United Nations Publications Catalogue Alphabetical Listing A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z H TITLE: Handbook for Literacy and Post-literacy for Capacity-building of Organizations LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.II.F.49 ISBN: 9211199980 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/2044 PAGES: 262pp. PRICE: $45.00 DESCRIPTION: This Handbook has been developed to support the work of professionals engaged in the promotion of literacy among women in the Asia-Pacific region through capacity-building of local organizations. The major objective is to show the essential steps for developing and implementing post-literacy programmes for women. It provides rules of thumb for successful literacy and post-literacy programme design, development and management. TITLE: Handbook for Literacy and Post-literacy for Women's Empowerment in South Asia LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.II.F.11 ISBN: 9211199581 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/2009 PAGES: 242pp. PRICE: $49.95 DESCRIPTION: This Handbook, a collaborative effort among literacy and rural development professionals in South Asia, has been developed to support the work of professionals engaged in the promotion of literacy among women in South Asia. The major objective is to show the essential steps for developing and implementing post-literacy programmes for women. It provides rules of thumb for successful literacy and post-literacy programme design, development and management. TITLE:Handbook for Producing National Statistical Reports on Women and Men (ARABIC LANGUAGE VERSION) LANGUAGE: A. SALES #: 97.XVII.10 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/14 PAGES: 400pp PRICE: $24.95 DESCRIPTION: National statistical offices and gender programmes interested in conducting statistical analysis on women and men will find this operational guide invaluable. It describes the institutional arrangements and resource requirements for the development of a gender statistics publication. It also explains how to prepare and use available data and how to generate indicators on the basis of critical gender issues and concerns identified through user-producer consultations. Information is also presented on the printing and dissemination process. (ARABIC LANGUAGE VERSION) TITLE: Handbook for Producing National Statistical Reports on Women and Men LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 97.XVII.10 ISBN: 9211613949 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.K/14 PAGES: 336pp PRICE: $24.95 DESCRIPTION: National statistical offices and gender programmes interested in conducting statistical analysis on women and men will find this operational guide invaluable. It describes the institutional arrangements and resource requirements for the development of a gender statistics publication. It also explains how to prepare and use available data and how to generate indicators on the basis of critical gender issues and concerns identified through user-producer consultations. Information is also presented on the printing and dissemination process. TITLE: Handbook for Trainers in Trade Promotion SERIES: Human Resource Development LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 93.III.T.3 ISBN: 9211150094 SYMBOL: ITC/182/A3/93-III PAGES: 140pp. PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: Valuable as a textbook, this publication would be most useful to trainers involved in the training of business personnel in the field of trade promotion. It discusses the role of export trainer in relation to exporting enterprises, training needs analysis in export marketing, key issues in training process, and the importance of evaluation in export training. TITLE: Handbook for Trainers in International Purchasing and Supply Management SERIES: Import Management LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 95.III.T.8 ISBN: 9211150221 SYMBOL: ITC/231/3/96-II-TP PAGES: 128pp. PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: This guide, aimed at trainers in developing countries, defines concept of international purchasing and supplies management. It focuses on practical aspects related to planning, implementation and evaluation of training events. It also includes questionnaires, checklists and sample forms. TITLE: Handbook of Environmental Law LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.III.D.96 ISBN: 9280716042 PAGES: 466pp. PRICE: $40.00 DESCRIPTION: Environmental law has been recognized as one of the most effective tools to translate the objectives of sustainable development into action. The dissemination of information on environmental law therefore takes on an urgent significance. In this context, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has produced this publication, which is designed to provide its users with important environmental law documents. It brings together key policy documents, texts of major legal instruments as well as information on national legislation. Those involved in the area of environmental law and policy, as well as its administration, will find this Handbook most useful. TITLE: Handbook of Statistical Organization: The Operation and Organization of a Statistical Agency SERIES: Studies in Methods YEAR: 3rd Ed. No.: 88 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.XVII.7 ISBN: 9211614597 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/88 PAGES: 220 PRICE: $40.00 DESCRIPTION: This handbook is about national statistical offices. It deals with the fundamentals of national systems of official statistics, covering areas such as general principles, data collection and respondent policies, principles of organization and management, and dissemination guidelines. The key chapters in this study are on the following topics; the structure of statistical systems, coordination tools, the chief statistician, users and their needs, developing a progress plan, managing staff, managing information technology, interacting with respondents, getting information to the users, and confidentiality and disclosure. This publication is an extremely useful tool for chief statisticians and their colleagues, and those placed in charge of overseeing official statistics function. TITLE: Handbook of National Accounting: National Accounts - A Practical Introduction LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 04.XVII.4 ISBN: 9211614694 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/85 PAGES: 148 PRICE: 12.95 DESCRIPTION: Basic concepts and structures of the System of National Accounts (SNA) are provided in this handbook designed to familiarize economists and policy makers with national accounts. This publication will serve as a useful guide to reading the SNA. TITLE:Handbook of World Mineral Trade Statistics YEAR: 1995-2000 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.II.D.1 ISBN: 9211125480 SYMBOL: UNCTAD/ITCD/COM/37 PAGES: 396 PRICE: $52.00 DESCRIPTION: This handbook provides consistent data at the world, regional and country levels for the international trade of the major non-fuel minerals and metals, from primary to semi-processed forms. This is the first comprehensive publication, which provides both quantities and values for these products. Statistical analysts, academics and those in the field of mineral use and resources will find this publication invaluable. TITLE: Handbook of World Mineral Trade Statistics YEAR: 1994/9 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.II.D.9 ISBN: 9211125197 SYMBOL: UNCTAD/ITCD/COM/30 PAGES: 380pp. PRICE: $52.00 DESCRIPTION: This handbook provides consistent data at the world, regional and country levels for the international trade of the major non-fuel minerals and metals, from primary to semi-processed forms. This is the first comprehensive publication, which provides both quantities and values for these products. This year's edition offers statistics for the years 1994 through 1996, facilitating the ability to undertake comparative analysis. Statistical analysts, academics and those in the field of mineral use and resources will find this publication invaluable. TITLE: Handbook on Nuclear Law LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.L.21 ISBN: 9201057032 SYMBOL: STI/PUB/1160 PAGES: 188 PRICE: 100 DESCRIPTION: This Handbook provides legal framework for managing and regulating nuclear energy, it responds to the growing demand from many governments for assistance in the development of nuclear legislation and the need to harmonize their legal and institutional arrangements with international standards. The Handbook contains concise and authoritative instructional material for professionals such as lawyers, scientists, engineers, health and radiation workers, diplomats and government administrators, the basic elements of a sound. TITLE: Handbook on National Accounting: Use of Macro Accounts in Policy Analysis SERIES: Studies in Methods No.: 81 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.XVII.5 ISBN: 9211614244 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/81 PAGES: 348.00 PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: Traditionally policy analysts use statistics in order to monitor developments and make decisions. This handbook emphasizes the role of macro accounting as an instrument rather than a data set. The term 'macro accounts' refers to the feature of macro accounts to reconcile separate statistics into a coherent data set and offers macro accounts as an instrument to policy analysts. The handbook is about the interaction between the scope of macro accounting, the compilation of macro accounts and analysis. TITLE: Handbook on Essential Use Nominations YEAR: June 2001 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.III.D.41 ISBN: 9280720686 PAGES: 58pp. PRICE: $12.00 DESCRIPTION: Parties to the Montreal Protocol mandated a phase out of production and consumption of halogenated controlled substances while allowing Parties to authorise production for uses decided to be essential. This handbook describes the review process and gives the instructions for the completion of essential use nominations. TITLE: Handbook on Geographic Information Systems and Digital Mapping LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.XVII.12 ISBN: 9211614260 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/79 PAGES: 208pp. PRICE: $35.00 DESCRIPTION: The rapid recent developments in digital mapping technology and the increasing demand for geo-referenced small area population data have been the main motivation for the present handbook. The Handbook on Geographic Information Systems and Digital Mapping provides guidance on how to ensure consistency and facilitate census operations; support data collection and help monitor census activities during enumeration; and facilitate presentation, analysis and dissemination of census results. Along with an overview of geographic information systems and digital mapping, the publication discusses cost-benefit analysis of an investment in digital cartography and geographical information systems (GIS); the use of GIS during census enumeration; and describes the role of GIS and digital mapping in the post-censal phase. TITLE: Handbook of International Trade and Development Statistics YEAR: 1996/97 VOLUME: LANGUAGE: B. SALES #: 98.II.D.16 ISBN: 9210120426 SYMBOL: TD/STAT/24 PAGES: 510pp. PRICE: $80.00 DESCRIPTION: A complete basic compilation of statistical data relevant to the analysis of world trade and development. Government officials, university and other research specialists and others interested in this subject will find this handbook invaluable. TITLE: Handbook of International Trade and Development Statistics YEAR: 1995 LANGUAGE: B. SALES #: 97.II.D.7 ISBN: 9210120396 SYMBOL: TD/STAT/23 PAGES: 468pp. PRICE: $80.00 DESCRIPTION: A complete basic compilation of statistical data relevant to the analysis of world trade and development. Government officials, university and other research specialists and others interested in this subject will find this Handbook invaluable. TITLE: Handbook of National Accounting: Household Accounting - Experience in Concepts and Compilation VOLUME: I & II LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.XVII.16 ISBN: 9211614309 SYMBOL: STR/ESA/STAT/SER.F/75 PAGES: 804pp. PRICE: $85.00 DESCRIPTION: This handbook focuses on household sector accounts and their possible extensions as described in the System of National Accounts 1993. It describes the experiences of countries with regard to conceptual and compilation issues of household sector and satellite accounting. Volume 1 focuses on the concept of the informal sector, presents country and case studies on