May 2012
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WHO: Bugs, drugs and smoke
The World Health Organization has published the book Bugs, drugs and smoke, a book for young people interested in working in public health.The book explains in plain language techniques developed to protect the health of communities during the years.
The chapters address specific challenges humanity faced, like AIDS, Tuberculosis and Smallpox. Each subject includes interviews to public health...
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WHO: Born too soon: the global action report on...
The WHO has published a report titled the Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth.This report provides the first-ever national, regional and global estimates of preterm birth. The report shows the extent to which preterm birth is on the rise in most countries, and is now the second leading cause of death globally for children under five, after pneumonia.
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Dementia: a public health priority
The report “Dementia: a public health priority” has been jointly developed by WHO and Alzheimer’s Disease International. The purpose of this report is to raise awareness of dementia as a public health priority, to articulate a public health approach and to advocate for action at international and national levels.
Dementia is a syndrome that affects memory, thinking, behaviour and ability...
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UN perspective on Security Sector Reform
The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has published a report titled the United Nations Security Sector Reform (SSR).
This publication, the first of its kind, describes the evolution of the UN SSR agenda and showcases activities being undertaken in the field and by the SSR Unit at Headquarters.The UN SSR Perspective was produced by DPKO’s SSR Unit, which serves as the focal point...
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Disaster risk reduction and climate change...
This study by the the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) provides an analysis of the current level of integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in the region, with an emphasis on the institutional and policy environment. The analysis presented includes seven Pacific island countries (Cook Islands, FSM, Fiji, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, and...
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UNESCO:Transforming technical and vocational...
This UNESCO study looks in depth at the major trends and policy developments in tVet since the second International Congress held in seoul in 1999. This work has two main objectives.The first is to analyse world trends in technical and vocational education and training(tVet) in the context of wider development trends since the second International Congress. The second is to advance...
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WHO: World Health Statistics 2012
World Health Statistics 2012 contains WHO’s annual compilation of health-related data for its 194 Member States, and includes a summary of the progress made towards achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and associated targets. This year, it also includes highlight summaries on the topics of noncommunicable diseases, universal health coverage and civil registration...
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UNESCAP: Growing Together
The UNESCAP has published a report titled Growing Together:Economic Integration for an Inclusive and Sustainable Asia-Pacific Century.
Growing Together articulates a number of proposals that can help the region exploit its huge untapped potential for regional economic integration.
Though the economic rise of Asia and the Pacific may seem to be a modern phenomenon, it is in fact a...
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UNDP: Africa Human Development Report 2012
The 2012 Human Development Report for Africa explores why dehumanizing hunger remains pervasive in the region, despite abundant agricultural resources, a favorable growing climate, and rapid economic growth rates. It also emphasizes that food security – the ability to consistently acquire enough calories and nutrients for a healthy and productive life - is essential for human development....
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IMF: Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan...
The International Monetary Fund(IMF), has published a survey on the Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa:Sustaining Growth amid Global Uncertainty
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to record strong economic growth, despite the weaker global economic environment. Regional output rose by 5 percent in 2011, with growth set to increase slightly in 2012, helped by still-strong commodity prices,...
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UNESCAP: Economic and Social Survey of Asia and...
The UNESCAP has published a survey on the economic and social challenging external environment in 2012.
“Growth in the Asia-Pacific region slowed in 2011 as the region grappled with inflation, weakening economic prospects in Western developed economies and several catastrophic natural disasters, including an earthquake and tsunami in Japan, an earthquake in New Zealand and floods in...
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29 May - International Day of United Nations...
Today, 29 May is the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. Adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 57/129, the day has two main purposes:
to honour the memory of the UN peacekeepers who have lost their lives in the cause of peace;
to pay tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve in UN peacekeeping operations for their high level of...
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UNESCAP: Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia...
The Environment and Development Division (EDD) of UNESCAP has published a report titled,the Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific, UNESCAP Reference No.: ST/ESCAP/2631. The report explores the opportunities that a low carbon green growth path offers to the region. It articulates five tracks on which to drive the economic system change necessary to pursue low carbon green...
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Trends in Maternal Mortality
“I am very pleased to see that the number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth continues to decline. This shows that the enhanced effort of countries, supported by UNFPA and other development partners, is paying off. But we can’t stop here. Our work must continue to make every pregnancy wanted and every childbirth safe.” Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA
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Measuring Water use in a Green Economy
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), just released a new report titled, Measuring Water use in a Green Economy. The report analyses the different ways for quantifying and accounting for water flows and productivity within the economy (including environmental needs). Based on the data, the report is said to provide the current state of knowledge of the different indicators and tools for...
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Security Council Meeting on Somalia
The Security Council will hold a meeting this morning, 15 May, on the situation in Somalia where the Report of the Secretary-General on Somalia will be discussed (S/2012/283).
UN Resources
Reports of the Secretary-General
Security Council Meeting Records
Resolutions on Somalia
Member States on the Record: Somalia
Non-UN Resources
What’s in Blue? Insights: Somalia
UN Photo/Rick...
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New UNODC Publication: Threat Assessment of Opium
In 2010 an estimated 25 per cent of the 380 tons of heroin manufactured in Afghanistan, some 90 tons was trafficked northwards through Central Asia via the Northern route and onward to the Russian Federation.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released a new publication entitled - Opiate Flows Through Afghanistan and Central Asia: A Threat Assessment.
