basic principles for launching an effective family skills programme, and challenges to implement them.

A reference for those who intend to introduce practices in order to reduce and prevent crime. It uses experience from the developing world, especially from the Caribbean and Southern Africa and takes into account the work that has been done on the South-South exchange Programme since 2004.

A report that highlights the importance of civic engagement in public governance and, by profiling several case studies, demonstrates how such practices gain the capacity to strengthen governance, make it more transparent and accountable and, most importantly, contribute to developmental outcomes that are more sustainable, equitable and just.

The UN was created more than 60 years ago to save succeeding generations from war, protect human rights, establish conditions for justice, and promote social progress and better standards of life. Through brief and specific examples, this brochure illustrates some of the achievements of the UN, and how it can continue its valuable work in the future, for the sake of generations to come.

This is the sixtieth volume of the most comprehensive and authoritative reference work on the activities of the organisation, covering 2006. This fully indexed Yearbook, reproduces in their entirety the texts of, and votes on, all major General Assembly, Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions.

Offers an ecosystem approaches and oceans: panel presentations during United Nations open-ended informal consultative process on oceans and the la of the sea (consultative process), seventh meeting, United Nations.

Rebuilding societies where conflict has occurred is rarely a simple process. Where conflict has been accompanied by gross and systematic violations of human rights, the procedure becomes very controversial.

The United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG) is an important tool for international trade which provides a standardized framework for contracts of sale of goods between parties from different States. This title presents objective information of the Convention articles. It aims to reflect the evolution of the case law.

Proceedings of a Symposium held in Geneva, January 12-16, 1987