the compilation of household sector accounts, and describes the links of the household sector with other selected sectors. Volume 2 is primarily devoted to various types of household satellite accounting including labour accounting and socio-economic accounting. This volume also describes various social indicators,problems in measuring them and potential data sources. TITLE: Handbook of National Accounting: Input/Output Tables - Compilation and Analysis LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.XVII.9 ISBN: 9211614163 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/74 PAGES: 284pp. PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: The main focus of the Handbook is to cover in detail the conceptual and statistical integration of the supply and use tables within the 1993 System of National Accounts (SNA). The Handbook covers three main areas: the analytical and statistical foundation of input-output (I/O) analysis and the methods of converting the supply and use tables into a single symmetric I/O table; compilation of SNA supply and use tables; and applications of I/O tables and models dealing with price deflation and annual national accounts estimates, impact analysis and pollution study. TITLE: Handbook of National Accounting: Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting - An Operational Manual LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.XVII.17 ISBN: 9211614317 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/78 PAGES: 250pp. PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: United Nations Statistics Division and United Nations Environment Programme have jointly published Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting. The handbook provides, on the basis of country experiences, hands on guidance on the implementation of the more practical modules of the System of integrated Environmental and Economic accounting (SEEA). It is accompanied by a user-friendly software consisting of a sequence of worksheets, and is an ideal tool for data producers such as environment statisticians, national accountants, and data users as academia and policy makers. TITLE: Handbook of National Accounting: Links Between Business Accounting and National Accounting YEAR: LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.XVII.13 ISBN: 9211614279 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/76 PAGES: 276pp. PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: This Handbook is part of a series of handbooks in support of the implementation of the 1993 System of National Accounts. This handbook attempts to cover the conceptual and practical aspects of linking business accounts to national accounts through countries' experiences. From the Handbook, one learns how to read financial statements of corporations, the similarities and differences between concepts in business accounts and economics and the necessary adjustments to be made to business accounts to obtain national accounts for economic analysis. The main target audience for this handbook is staff responsible for the compilation of national accounts and survey specialists. TITLE: Handbook of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Includes CD-ROM) LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.III.D.9 ISBN: 1853837377 PAGES: 722pp. PRICE: $35.00 DESCRIPTION: Biological diversity is the foundation upon which human civilization has been built. Its conservation is a prerequisite for sustainable development and, as such, constitutes one of the greatest challenges of the modern era. The importance of this challenge was universally acknowledged at the Earth Summit in 1992 and through the development of the Convention on Biological Diversity. This handbook brings together all the separate publications and decisions on biodiversity and comprehensively explains how the decisions of the Conference of the Parties have developed each and every Article of the Convention. It also includes other relevant materials and an electronic version of the Handbook on CD-ROM. TITLE: Handbook of World Mineral Trade Statistics YEAR: 1993/8 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.II.D.9 ISBN: 9211124778 SYMBOL: UNCTAD/ITCD/COM/25 PAGES: 380pp. PRICE: $52.00 DESCRIPTION: Statistical analysts, academics and those in the field of mineral and metal use and resources will find this publication invaluable. It offers comprehensive up-to-date statistics at the world, regional and country levels for the international trade of major non-fuel minerals and metals, from primary to semi-processed forms for the years 1993 through 1998. This issue also includes summary tables on the value of world exports and imports of minerals, ores and metals by country and region and by the items of the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC Rev.3) for the world and for developing countries, as well as detailed tables concerning 38 minerals and metals representing 98 percent of world trade of mineral and metal commodities in 1998. TITLE: Handbook of World Mineral Trade Statistics YEAR: 1992/7 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.II.D.7 ISBN: 9210120434 SYMBOL: UNCTAD/ITCD/COM/16 PAGES: 380pp. PRICE: $50.00 DESCRIPTION: This handbook provides up-to-date and consistent data at the world, regional and country levels for the international trade of major non-fuel minerals and metals, from primary to semi-processed forms. Recognized by the industry as the first comprehensive publication which provides both quantities and values for these products, this book will prove invaluable for statistical analysts, academics and those in the field of mineral use and resources. TITLE: Handbook of World Mineral Trade Statistics YEAR: 1991/96 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.II.D.1 ISBN: 9211124220 SYMBOL: UNCTAD/ITCD/COM/9 PAGES: 404pp. PRICE: $50.00 DESCRIPTION: Statistical analysts, academics and those in the field of mineral and metal use and resources will find this publication invaluable. It offers comprehensive statistics for the years 1991 through 1996, facilitating the ability to undertake comparative analysis. TITLE:Handbook for the International Treaties for the Protection of the Ozone Layer: The Vienna Convention (1985), the Montreal Convention (1987) YEAR: 2003 VOLUME: 6th Ed. LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.III.D.51 ISBN: 9280723162 PAGES: 414 PRICE: $75.00 DESCRIPTION: The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (1985) and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (1987) are now recognized as very successful in preventing a global environmental catastrophe, which could have been caused by stratospheric ozone depletion. To date 185 parties have ratified the Ozone Treaties aimed at protecting the ozone layer. Both the Montreal Protocol and the Vienna Convention have been amended and adjusted several times in an effort to strengthen their provisions. This handbook incorporates all the adjustments, amendments and decisions of parties to both treaties up to the end of 2002. In addition, it gives valuable information on the implementation of these international environmental treaties and provides details of legal and policy actions taken by the world community to protect the ozone layer. TITLE: Handbook for the International Treaties for the Protection of the Ozone Layer: The Vienna Convention (1985), the Montreal Convention (1987) YEAR: 2000 VOLUME: 5th ed. LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.III.D.59 ISBN: 9280718673 PAGES: 384pp. PRICE: $75.00 DESCRIPTION: The Handbook contains full text of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer as adjusted and amended up to 1999. It also contains a useful summary of control measures to phase out ozone-depleting substances as well as all decisions adopted by the Parties to the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol from 1989. TITLE: Handbook of Statistics (Book and CD-ROM) YEAR: 2000 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.II.D.39 ISBN: 9211125081 PAGES: 440pp. PRICE: $195.00 DESCRIPTION: This Handbook provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of world trade, investment and development. Data is presented in an analytical way, through the use of rank-orderings, growth rates, shares and other special calculations, and in time series dating back to 1980. This years edition includes a special study on tentative terms of trade estimates for individual developing countries and territories. Government officials, univeristy and other research specialists, and others interested in this subject will find this Handbook to be an invaluable source of international data. The CD-ROM contains data relating to trade and development, some of which date back to 1950. TITLE: Handbook of World Mineral Trade Statistics 1996-2001 YEAR: 1996-2001 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 04.II.D.22 ISBN: 9211126290 SYMBOL: UNCTAD/ITCD/COM/37 PAGES: 396 PRICE: 52 DESCRIPTION: Comprehensive world trade statistical data on minerals, ores and metals, by country and region are featured in this annual yearbook. The quantities and values for these products are provided in a format that allows easy comparative analysis and they cover the period 1996 – 2001. Statistical analysts, academics and those in the field of mineral use and resources will find this publication useful. TITLE: Handbook on Census Management for Population and Housing Censuses LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.XVII.15 ISBN: 9211614295 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/83 PAGES: 240pp. PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: This Handbook reflects current practices in census management and provides concrete examples of census processes used in developed and developing countries. It presents an extensive coverage of techniques that can be used for quality assurance in every phase of the census cycle. The publication provides guidance on how to develop a structure able to effectively manage the census planning and operational processes; to plan all the processes that need to be considered in establishing a census; and to design control and monitoring processes. It is an ideal reference document on management aspects of conducting a population and housing census for national statistical offices, census and survey statisticians, social scientists and demographers, and international organizations involved in population activities. TITLE: Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Developing Information, Education and Communication VOLUME: III LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.XVII.4 ISBN: 9211613973 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/69 PAGES: 132pp. PRICE: $25.00 DESCRIPTION: This Handbook outlines how to design and conduct Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities. A great asset to decision makers in following through with national programmes and even community workshops and meetings. It outlines the development of the strategy and methods to be used for the IEC plan, the development of the message to be conveyed and the production of a handbook for training IEC leaders and key officials and organizations. The Handbook provides guidance which makes the complex process of developing, implementing, launching, monitoring, evaluating and revising strategies and methods quite simple. TITLE: Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance SERIES: YEAR:LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.XVII.11 ISBN: 9211614058 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/72 PAGES: 208pp. PRICE: $35.00 DESCRIPTION: This handbook is a comprehensive guide to assist countries in improving of their civil registration and vital statistics systems and for the establishment of such systems in countries that do not yet have them in place. It provides essential components of a civil registration system as well as the development of a vital statistics system based on civil registration described. The publication contains details on structure (centralized vs decentralized), management, operation and maintenance functions and its extension to the vital statistics systems, at the national, intermediate and local administrative levels. The handbook includes the entire range of vital events - live births, deaths, foetal deaths, marriages and dissolutions of marriage - from the civil registration and the vital statistics perspectives. TITLE: Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Policies and Protocols for the Release and Archiving of Individual Records LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.XVII.6 ISBN: 9211614007 