This report...
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World of Work Report 2012.
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the just released flagship report titled World of Work Report: Better jobs for Better Economy provides a comprehensive analysis of recent labour market and social trends, assesses risks of social unrest and presents employment projections for the next five years.
The report addresses the following questions: • To what extent has the...
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High-Level thematic debate on World Economy and...
The President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz al-Nasser, and the Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, are jointly convening a High-Level Thematic Debate on the State of the World Economy and Finance in 2012, on 17 and 18 May, to explore ways of improving the overall global economic and financial situation and to discuss its impact on development efforts and social processes.
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Security Council Meeting on Kosovo
The Security Council is meeting this afternoon, 14 May 2012, to discuss the Report of the Secretary‑General on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (S/2012/275).
UN Resources
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) website
Reports of the Secretary-General
Security Council meeting records
Resolutions on Kosovo
Non-UN Resources
What’s In...
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Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in...
A new handbook has been released by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) entitled - Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development: A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners in Home and Host Countries.
The user-friendly guide, a project of MPI and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), offers a strategic road map for governments to build a constructive relationship...
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Facebook livechat: Update on the world economy -...
Join Rob Vos, Director of the Development Policy and Analysis Division of UN/DESA, and economists from the Global Economic Monitoring Unit for a Facebook live chat on the potential risks and challenges to economic growth in developing countries. Friday, 11 May, 10 am to 12 pm, E…ST New York time
Link to live chat
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2011 National Human Development Report for Russia
Prepared by the Faculty of Economics at Lomonosov Moscow State University, the report identifies the basic components of modernization, addresses main parameters of the post-crisis economy and social challenges in Russia. It analyzes the development of social and institutional infrastructure to determine the role of human development in Russia’s ‘new economy’.
National human development reports...
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China and Latin America and the Caribbean:...
The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) released a new publication entitled China and Latin America and the Caribbean: Building a strategic economic and trade relationship.
This document argues that China and the Latin American and Caribbean region now enjoy a sufficiently mature relationship and are poised to make a qualitative leap towards a mutually beneficial strategic alliance. It...
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Economic Report on Africa 2012: Unleashing...
The 2012 Economic Report on Africa identifies the key binding constraints for unleashing Africa’s productive capacity and proposes a series of bold measures that governments must implement to position the continent as the next pole of global growth and re-balancing. The report argues that sustaining the growth momentum and taking Africa’s development potential much further depends on strong...
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Trade and Biodiversity
BioTrade refers to activities related to the collection, production, transformation, and commercialization of goods and services derived from native biodiversity (species and ecosystems) under the criteria of environmental, social and economic sustainability.
In 1996, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) launched the BioTrade Initiative has been promoting...
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How to make cities more resilient
UNISDR has released a handbook titled, How to make cities more resilient: a handbook for local government leaders.
This handbook provides mayors, governors, councillors and other local government leaders with a generic framework for risk reduction and points to good practices and tools that are already being applied in different cities for that purpose. It discusses why building disaster...
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Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the...
The Economic Comission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2011. Published every year this report elaborates on foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in the region. The report also provides analysis on:
Investments made by Latin American transnational corporations abroad
Capital repatriation and reinvestment of...
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UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - 11th...
The 11th session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will be held in New York from 7-18 May 2012. The special theme for the year is: “The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)”.
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Meeting agenda
Permanent Forum...
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UN Security Council:Threats to international peace...
May 05th 2012
The UN Security Council meet this morning at its 6765th meeting on Threats to international peace and security to discuss strengthening international cooperation in the implementation of counter terrorism obligations. During this High Level meeting, the concept paper dated 1 May 2012 from the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan (S/2012/281) will be discussed. The President of...
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Greening the Blue Helmets: Environment, Natural ...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has published the report titled, Greening the Blue Helmets: Environment, Natural Resource, and Peacekeeping Operations.This report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how peacekeeping operations affect and are affected by natural resources and environmental conditions. The report is a component of ongoing technical collaboration between...
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Designing a Land Records System for the poor
UN-Habit
This publication emphasizes a co-management approach where the community performs a greater role in the design and management of the system. The design also highlights affordability, legitimacy and credibility as key requirements for success. However, it also recognizes that more work and studies are needed to enhance the design and better inform its implementation.
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Financing of the United Nations Mission in...
The Secretary General has issued his report, A/66/691, on the Budget for the United Nations Mission in Liberia for the period from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013. The present report contains the budget for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) which amounts to $502,224,000, exclusive of budgeted voluntary contributions in kind in the amount of $52,800.
The budget provides for the...
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United to end AIDS: achieving the targets of the...
The UN Secretary-General has issued his first report to the General Assembly since the High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, held in June 2011. The report summarizes results against the targets in the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS. Although striking progress has been achieved, the world is not on track to meet the 2015 targets, underscoring the urgent need for all stakeholders to...
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Commodities and Development
The commodity problematique continues to be of major concern in the twenty-first century, as the commodity sector constitutes the key economic activity in most Commodity-Dependent Developing Countries in terms of foreign exchange earning, fiscal revenues, income growth, employment creation and livelihood sustenance for over 2 billion people dependent on the agricultural sector.
Commodities and...
