The Library Journal, a publication of the American Library Association, awarded the following publications with the prestigious Notable Government Documents Awards.

The State of the World's Refugees: Fifty Years of Humanitarian Action Refugees and other displaced people are the victims of events beyond their control: persecution, armed conflict, and human rights violations. The problem remains a major concern of the international community in the 21st century. This publication examines the major refugee crises of the last 50 years and the changing nature of international responses to the problem of forced displacement. It describes the development of international refugee law and the establishment of institutions devoted to the protection of refugees and other displaced people. Looking at the challenges of the 1990s, it also examines the population shifts in the former Soviet region, the Kurdish exodus from northern Iraq following the Gulf war, the restrictive asylum policies in Europe and North America, and the recent crises in the Balkans, the Great Lakes region of Africa, East Timor and the Caucasus. Published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the publication also emphasizes the need to find lasting solutions to problems of forced displacement. Without human security, it argues, there can be no peace and stability. SALES #: E. 00.III.U.1   ISBN: 0-19-924106-6 PAGES: 340pp.  List Price: $25.00

World Migration Report 2000 International migration has become a global phenomenon involving a wide range of sending, destination, and transit countries and a diverse group of migrants. This report, produced by the United Nations and the International Organization for Migration, provides an authoritative account of contemporary trends, issues, and problems in the field of international migration. It examines the scale of migration and characteristics of international migrants, the types of movements, the contributing factors and policy issues. It also presents regional country profiles examining such issues as: trends in immigration and emigration; the integration of migrants; the consequences of irregular migration; and the extent of interregional cooperation between states. SALES #: E. 00.III.S.3   ISBN: 92-9068-089-X PAGES: 300pp.  List Price: $39.00

The State of World Population 2000: Lives Together, Worlds Apart : Men and Women in a Time of Change Despite the tremendous changes of the 20th century, discrimination and violence against women and girls remain firmly rooted in cultures around the world. This year's Report looks at the gender inequality - the restrictions placed on women's reproductive choices and how it affects their health, education, social and economic participation. The publication also explores women's rights as human rights, gender violence and the role of men in reproductive health decisions. The Report acknowledges the role of governments in creating conditions for gender equality, but points out that in the end, different societies need their own solutions to provide a better life for both women and men. This annual also provides easily accessible tables and data representing trends and statistics for world population. SALES #: E. 00.III.H.1   ISBN: 0897145828 PAGES: 80pp.  List Price: $12.50

Breaking the Earthenware Jar: Lessons from South Asia to End Violence Against Women and Girls Breaking the Earthenware Jar is a story of courage and hope. The incidence of domestic violence in South Asia is among the highest in the world, and the efforts of "activists" against it are compelling and instructive. This book turns spotlight on disturbing trends in the region, and poses challenging questions about selective female foeticide, child neglect and abuse, beating in pregnancy and "honour killings". This publication offers an opportunity to re-examine assumptions about family, about care of children, about respect for women and girls and their human rights. It invites open-minded consideration of problems that appear to exist, with public debate about changes needed, and how to bring them about. SALES #: E. 00.XX.4   ISBN: 92-806-3574-3 PAGES: 426pp.  List Price: $13.00

Kosovo and the Challenge of Humanitarian Intervention: Selective Indignation, Collective Action, and International Citizenship The Kosovo conflict has the potential to redraw the landscape of international politics, with significant ramifications for the UN, major powers, regional organizations, and the way in which we understand and interpret world politics. Can the veto now effectively be circumvented to launch selective enforcement operations? Can the humanitarian imperative be reconciled with the principle of state sovereignty? This publication offers interpretations of the Kosovo crisis from numerous perspectives: the conflict-parties, NATO allies, and the immediate region surrounding the conflict. Country perspectives are followed by scholarly analyses of the longer-term normative, operational and structural consequences of the Kosovo crisis for world politics. SALES #: E. 00.III.A.8   ISBN: 92-808-1050-2 PAGES: 536pp.  List Price: $39.95

Global Biodiversity: Earth's Living Resources in the 21st Century The 1990s has seen a remarkable increase in appreciation of the links between the state of ecosystems and the state of humankind. This publication explores key global issues of biodiversity. It examines the relationships between humankind and biodiversity, covering salient features of human impacts on the environment from the earliest hominines onward, and the uses currently made of elements of biodiversity. Global Biodiversity also looks at the trends in condition of the main ecosystem types and the species integral to them, and outlines some fundamental aspects of material cycles and energy flow in the biosphere. SALES #: E. 01.III.D.3   ISBN: 1-899628-15-0 PAGES: 246pp.  List Price: $50.00