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/70 PAGES: 29pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: In order to protect the privacy of individuals, while at the same time, maximizing the completeness and accuracy of reported information, this comprehensive Handbook presents a series of policies and protocols that can be adopted by the concerned authorities for civil registration and vital statistics systems for implementation by registrars and other personnel involved. TITLE: Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Preparation of a Legal Framework LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.XVII.7 ISBN: 9211614015 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/71 PAGES: 340pp. PRICE: $40.00 DESCRIPTION: This Handbook provides the knowledge on how to develop a comprehensive legal framework for a civil registration and vital statistics system. It outlines both its juridical function, its role as a source of continuous vital statistics and its inter-relationships with other government agencies that depend on accurate registration data to perform their own functions. TITLE: Handbook on Data Reporting under the Montreal Protocol LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.III.D.68 ISBN: 9280717359 PAGES: 130pp. PRICE: $65.00 DESCRIPTION: The accurate, timely and comprehensive reporting of data has emerged as one of the key issues facing the Montreal Protocol phase-out process. This handbook offers guidelines in such areas as: identifying country reporting obligations, the process of collecting data, checking data for accuracy and consistency and approved destruction processes. TITLE: Handbook on Foreign Direct Investment by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Lessons from Asia LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.II.D.4 ISBN: 9211124255 SYMBOL: UNCTAD/ITE/IIT/6 PAGES: 216pp. PRICE: $48.00 DESCRIPTION: One lesson that can be learnt from the Asian experience is that a country's development and international competitiveness are closely linked to the capabilities of its Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). This handbook, based on the experience of Asian countries with respect to SMEs and their Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), delineates policy options and measures through which developing countries can draw upon FDIs by SMEs to foster their own growth and development. It analyses, in terms of FDI, the role and behaviour of SMEs, examines policies, provides a framework for assessing policy options with respect to their benefits and costs, and outlines practical steps to help governments formulate and implement measures to attract flows of investments and technology from foreign SMEs. The Handbook also examines avenues for international cooperation. TITLE:Handbook on Non-profit Institutions in the System of National Accounts LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.XVII.9 ISBN: 9211614619 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/91 PAGES: 328 PRICE: $45.00 DESCRIPTION: This handbook recommends statistical standards and guidelines for the development of data on non-profit institutions (NPIs) within the System of National Accounts 1993 (1993 SNA). The framework, concepts and classifications are designed as an extension and clarification of those underlying the 1993 SNA. The publication is coordinated by the United Nations Statistical Division and includes contributions from SNA experts, national accountants and other specialists from a variety of developed and developing countries. Its objective is to develop and make available increasingly important NPI data, which to this point has been often ignored as part of the economy-wide compilation of data on national statistics. TITLE: Handbook on Outward Investment Agencies and Institutions SERIES: ASIT Advisory Studies No.: 14 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.II.D.22 ISBN: 9211124611 SYMBOL: UNCTAD/ITE/IIP/8 PAGES: 60pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: The increasing efforts of developing countries and economies in transition to attract foreign investment have led over the years to the establishment of investment promotion agencies or similar government institutions with the prime function of attracting foreign investment. This handbook presents a comprehensive listing of institutions and agencies that support outward investment, particularly in developing countries. It discusses the services and programmes that they provide and the cooperation arrangements that they maintain with other players in the field of investment. TITLE: Handbook on Population and Housing Census Editing LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.XVII.9 ISBN: 9211614236 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/82 PAGES: 140pp PRICE: $20.00 DESCRIPTION: This publication discusses essential features and uses of population and housing censuses data editing. It explains good editing practices and how to set editing rules incorporating flowcharts to facilitate the editing exercises. The handbook is applicable to both censuses and surveys and bridges the gap between subject matter specialists and programmers in their effort to edit census data. TITLE: Handbook on Probation Services: Guidelines for Probation Practitioners and Managers LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.III.N.3 ISBN: 9290780363 PAGES: 200pp. PRICE: $45.00 DESCRIPTION: Will probation survive into the next century given the problems and adaptive challenges. Its importance as a non-custodial measure was recognized by the international community in 1988 when the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for Non-Custodial Measures (The Tokyo Rules) were formulated and subsequently adopted in 1990. One of the main aims of this handbook is to serve as an instrument to guide and facilitate the comprehension and the implementation of the Tokyo Rules in countries where probation exists and in countries interested in such a system. Along with presenting a historical background of probation, the publication discusses emerging trends, professional responsibilities, management and administration. TITLE: Handbook on Radio and Television Audience Research LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.XX.3 ISBN: 9280633937 PAGES: 192pp. PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: With an emphasis on the needs of less developed media markets, this practical and user-friendly handbook examines how radio and television audience research is carried out and used, its purposes and how to interpret its findings. The handbook provides examples of audience-research questionnaires, up-to-date audience and media data from around the world and training exercises to help the student learn through practice and investigation. TITLE: Handbook on Reproductive Health Indicators LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.II.F.62 ISBN: 9211203503 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/2280 PAGES: 60 PRICE: $12.00 DESCRIPTION: This Handbook provides a list of reproductive health indicators that are essential to assess, monitor and evaluate reproductive health programmes. It is hoped that the Handbook will be a useful tool for planners, policy makers and researchers who are involved in the implementation of reproductive health programmes at the national and sub-national levels. TITLE: Handbook on the Collection of Fertility and Mortality Data SERIES: Studies in Methods No.: 92 LANGUAGE: E SALES #: 03.XVII.11 ISBN: 9211614627 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/92 PAGES: 140 PRICE: 25 TITLE: Handbook on the Computerization of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.XVII.10 ISBN: 9211614031 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/73 PAGES: 80pp. PRICE: $20.00 DESCRIPTION: The computerization of civil registration will broaden the uses that can be made of the civil registration system. The Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Computerization describes the activities that countries should carry-out to tailor their own civil registration system to their specific historical, demographic, legal and administrative conditions at the time of computerization of such a complex system. It examines the framework, goals and purposes of the computerization of civil registration, looks at the interface between civil registration, the vital statistics system and other governmental agencies, as well as enumerates some of the major decisions and problem areas that can be anticipated in a move to computerization. TITLE: Handbook on the Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.V.2 ISBN: 9211336309 PAGES: 222pp. PRICE: $20.00 DESCRIPTION: This handbook is a useful tool for facilitating the negotiating process to which countries with adjacent or opposite coasts can resort to in case of overlapping claims. Its area of coverage includes: maritime zones subject to boundary delimitation; norms and rules applicable to maritime boundary delimitation; factors exerting an influence on maritime boundary delimitation; methods applicable to maritime boundary delimitation; practical aspects of the negotiations; negotiating and drafting the agreement; and settlement of disputes. TITLE: Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.XVII.10 ISBN: 9211614473 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/STAT/SER.F/84 PAGES: 296 PRICE: $40.00 DESCRIPTION: This Handbook is designed for use in developing training courses in civil registration and vital statistics systems. It consists of 23 training modules that can be presented in approximately one hour each. The modules cover the basic elements, principles, concepts, definitions and techniques recommended by the United Nations for the development, implementation, operation and maintenance of reliable civil registration and vital statistics systems. The annexes contain references that may be used as supplementary material to help tailor the course to a particular target group. It is hoped that senior officials from civil registration and vital statistics who are recipients of the training activities will be able to replicate these lessons for audiences of their own countries and regions. TITLE: Harnessing the Potential of Migration and Return to Promote Development: Applying Concepts to West Africa SERIES: IOM Migration Research No.: 5 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.III.S.9 PAGES: 56 PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: This paper is intended to stimulate discussions concerning the relationship between migration, return and development. It outlines the operational framework and research strategy that will be used to investigate this relationship in an ongoing research project focused on West Africa. The paper covers the following information: contemporary trends in international migration in West Africa; consequences of migration to domestic labour markets, the effects of migrant remittances, and the brain drain phenomenon; the developmental impacts of potential capital transfers occurring with return; and finally, the elements for a meso-level approach to study migration issues in order to achieve an improved understanding of the complex relationship between international migration, return, and development. TITLE: Harmonization of Various Initiatives for Promoting Regional Cooperation in Space Technology Development and Applications in the Asian and Pacific Region LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.II.F.65 ISBN: 9211198526 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/1888 PAGES: 172pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: This publication presents an in-depth discussion on the various components of the complex process of harmonizing various initiatives for promoting space technology applications in the Asian and the Pacific region. TITLE: Healing the Ozone Layer with Small Brushes: 53 Images from the 1998 United Nations Environmental Programme Children's Painting Competition LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.III.D.11 ISBN: 9280718169 PAGES: 52pp. PRICE: $9.95 DESCRIPTION: The 1992 Earth Summit produced Agenda 21, which highlights the importance of listening to children when it comes to protecting the environment. The 1998 UNEP Children's Painting Competition was a step towards doing just that. Children from all over the world were invited to paint on the subject of the ozone layer and this selection of pictures from the finalists shows not only how much these young people are concerned about ozone depletion, but also how effective they can be in communicating the nature of the problem. These paintings are delightful to look at and inspire us with their energy, creativity and visual sophistication. TITLE: Health and Mortality: Issues of Global Concern LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.XIII.17 ISBN: 9211513405 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/SER.R/152 PAGES: 484pp. PRICE: $45.00 DESCRIPTION: This publication presents a collection of papers on the issue of health and mortality. The papers cover such topics as: epidemiological transitions in developed countries; adult mortality assessment; mortality in sub-Saharan Africa; mortality in Latin America; what the data on the cause of death in Mexico reveals; the use of surveys; the dynamics in Poland; the dynamics in the Russian Federation; the health status in the United States; genetic make-up; alcohol and smoking as risk factors; and HIV/AIDS-related deaths in Africa. TITLE: Health and Mortality: A Concise Report SERIES: Population Studies No.: 172 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.XIII.2 ISBN: 9211513286 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/SER.A/172 PAGES: 58pp. PRICE: $10.00 DESCRIPTION: This Report provides a summary of recent information on selected aspects of health and mortality. It covers such topics as: levels and trends of mortality; child survival and health; primary health care and the health-care sector; women's health and safe motherhood; human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS); the epidemiological transition; health and mortality policies; activities of intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations with respect to health and mortality; and health and development. TITLE: Health Impact of Mass Migration: Moscow, 27-28 April 1993 and Health Impact of Large Post-conflict Migratory Movements: The Experience of Mozambique: Maputo, 20-22 March 1996 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.III.S.16 ISBN: 9290680385 & 929068058X PAGES: 254pp. PRICE: $40.00 DESCRIPTION: Very little attention has been paid, either nationally or internationally, to the health aspects of successful integration in a new country. It has become apparent that the health needs of migrants and ethnic communities must be taken into account in the planning and delivery of health services. Health Impact of Mass Migration discusses this issue through a selection of papers on such issues as trends in migratory flows; healthcare problems of migrants; health policies for migrants and refugees; increase in infections; tuberculosis; and immunization. The second publication included in this package Health Impact of Large Post-conflict Migratory Movements: The Experience of Mozambique addresses the health concerns surrounding the millions of persons who were displaced during decades of war in Mozambique. TITLE: Health Status and Health Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Long-term Perspective SERIES: UNU/WIDER Working Papers No.: 141 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.III.A.57 PAGES: 60pp. PRICE: $5.00 DESCRIPTION: Health Status and Health Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa discusses the main changes in infant, child and maternal mortality which have occurred over the period 1960-1995. It also analyses the main factors responsible for the observed shifts in health trends. The publication is part of an applied research and policy analysis series on structural changes affecting the developing and transitional economies. TITLE: Helping Children Cope with the Stresses of War: A Manual for Parents and Teachers LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 93.XX.USA.1 ISBN: 9280620878 PAGES: 139pp. PRICE: $14.95 DESCRIPTION: A welcome tool for parents and teachers in helping children cope with the stresses of war and other forms of systematic violence. Based on methods and approaches that have been tested extensively in war torn Lebanon, this book gives descriptions (illustrated by full-colour reproductions of children's drawings) of nine wartime experiences that causes stress in children. General guidelines on handling the "problem behaviours" with which children of various ages respond to stresses are also presented. Ten specific problem behaviours ranging from bed-wetting to risk-taking are described, followed by practical advice on how parents and teachers can deal with them. TITLE: Hereditary Effects of Radiation: UNSCEAR 2001 Report to the General Assembly, with Scientific Annex LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.IX.2 ISBN: 9211422442 PAGES: 164pp. PRICE: $49.00 DESCRIPTION: In this 2001 Report, the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation has completed a comprehensive review of the hereditary risks to offspring following parental exposure to radiation. This report includes an evaluation of those diseases, which have both hereditary and environmental components, the so-called multifactorial diseases. The new information presented in this report suggests that radiation is less likely to have adverse genetic effects than had been assumed. This report provides a unique scientific basis for estimating radiation risk, establishing radiation protection and safety standards and regulating radiation sources for governments and organizations throughout the world. TITLE: High-level Expert Group Meeting on Policies for Integration of Space Applications with Sustainable Development LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.II.F.7 ISBN: 9211198712 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/1880 PAGES: 156pp. PRICE: $35.00 DESCRIPTION: This high-level brainstorming meeting was initiated by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) at its fifty-third session held in Bangkok, Thailand to develop a policy framework for integrating space applications with sustainable development planning and to deliberate on the concepts preparatory to the Second Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific to be held from 15-20 November 1999, in New Delhi, India. The results of the High Level Expert Group Meeting are considered essential and important guidelines for the preparations of the Second Ministerial Conference. This publication contains the presentations made by the experts from both inside and outside the Asian and Pacific region which will serve as a useful reference and valuable source of ideas for professionals and policy makers involved in sustainable environment and natural resource development. TITLE: High-level Regional Meeting for Sustainable Development, 21-24 November 2000, Bali, Indonesia LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.II.F.29 ISBN: 9211200423 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/2130 PAGES: 84pp. PRICE: $17.95 DESCRIPTION: The role of energy has been widely recognized as central to achieving the goals of sustainable development. Unfortunately, as many as two billion people or almost one third of the world's population have no access to modern energy services. Ironically a majority of these people live in the Asia-Pacific region. This publication contains the Bali Declaration and the Action Programme as well as the findings and outcome emanating from the NGO Symposium and the Business Forum. It succinctly captures the outcome of the regional initiatives taken by ESCAP to develop regional perspectives that are shared and owned by members and associate member countries of ESCAP. It is a useful reference for everyone who is committed to work towards a future of sustainable energy. TITLE: Highlights in Space YEAR: 2003 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 04.I.5 ISBN: 9211009340 SYMBOL: ST/SPACE/21 PAGES: 84 PRICE: 30 DESCRIPTION: This publication reviews recent developments in space science, technology, applications, international cooperation and space law. It also discusses advances in space research made in 2003. TITLE: Highlights in Space YEAR: 2002 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.I.10 ISBN: 9211009103 SYMBOL: ST/SPACE/13 PAGES: 164 PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: Authoritative and comprehensive, this publication reviews recent developments in space science, technology, applications, international cooperation and space law. It also discusses the progress made in space research. TITLE: Highlights in Space YEAR: 2001 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.I.7 ISBN: 9211008859 SYMBOL: ST/SPACE/8 PAGES: 164pp. PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: This review of recent developments in space science, technology, applications, international cooperation and space law seeks to increase the awareness of the benefits of space activities. It is hoped that this publication will make a significant contribution to the ongoing United Nations effort to disseminate information on space activities and to highlight the benefits they provide to all countries of the world. TITLE: Highlights in Space YEAR: 2000 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.I.5 ISBN: 9211008611 SYMBOL: ST/SPACE/6 PAGES: 196pp. PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: This review of recent developments in space science, technology, applications, international cooperation and space law seeks to increase the awareness of the benefits of space activities. It is hoped that this publication will make a significant contribution to the ongoing United Nations effort to disseminate information on space activities and to highlight the benefits they provide to all countries of the world. TITLE: Highlights in Space YEAR: 1999 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.I.8 ISBN: 9211008360 SYMBOL: ST/SPACE/4 PAGES: 152pp. PRICE: $25.00 DESCRIPTION: The authoritative and comprehensive presentation in this publication reviews recent developments in space science, technology, applications, international cooperation and space law. It also discusses the progress made in space research. TITLE: Highlights in Space YEAR: 1998 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.I.12 ISBN: 9211008093 SYMBOL: A/AC.105/710 A/CONF.184/BP/14 PAGES: 100pp. PRICE: $25.00 DESCRIPTION: The authoritative and comprehensive presentation in this publication reviews recent developments in space science, technology, applications, international cooperation and space law. It also discusses the progress made in space research. TITLE: Highlights in Space 1997: Progress in Space Science, Technology and Applications, International Cooperation and Space Law YEAR: 1997 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.I.99 ISBN: 9211008050 SYMBOL: A/AC.105/691 PAGES: 146pp. PRICE: $25.00 DESCRIPTION: The two significant events of 1997 in space technology and applications were the successful landing and exploration of Mars by the U.S. Pathfinder mission; and the long string of mishaps aboard the aging Mir space station. This authoritative and comprehensive presentation reviews recent developments in space science, technology, applications, international cooperation and space law. It also discusses the progress made in space research in such areas as: Earth-Moon Systems, Planets and Small Bodies of the Solar System; Space Plasmas in the Solar System; Astrophysics from Space; Life Sciences and Materials Science in Space; Satellite Dynamics; and Space Research in Developing Countries. TITLE:Historical Review of Developments Relating to Aggression LANGUAGE: E SALES #: 03.V.10 ISBN: 9211335388 PAGES: 456 PRICE: $30.00 DESCRIPTION: The question of defining aggression has been under consideration within the framework of the United Nations since the earliest days of the organization. A Historical Review of Developments relating to Aggression was presented to the Working Group on the Crime of Aggression at the ninth session of the Preparatory Commission, in 2002. This paper provides an objective, analytical overview of the history and major developments relating to aggression before and after the adoption of the Charter of the United Nations. It reflects developments relating to aggression as of mid-2001. TITLE: History of the International Atomic Energy Agency: The First Forty Years LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.L.1 ISBN: 9201023979 SYMBOL: STI/PUB/1032 PAGES: 560 PRICE: $38.50 DESCRIPTION: This publication narrates the history of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for its first 40 years in existence. It examines the main achievements and setbacks of the organization and explains the lessons learnt. The book also evaluates how successful the agency has been in accomplishing its original goals and objectives. TITLE:HIV/AIDS: Awareness and Behaviour LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.XIII.8 ISBN: 9211513669 SYMBOL: ST/ESA/SER.A/209 PAGES: 40pp. PRICE: $5.00 DESCRIPTION: Twenty years into the HIV/AIDS pandemic, social and behavioural research on HIV/AIDS remains limited. Data on sexual behaviour and AIDS-related knowledge and attitudes are sparse and difficult to compare. This publication highlights findings from a series of national demographic and health surveys that are directly relevant to the AIDS epidemic. It provides a picture of HIV- and AIDS-related awareness and behaviour across countries and population groups, age and gender. Information about risk-related behaviours, their determinants and the context within which they occur has direct relevance to the effective targeting of AIDS prevention efforts. TITLE: HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: International Guidelines LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.XIV.1 ISBN: 9211541301 SYMBOL: HR/PUB/98/1 PAGES: 72pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: There is increasing recognition that public health often provides an added and compelling justification for safeguarding human rights, despite the respect, protection and fulfilment which they merit in their own right. In the context of HIV/AIDS, an environment in which human rights are respected ensures that vulnerability to HIV/AIDS is reduced, those infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS live a life of dignity without discrimination. The guidelines in this publication provide an important means for supporting both human rights and public health. They offer concrete measures that could be taken to protect human rights and health where HIV/AIDS is concerned. Three broad areas are covered - government's responsibility, laws and legal support services and private sector and community participation. TITLE: HIV/AIDS in the Asia and the Pacific Region (Three Volume Set) LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 04.II.F.36 ISBN: 9211203953 PAGES: 424 PRICE: $95.00 DESCRIPTION: There is currently no challenge more daunting to the Asia and the Pacific region than the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This three volume set provides up-to-date information on the status of HIV/AIDS in the region. It presents steps that national governments must take to prevent the spread of the disease and looks at the care options for those currently living with HIV/AIDS. The set is a valuable tool for researchers, civil society, private sector and international donors working with Governments on HIV/AIDS issues. (The set includes Economic and Social Progress in Jeopardy (E.03.II.F.24); HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support (E.03.II.F.25); and Saving our Future: A Multiministerial Action Guide (E.03.II.F.26). TITLE: HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care among Mobile Groups in the Balkans LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.III.S.6 ISBN: 9290681209 PAGES: 208 PRICE: $32.00 DESCRIPTION: These speeches are adopted from the international workshop on HIV/AIDS, Prevention and Care among Mobile Groups in the Balkans, held in Rome, in June 2001. They provide a comprehensive overview of the HIV/AIDS problem in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Republic of Macedonia. The theme of the workshop was: Urgent Intervention to Reduce and Control the Spread of HIV/AIDS and STDs in the Balkans. It's main objective was to enable the participants share experiences and exchange ideas, concerning possible strategies and concrete obstacles for future implementation of joint activities to curb the epidemic in the region. TITLE:HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Programmes for Mobile Populations in Africa: An Inventory LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.III.S.3 ISBN: 9211036054 PAGES: 136 PRICE: $25.00 DESCRIPTION: Programmes for HIV/AIDS prevention and care for mobile populations are being established around the world. To ensure enough information is publicly available, the International Organization for Migration conducted a survey to obtain general information and to establish a networking mechanism for the organizations. This document gives an overview of the organizations in Africa dealing with migrant and mobile populations in the context of HIV/AIDS. It briefly describes the methods used for gathering data, then gives a general description of the programmes listed and the major "lessons learned" by the organizations that responded. The main body of this publication lists the data provided by the organizations. TITLE: HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support: Stories from the Community LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.II.F.25 ISBN: 9211201659 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/2249 PAGES: 136 PRICE: $25.00 DESCRIPTION: Asia and the Pacific could become the region with the most HIV infections being home to 62% of the world's population. Several broad development issues, such as poverty, gender inequality, low levels of education, and a lack of basic services and opportunities contribute to the spread of HIV in this part of the world. There is also a lack of information about HIV/AIDS, especially amongst the youth and other vulnerable groups. This report shares ideas and creative solutions for action to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. It also contains stories from community partners working to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and reveals efforts being made to care and support people living with the disease. TITLE: Holding Corporations Accountable: Corporate Conduct, International Codes, and Citizen Action LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.XX.2 ISBN: 1856499847 SYMBOL: PAGES: 256pp. PRICE: $25.00 DESCRIPTION: It is now over a quarter of a century since NGOs first broke the scandal of how infant formula companies tried to persuade Third World women to abandon breastfeeding and buy breast milk substitutes. This book examines how transnational corporations are circumventing the code of practice, revealing the limits and the potential for external regulation of transnational corporations. TITLE: Home Country Measures SERIES: Issues in International Investment Agreements No.: 24 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.II.D.19 ISBN: 9211125308 SYMBOL: UNCTAD/ITE/IIT/24 PAGES: 104pp. PRICE: $12.00 DESCRIPTION: Most international negotiations on foreign direct investment focus on issues involving the paired relationship between transnational corporations and host countries. This publication discusses the measures taken by host countries that influence the inflow of foreign direct investments. It identifies some of the major types of host country measures and looks at such issues as financial and fiscal incentives, investment insurance, market access regulations and extraterritorial controls. TITLE: Hopes and Realities: Closing the Gap Between Women's Aspirations and their Reproductive Experiences SERIES: UNFPA Advocacy Series LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 97.III.H.4 ISBN: 0897144147 PAGES: 12pp. PRICE: $5.00 DESCRIPTION: Narrowing the gap between women's aspirations and their reproductive experiences will benefit both women and society. This publication offers a discussion in such areas as: poverty and inequality; early sexual unions; rising use of contraceptives; and reproductive health. TITLE: Host Country Operational Measures SERIES: Issues in International Investment Agreements No.: No.26 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.II.D.18 ISBN: 9211125294 SYMBOL: UNCTAD/ITE/IIT/26 PAGES: 112pp. PRICE: $18.00 DESCRIPTION: Host country operational measures (HCOMs) capture the vast array of measures implemented by host countries concerning the operation of foreign affiliates once inside their jurisdictions. HCOMs in general terms are part of a broad policy regime aimed at enhancing national welfare. More specifically, they are implemented with the aim of influencing the location and character of investment and, in particular, its costs and benefits. This paper groups HCOMs into three categories and discusses them in the context of some of their restrictions at different international levels. TITLE: Household Food Security: Concepts, Indicators, Measurements: A Technical Review LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 92.XX.USA.7 ISBN: 9280620215 PAGES: 278pp. PRICE: $19.95 DESCRIPTION: The concept of household food security emerged during the 1980s as a potentially useful development objective, capturing the interest of, among others, those involved in social and economic development. This publication reviews the evolution of the household food security concept, its indicators and data collection methods. It also presents detailed annotated bibliographies on each component to facilitate additional research and reference. The contribution this publication makes in increasing the understanding of the concept as an objective in programming and project design and as a key variable in monitoring change and evaluating outcome will prove most helpful to researchers, international aid organizations, government agencies and NGOs among others. TITLE: Housing Finance: Key Concepts and Terms LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 97.II.E.14 ISBN: 9211166713 SYMBOL: ECE/HBP/102 PAGES: 64pp. PRICE: $21.00 DESCRIPTION: The discussion in this publication focuses on three main areas: preconditions for housing sector transition; housing finance policy issues and instruments; and housing finance institutions. It fills the need for a glossary of key terms and concepts. TITLE: How Optimal are the Extremes? Latin American Exchange Rate Policies during the Asian Crisis SERIES: Informes y Estudios Especiales No.: 10 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.II.G.29 ISBN: 9211213975 SYMBOL: LC/L.1824-P PAGES: 40 PRICE: $10.00 DESCRIPTION: This paper examines the foreign exchange systems adopted by Argentina, Chile and Mexico during the Asian crisis, a time when intermediate exchange rate regimes proved to be ineffective and ceased to be used. Argentina opted for a pegged foreign exchange system, Chile for a band exchange system, and Mexico implemented a float exchange system. The paper evaluates how the different exchange rate systems had an impact on financial stability and the productive sectors in the countries. TITLE: How Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Developing Countries can Protect the Ozone Layer LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.III.D.18 ISBN: 9280717170 PAGES: 72pp. PRICE: $20.00 DESCRIPTION: This handbook was designed for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to help them with their phase out efforts under the Montreal Protocol. It provides ways to eliminate or at least substantially reduce ODS use through illustration of case studies of specific SMEs who have succeeded using alternatives. It presents both technical and policy options that an SME can consider and eventually adopt for the long term, including resources and contacts that they can easily get in touch with. This publication is ideal for enterprises involved in refrigeration and air conditioning, foams, aerosols and solvents. TITLE: How the Hotel and Tourism Industry Can Protect the Ozone Layer LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.III.D.92 ISBN: 9280716689 PAGES: 56pp. PRICE: $45.00 DESCRIPTION: The first step in controlling the consumption of ozone depleting substances (ODS) applicable to developing countries that are party to the Montreal Protocol is fast approaching. On 1 July 1999, the freeze on consumption and production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) goes into effect. This publication helps the hotel and tourism industry to understand the damage being done to the stratospheric ozone layer by ODS. It outlines the steps to be taken by hotel managers to establish their own ODS management programme to properly manage the transition away from these chemicals. It suggests ways on how to reduce or avoid the use of ODS in various applications such as: air conditioners, refrigerators and freezers. It also includes examples of good practices from hotel and tourism facilities around the world, which have successfully adopted alternatives to replace ODS. TITLE: How to do Business in Kazakhstan LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.II.F.5 ISBN: 9211198690 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/1919 PAGES: 86pp. PRICE: $35.00 DESCRIPTION: This guide provides comprehensive information on Kazakhstan including its recent economic performance, trading framework and activities, business practices, investment opportunities, transport and communication networks. How to do Business in Kazakhstan provides opportunity for the business community to maximize the trade and business potential in the country. TITLE: How to do Business in Kyrgyzstan LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.II.F.11 ISBN: 9211198763 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/1927 PAGES: 56pp. PRICE: $35.00 DESCRIPTION: This guide provides comprehensive information on Kyrgyzstan including its recent economic performance, trading framework and activities, business practices, investment opportunities, transport and communication networks. How to do Business in Kyrgyzstan provides opportunity for the business community to maximize the trade and business potential in the country. TITLE: How to do Business in Uzbekistan LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.II.F.6 ISBN: 9211198704 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/1925 PAGES: 76pp. PRICE: $35.00 DESCRIPTION: This guide provides comprehensive information on Uzbekistan including its recent economic performance, trading framework and activities, business practices, investment opportunities, transport and communication networks. How to do Business in Uzbekistan provides opportunity for the business community to maximize the trade and business potential in the country. TITLE: How to Evaluate Trade Credit Requests: A Guide for Bankers and the Scorecard - A Risk Analysis Tool SERIES: Trade Support Services LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.III.T.5 ISBN: 9291371238 SYMBOL: ITC/P37.E/TSS/FASS/99-XI PAGES: 130pp. PRICE: $50.00 DESCRIPTION: This guide provides the know-how to assess requests for trade credit from enterprises in developing and transition countries. It discusses basic lending facilities and practices involved in commercial transactions; practical aspects of assessing applications for trade credit by exporters and importers; and outlines ways in which trade credit transactions can be structured and monitored before and after disbursement. TITLE: HPS Groundnuts (Peanuts): A Survey of Selected European Markets SERIES: Product and Market Development LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.III.T.4 ISBN: 9291370975 SYMBOL: ITC/P20.E/PMD/MDSC/98-VII PAGES: 84pp. PRICE: $40.00 DESCRIPTION: This publication presents a market survey on groundnuts in the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom, with particular reference to phytosanitary measures and prevention of aflatoxin contamination. For each country, it reviews the market situation and trends, trade structure, prices, market access channels and importers' requirements. It also provides selected importers' and sector-related addresses, as well as samples of quality specific ations. TITLE:HRD for the Empowerment of People with Disabilities: Seven Innovative Approaches Submitted for the 2000 ESCAP HRD Award LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.II.F.42 ISBN: 9211201047 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/2189 PAGES: 88 PRICE: $25.00 DESCRIPTION: The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) confers the ESCAP Human Resources Development Award annually in recognition of exceptional contributions made in the area of human resources development. This award distinguishes innovative and sustainable approaches to HRD in the region and contains a case study of the Award winner. In addition, there are six other case studies including two runners-up, three honorable mentions and one short list. It is hoped that the innovative approaches of these seven organizations will inspire and serve as a useful reference for others throughout the region in HRD work for the empowerment of people with disabilities. TITLE: Human Development and the Environment: Challenges for the United Nations in the New Millennium SERIES: UNU Millennium Series LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.III.A.4 ISBN: 9280810693 SYMBOL: UNUP-1069 PAGES: 324pp. PRICE: $21.95 DESCRIPTION: The new millennium sees humankind living in a vastly more complex, inter-linked, and mutually dependent world. There are increasing numbers of actors in world affairs today, as private and public non-state actors jostle alongside national governments in setting and implementing an ever more crowded agenda. This situation is presenting new challenges - in the fields of security, governance, development and environment - and will require innovative thinking and new forms of global governance. This book looks at the problems, processes and actors that constitute the milieu for human development and the environment. The contributions in this volume outline productive ways in which the international community and the UN system can address the major challenges of radicating poverty and reducing the rate of environmental deterioration. TITLE: Human Development Database: User's Guide Version 1.0 & Diskettes YEAR: 1997 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.III.B.12 ISBN: 9211260892 PAGES: 32pp. PRICE: $24.95 DESCRIPTION: The Human Development Database provides for rapid retrieval and use of statistical information found in the highly acclaimed Human Development Report, for the study of demographic, social, economic and environmental issues of human development. This database provides statistics in a user-friendly format that allows you to run and compile comprehensive reports. Simply select one or more of 368 social indicators, select from 175 countries and /or 28 regional aggregates and run the report. Print reports with graphs or prepare them for export in a spreadsheet format. TITLE: Human Development Database: Version 1.1 Statistics From Human Development Report 1998 - Programme Diskettes and User' s Guide Booklet YEAR: 1998 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.III.B.37 ISBN: 9211261031 PRICE: $24.95 DESCRIPTION: The Human Development Database provides for rapid retrieval and use of statistical information found in the highly acclaimed Human Development Report, for the study of demographic, social, economic and environmental issues of human development. This Database provides statistics in a user-friendly format that allows the user to compile comprehensive reports. Simply select one or more of 353 social indicators, select from 174 countries and/or 28 regional aggregates and run the report. Requirements: 486 or greater PC with Windows 95 operating system; 16 MB RAM (32 MB recommended); 8 MB hard drive space; VGA or higher-resolution monitor; Mouse; Printer (Laser Jet recommended. TITLE: Human Development, Health and Education SERIES: Dialogues of the Economic and Social Council LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 04.II.A.6 ISBN: 9211045274 PAGES: 342 PRICE: 19.95 DESCRIPTION: This publication is a compilation of presentations, issue papers, summaries, and keynote speeches that constituted the High-Level Segment meetings of the United Nations Economic and Social Council for 2002, including the two preparatory meetings that preceded it. Important topics discussed in this book include health and development, HIV/AIDS, Africa, education and development, and human resource development. TITLE: Human Development Papers: Poverty and Human Development YEAR: 1997 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.III.B.2 ISBN: 9211260817 PAGES: 248pp. PRICE: $14.95 DESCRIPTION: A look at poverty from a human development perspective. The 1997 edition presents six of the background papers prepared for the 1997 Human Development Report. They present a detailed and up-to-date analysis of poverty which goes beyond traditional income measures of deprivation. Causes and manifestations are also addressed. Discussions surround the theoretical and mathematical background for the development of the Human Poverty Index (HPI); the development of poverty in the current era of globalization of the world economy; poverty in the advanced industrialized countries; various difficulties confronting analysts in traditional approaches to the measurement of poverty; empowerment as an approach to poverty; and income poverty. TITLE: Human Development Report 2004: Cultural Liberty in Today's Diverse World YEAR: 2004 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 04.III.B.1 ISBN: 019522146X PAGES: 300 PRICE: 22.95 DESCRIPTION: The Human Development Report 2004: Cultural Liberty in Today’s Diverse World argues that states must actively devise multicultural policies to prevent discrimination on cultural grounds – religious, ethnic and linguistic. The Report states that the expansion of cultural freedoms, not suppression, is the only sustainable option to promote stability, democracy and human development within and across societies. Its overarching message is to highlight the vast potential of building a more peaceful, prosperous world by brining issues of culture to the mainstream of development thinking and practice. In delivering it’s message, the Report debunks the myths that have been used to deny expansions of cultural freedoms, showing that diversity is not a threat to state unity, not the source of inevitable clashes and not an obstacle to development. TITLE: Human Development Report 2004: Cultural Liberty in Today's Diverse World (Portuguese language) YEAR: 2004 LANGUAGE: P. SALES #: 04.III.B.1 ISBN: 9728730187 SYMBOL: PAGES: 300 PRICE: 22.95 TITLE: Human Development Report 2004: Cultural Liberty in Today's Diverse World (Russian language) YEAR: 2004 LANGUAGE: R. SALES #: 04.III.B.1 ISBN: 5777702961 SYMBOL: PAGES: 328 PRICE: 22.95 TITLE: Human Development Report 2003: Millennium Development Goals - A Compact among Nations to End Human Poverty YEAR: 2003 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.III.B.1 ISBN: 0195219880 PAGES: 384 PRICE: $22.95 DESCRIPTION: Examining the successes and failures of development over the last decade, Human Development Report 2003 presents a bold action plan on how nations can achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The plan entitled "Millennium Development Compact" makes the case for action in six policy areas for countries where progress must be accelerated to reach the MDGs. It argues for a big step up in resources to ensure that these countries meet the Goals, an increase within the scope of what donor countries have pledged on several occasions but not lived up to. The report includes the first full set of data indicating the status of each goal in every country. TITLE:Human Development Report 2002: Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented World YEAR: 2002 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.III.B.1 ISBN: 0195219155 PAGES: 292 PRICE: $22.95 DESCRIPTION: This report examines political participation as a dimension of human development. It emphasizes the importance of political freedoms as a goal of human development, and explores how democratic institutions help promote economic and social progress. The Report examines power, politics and human development and presents the imperatives for continuous strengthening of democratic capacity within and across governments, institutions, and communities-- rich and poor. TITLE: Human Development Report 2001: Making New Technologies Work for Human Development YEAR: 2001 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.III.B.1 ISBN: 0195218353 PAGES: 278pp. PRICE: $22.95 DESCRIPTION: New technologies hold the promise of tackling the most pressing needs of human development: vaccines for HIV and malaria, drought-resistant seeds for sub-Saharan Africa, sustainable energy sources for the 2 billion people who have no access to electricity and accessible information technologies for people currently marginalized by the digital divide. The Human Development Report 2001 explores the evolving and complex trends of how technology is shaped, created and owned and proposes bold new ideas for ensuring that the needs of the world's poor people are not left on the sidelines. TITLE: Human Development Report 2000: Human Rights and Human Development YEAR: 2000 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.III.B.8 ISBN: 0195216784 PAGES: 304pp. PRICE: $22.95 DESCRIPTION: The only comprehensive guide to human development, Human Development Report 2000: Human Rights and Human Development provides a thought provoking analysis of these two interrelated issues. Human rights and human development share a common purpose - to secure freedom, well being and dignity for every human being. Human Development Report 2000 looks at human rights as an essential part of development as well as a means to realizing human rights. It shows how human rights bring principles of accountability and social justice to the process of human development. Tracing the struggle for human rights as common to all people, the Report concludes that the advances in the 21st century will be made possible by confronting economic and political interests. Includes and updates the widely respected Human Development Indicators (HDI) that compare the relative levels of human development in most countries of the world. TITLE: Human Development Report, The (CD-ROM): Ten years of Human Development Reports 1990-1999 YEAR: 1999 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.III.B.44 ISBN: 9211261201 PRICE: $29.95 DESCRIPTION: The Human Development Report (HDR) CD-ROM is comprised of the complete texts from the HDRs 1990 through 1999, along with the full data set from HDR 1999. The statistical database contains data for 174 countries and some 300 indicators, and allows the user to export data into a wide variety of formats and paste tables and charts onto other files. The texts of HDRs 1990-1999 can be searched with the CD's targeted list of about 1200 keywords, as well as by country, Report and additional keyword. Also included are a reference section on key terms, technical notes on computing human development indices, country fact sheets listing key data, tables reflecting the status of United Nations treaties, along with a press center with links to human development resources and more. System Requirements: 486 66MHz or greater PC; 16 MB RAM (32MB recommended); 8 MB hard drive space (25 MB recommended); 256 color monitor; CD-ROM reader (ISO 9660); Mouse; Printer (Optional). TITLE: Human Development Report 1999 YEAR: 1999 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.III.B.43 ISBN: 0195215621 PAGES: 280pp. PRICE: $19.95 DESCRIPTION: The 1999 Human Development Report argues that globalization is more than the flow of money and commodities - it is the growing interdependence of the world's people through "shrinking space, shrinking time and disappearing borders". It notes that markets have been allowed to dominate the process of globalization, and the benefits and opportunities have not been shared. The Report recommends an agenda for action: reforms of global governance to ensure greater equity, new regional approaches to collective action and negotiation, and national and local policies to capture opportunities in the global marketplace and translate them more equitably into human advance. TITLE: Human Development Report 1998 YEAR: 1998 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.III.B.41 ISBN: 0195124596 PAGES: 240pp. PRICE: $19.95 DESCRIPTION: Prepared by a team of eminent economists and distinguished development professionals, Human Development Report 1998 reviews the challenges that all people and all countries face - to forge consumption patterns that are more environmentally friendly, more socially equitable, that meet basic needs of all and that protect consumer health and safety. This book marshals environmental, developmental, technological and moral arguments to present a critique of consumption patterns that are inimical to human development and an agenda for action to create an enabling environment for sustainable consumption for human development. TITLE: Human Development Report for Europe and CIS: Transition YEAR: 1999 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.III.B.6 ISBN: 9211261090 PAGES: 128pp. PRICE: $45.00 DESCRIPTION: At the dawn of a new millennium, the region of Eastern Europe and the CIS reflects on the realities of the latest experiment in social engineering. This publication presents an analysis of the human development issue in the countries of Eastern Europe and the CIS. Its discussions center around such topics as: the threat to human security, human and economic costs of transition, the reform strategy, the role of the state, population and health crisis, and the worsening record of gender equality. TITLE: Human Development Report, National: Czech Republic YEAR: 1998 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.III.B.54 ISBN: 8070791438 PAGES: 152pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: This publication discusses the socio-economic conditions in the Czech Republic. Issues discussed include: the role of the state in the bringing about of human development; globalization and economic transformation; economy of the Czech Republic; public finances; the consequences of economic transformation and the ousting of the state by the private sector; and human rights and liberties. TITLE: Human Development Report, National: Estonia YEAR: 1998 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.III.B.24 PAGES: 128pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: The focus of the 1998 Human Development Report is on the workings of Estonian society and the apparent problems. The issues discussed include: will a cooperation-based society develop in Estonia; civil society, statehood and legal culture; economic reality and integration; integrating into Europe and the world; and Estonia on the threshold of the information society. TITLE: Human Development Report, National: Latvia YEAR: 2000/01 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.III.B.4 ISBN: 9984684083 PAGES: 156pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: The principal theme of this report is the connection between human development and policy making. The report focuses on policy making as an essential means for achieving human development goals. As it addresses policy analysis two main questions are raised: is policy making in Latvia sufficiently human development oriented, and what policy improvements are required for the further advancement of human development? TITLE: Human Development Report, National: Latvia YEAR: 1999 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.III.B.14 ISBN: 9984940616 PAGES: 140pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: The focus of the Latvia Human Development 1999 is on globalization and its impact on the country from the perspective of sustainable human development. The publication offers comprehensive review and analysis of important dimensions of the challenge of globalization for economic policy-making, for education, science and technological development as well as its implications for the culture and identity of Latvia and its population. It analyzes how globalization has manifested in Latvia, the risks and opportunities that are linked with it and how these opportunities could be used to achieve the goals of human development. The Report also seeks to provide a contribution to the development of Latvia's long-term strategy, which is necessary in order to promote the nation's economic, social and intellectual advancement in the 21st century. The publication also includes statistical tables and bibliography. TITLE: Human Development Report, National: Latvia YEAR: 1998 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.III.B.37 ISBN: 9984914267 PAGES: 112pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: The 1998 Latvia Human Development Report explores the relationship and interaction between the individual, the state and the private sector. On the basis of new and independent research, the report identifies a number of critical issues such as national legislation, public administration reform and corruption. TITLE: Human Development Report, National: Poland - Access to Education YEAR: 1998 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.III.B.9 ISBN: 8391053202 PAGES: 114pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: The Human Development Report: Poland 1998, reviews the inequalities in access to education against the background of human rights, of long-term changes in human development as well as of new requirements for learning determined by the needs of the "knowledge society". It focuses on barriers preventing access to education and recommends policies to ensure more equality. It argues that the cost of inaction will be very high in particular in the perspective of Poland's accession to the European Union. (OUT OF PRINT) TITLE: Human Development Report, National: Russian Federation YEAR: 1998 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.III.B.27 ISBN: 5771201006 PAGES: 140pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: Russia is going through a very difficult period. The worsening crisis has reduced the state's already limited resources to provide the necessary level and quality of health care and education, environmental protection and nature conservation and assistance to those who are themselves unable to adapt to rapidly changing economic and social conditions. The Human Development Report for the Russian Federation addresses the scale and acuteness of the social problems facing the country and also contains a serious scientific study of the causes of those problems. It also offers pointed recommendations to rectify the situation. (OUT OF STOCK) TITLE: Human Development Report, National: Uzbekistan YEAR: 1998 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 99.III.B.12 PAGES: 96pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: Human development is seen as the key to social development. The Human Development Report: Uzbekistan analyzes the role of the state in economic, social and democratic reforms in the period of transition to a market economy. TITLE: Human Development Under Transition: Europe and CIS YEAR: 1997 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 97.III.B.19 ISBN: 9211260760 PAGES: 248pp. PRICE: $35.00 DESCRIPTION: This Report attempts to distill into one volume the varied experiences of twenty-five countries of Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as described in their National Human Development Reports. The themes addressed in the individual country summaries cover such areas as: Human Development Indicators and trends in Governance, Economics, Poverty, Social, Women and Gender, Environment, Housing and Human Settlements and Sustainable Human Development Strategies. It facilitates clearer understanding of the human development situation in each country and promotes comparative studies. TITLE: Human Development Under Transition: Summaries of National Human Development Reports - Europe and CIS YEAR: 1996 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 97.III.B.16 ISBN: 9211260795 PAGES: 168pp. PRICE: $35.00 DESCRIPTION: This publication helps in the effort to increase the awareness of the status of human development in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). It presents individual country reports for twenty-one countries covering such areas as: Human Development Indicators (HDI), Population, Economic Transition, Quality of Life, Governance and Participation and Environmental Issues. It facilitates clearer understanding of the human development situation in each country and promotes comparative studies. TITLE: Human Development Under Transition: Summaries of the 1997 National Human Development Reports (NHDRs) for Europe and the CIS LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.III.B.17 ISBN: 9211260957 PAGES: 246pp. PRICE: $35.00 DESCRIPTION: This publication helps in the effort to increase the awareness of the status of human development in Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). It presents individual country reports for twenty-five countries covering such areas as: human development indicators, population, economic transition, quality of life, governance and participation and environmental issues. The theme for the 1997 NHDRs is "Social Exclusion", thus highlighting the notion that despite the progress made, there is still a substantial minority of people who are effectively excluded from the potential benefits of the transition. TITLE: Human Resources Development in the Asia-Pacific Region: Health, Education and Employment Attainments LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.II.F.35 ISBN: 9211200490 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/2134 PAGES: 88pp. PRICE: $35.00 DESCRIPTION: The data reviewed in this report indicate that the ESCAP region has made some remarkable achievements in the area of human resources development. Mortality in all countries is much lower than it was a few decades ago. Countries have expanded schooling, health care and employment in step with the expansion of their workforces and have experienced sustained periods of economic growth that are unmatched in human history. At the same time, the report also shows that Governments and people in the ESCAP region still have much to do to bring standards of health, education and employment up to universally satisfactory levels. Mortality and morbidity are still high in some countries and risks are sometimes spread unevenly across households. This report is being made available to a wide audience for reference purposes to demonstrate how the mix of success and failure in the ESCAP region is a rich source of lessons for development policy. TITLE: Human Resource Development Requirements of the Tourism Sector in India LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.II.F.34 ISBN: 9211199824 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/2020 PAGES: 38pp. PRICE: $7.50 DESCRIPTION: This study of human resource development in the tourism industry of India has the following objectives: determine the manpower needs in hotel and accommodation sector, estimate the requirements in various operational skills and ascertain the need of training infrastructure. The publication can be used as a model for conducting a similar research of the tourism sector around the world. TITLE: Human Rights and Comparative Foreign Policy SERIES: Foundations of Peace Series LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 00.III.A.2 ISBN: 9280810332 SYMBOL: UNUP-1033 PAGES: 376pp. PRICE: $29.95 DESCRIPTION: Human Rights and Comparative Foreign Policy examines the place of human rights in the foreign policies of a wide range of states during contemporry times. Leading experts from around the world analyze both liberal democratic and other foreign policies on human rights. The authors note the increasing attention given to human rights issues and at the same time argues that most states, including liberal democratic states that identify with human rights, are reluctant most of the time to elevate human rights concerns to a level equal to that of traditional security and economic concerns. Human Rights and Comparative Foreign Policy also looks at the extent to which states are oriented toward an international rather than national conception of rights; and the extent to which they are oriented toward international rather than national action to protect human rights. TITLE: Human Rights and Disability: The Current Use and Future Potential of United Nations Human Rights Instruments in the Context of Disability LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.XIV.6 ISBN: 9211541468 SYMBOL: HR/PUB/02/1 PAGES: 196 PRICE: $32.00 DESCRIPTION: This study looks at the current use and future potential of the United Nations human rights instruments in the specific field of disability. The world has seen a shift in perspective over the past two decades, from viewing people with disabilities as problems, towards viewing them as holders of rights. The study analyses this development in three parts. The first part covers the nature of the shift to the human rights framework of reference in the context of disability. The second part is an evaluation of the current use of the United Nations human rights instruments, providing a detailed analysis of the actual and potential relevance of each of the human rights treaties in the context of disability. The final part outlines options for the future. It contains the author's analysis of a detailed questionnaire sent to disability NGOs around the work and sets out a range of observations, comments and recommendations designed to enhance the future use of the United Nations human rights system in the context of disability. TITLE: Human Rights and Law Enforcement: A Trainer's Guide on Human Rights for the Police SERIES: Professional Training YEAR: 2003 No.: 5 PART: Add.2 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.XIV.1 ISBN: 9211541476 SYMBOL: HR/P/PT/5/Add.2 PAGES: 216 PRICE: $45.00 DESCRIPTION: This Trainer's Guide provides session outlines on a full range of human rights topics, group exercises, and instructions and tips for trainers. It also includes a number of training tools such as overhead transparencies used in conducting police training courses. It is a component of a three-part package of materials for human rights training for police. The package also includes a training Manual and a Pocket Book of human rights standards for police. The package is designed to provide all the necessary elements to conduct human rights training programmes for law enforcement officials in accordance with the approach developed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. TITLE: Human Rights and Legal Status of Women in the Asian and Pacific Region SERIES: Studies on Women in Development No.: 1 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 97.II.F.31 ISBN: 9211197686 SYMBOL: ST/ESCAP/1730 PAGES: 74pp. PRICE: $25.00 DESCRIPTION: The protection and promotion of women's human rights is a critical area of concern worldwide. The United Nations has played an important role in bringing international attention to this issue. This study takes you inside the Asian and the pacific region and focuses on three main areas: the reception of the general normative standards on gender equality in international law in national constitutions and international monitoring; limitation of constitutional approaches and the relevance of substantive and domestic laws; and the special problems of women and violence. TITLE: Human Rights and Societies in Transition: Causes, Consequences, Responses LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.III.A.15 ISBN: 9280810928 SYMBOL: UNUP-1092 PAGES: 472 PRICE: 45 DESCRIPTION: A joint effort by 17 scholars from different parts of the world and specializing in various academic disciplines, this book explores the factors that are mainly responsible for human rights violations in transition societies, the long-terms consequences of such violations and the political remedies. TITLE: Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Vienna Commemoration YEAR: June 1998 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 98.XIV.99 ISBN: 9211541344 PAGES: 104pp. PRICE: $15.00 DESCRIPTION: This book, in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948-1998), reproduces the statements made at the Vienna Public Assembly on Human Rights and the Panel Discussion on Human Rights held in Vienna on 27 June 1998. Among the distinguished presenters are: Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson, Jimmy Carter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Michael Douglas. TITLE: Human Rights and Trafficking in Persons in the Americas: Summary and Highlights of the Hemispheric Conference on International Migration SERIES: Seminarios y Conferencias No.: 33 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.II.G.174 ISBN: 9211214319 SYMBOL: LC/L.2012-P PAGES: 110 PRICE: 10 DESCRIPTION: International migration in the Americas, human rights of migrants and the trafficking in persons, are the topics discussed in this conference report. TITLE: Human Rights Approach to Development Programming LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 04.XX.4 ISBN: 92180637908 SYMBOL: PAGES: 224 PRICE: $25.00 DESCRIPTION: The Eastern and Southern Africa region has had considerable experience in the area of community capacity building. However, little has been done to develop the human rights basis of development programming. This study provides a framework and procedures for integrating human rights approach into practice. Case studies on Tanzania, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, where the human rights approach has been applied, have been included. It is an essential reading for all concerned with development policy, practice and theory. TITLE: Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments - Regional Instruments VOLUME: II LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 97.XIV.1 ISBN: 9211541247 SYMBOL: ST/HR/7/REV.5 (VOL.II) PAGES: 496pp. PRICE: $45.00 DESCRIPTION: This comprehensive presentation of the existing human rights instruments adopted at the regional level will contribute to a wider knowledge and increased awareness of international human rights standards. It is a valuable source for all those interested and engaged in the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. TITLE: Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments - Universal Instruments (CD-ROM) LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 03.XIV.6 ISBN: 9211541522 PRICE: 35 DESCRIPTION: This CD-ROM contains an electronic version of the publication “Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments”. It assembles universal conventions, treaties, declarations and agreements designed to protect and promote an array of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights. This is an essential publication for Governments, non-governmental organizations, civil society groups, human rights defenders, individuals, librarians and researchers working in the field of human rights. All instruments on the CD-ROM can be consulted in pdf and html formats and can be downloaded and printed. System Requirements: RAM 32MB, 2MB free HD space, Pentium 166Mhz, Windows 95, Internet Explorer 5. TITLE:Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments - Universal Instruments VOLUME: I PART: 1&2 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 02.XIV.4 ISBN: 9211541441 SYMBOL: ST/HR/1/Rev.6 (Vol.I, Pts 1&2) PAGES: 976 PRICE: $55.00 DESCRIPTION: This two-volume set includes all existing human rights instruments adopted at both universal and regional levels up to 18 December 2002. Widely quoted treaties that can be reviewed in this publication include the Millennium Declaration, the Statute of the International Criminal Court, the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, and the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights. It also includes updated sections on women's rights, children's rights, rights of migrants, and the rights of indigenous peoples and minorities. This is an essential publication for all international human rights professionals and activists as well as for scholars and students. TITLE: Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments - Universal Instruments (Arabic language) VOLUME: I PART: 1&2 LANGUAGE: A. SALES #: 02.XIV.4 ISBN: 9216540024 SYMBOL: ST/HR/1/Rev.6 (Vol.I, Pts 1&2) PAGES: 1310 PRICE: $55.00 TITLE: Human Rights of Migrants, The LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 01.III.S.1 ISBN: 9290681055 SYMBOL: DPI/SALES/2001/15 PAGES: 152pp. PRICE: $18.00 DESCRIPTION: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights established that human rights are "universal, indivisible and inalienable". However, with international migration at an all time high, government officials, policy makers, NGOs, researchers and international agencies have only begun to consider the human rights dimension. This collection of articles summarizes main trends, issues, debates, actors and initiatives currently conditioning the recognition and extension of protection of human rights of migrants. In order to act effectively to uphold the basic rights and dignity of migrants we need an accurate account of the conditions, issues and actors that shape this concern. TITLE: Human Rights: Status of International Instruments - Chart of Ratifications as at 31 December 1997 LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: 87.XIV.2 REV.16 SYMBOL: ST/HR/4/REV.16 PAGES: 12pp. PRICE: $5.00 DESCRIPTION: This booklet is the sixteenth revision and update of the same title as of 31 December 1997. It contains details of ratifications and signatures by each member state for each international human rights convention and other instruments. It replaces previous revisions. TITLE: Human Rights on CD-ROM 1999: Bibliographical References to United Nations Documents and Publications YEAR: 1980/98 VOLUME: 4th Edition LANGUAGE: E. SALES #: GV.98.0.9 ISBN: 9211007690 SYMBOL: CD-ROM HUMAN RIGHTS PRICE: $98.00 DESCRIPTION: This user-friendly CD-ROM contains over 20,000 bibliographic references for the period 1980-1998. It also includes 5,000 full-text documents and 95 international instruments. Searches can be conducted in English, French and Spanish using the on-line trilingual subject thesaurus. TITLE: Human Rights Standards and Practice for the Police: Expanded Pocketbook on Human Rights for the Police (Arabic language) SERIES: Professional Training No.: 5 LANGUAGE: A. SALES #: 03.XIV.7 ISBN: 9216540040 SYMBOL: HR/P/PT/5/ADD.3 PAGES: 84 PRICE: 7.5 TITLE: Human Rights Standards and Practice for the Police: Expanded Pocketbook on Human Rights for the Police (Chinese language) SERIES: Professional Training No.: 5 LANGUAGE: C. SALES #: 03.XIV.7 ISBN: 9215540055 SYMBOL: HR/P/PT/5/ADD.3 PAGES: 100 PRICE: 7.5 TITLE: Human Rights Standards and Practice for the Police: Expanded Pocketbook on Human Rights for the Police SERIES: Professional Training No.: 5 LANGUAG