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UNEP - UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

Environmental Legal Instruments
Register of Environmental Conventions
    Summary of the provisions and status of participation
Convention Secretariats
     Includes (among others) the Secretariats for: Biological Diversity, Migratory Species, Ozone, Trade in Endangered Species, Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes 
Environmental Conventions
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UNDP/GEF - UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
United Nations Conventions
FAO - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
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CSD - COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Major Agreements

UNEP - UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
ENVIRONMENT NET

blue arrowGEO Data Portal

    Integrated Global Database of Statistics on the Environment
UNSD - UNITED NATIONS STATISTICS DIVISION
Environment Statistics
EnvStats -Biennial Environmental News from the Statistical Division


EDUCATIONAL
UN/DPI - UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

THE CYBER SCHOOLBUS
   
"InfoNation"   
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UNEP - UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
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UNIDIR - UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
blue arrowIndustrialization, Environment and the Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa

2004 UNIDO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT

GEO: Global Environment Outlook 3 : Past, present and future perspectives
    
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KEY OFFICES DOCUMENTS
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World Charter for Nature
      GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION  A/RES/37/7 of 28 October 1982
MILLENNIUM GENERAL ASSEMBLY
United Nations Millennium Declaration
    
      GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION A/RES/55/2 - 18 September 2000

    - Executive Summary
     - Key Proposals
REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
Millennium Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations [ Word and PDF formats ]
    
       GENERAL ASSEMBLY DOCUMENT A/54/2000
of
6 September. 2000
 Road Map towards the Implementation of the United Nations Millennium Declaration Report of the Secretary-General
     

       GENERAL ASSEMBLY DOCUMENT A/56/326 of 6 September 2001

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UN / UNEP
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UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME - UNEP
UNEP Reports / Documents
Environment Net
Earthwatch Documents
Environmental Governance - Working Documents

EDUCATIONAL
"Pachamama" Our Earth - Our Future   By Young People of the World
PERIODICAL
Our Planet
     Each issue of Our Planet, UNEP's magazine for environmentally sustainable development concentrates on one specific theme
LIBRARY
UNEP Library and Documentation Centre
DATABASE
Environmental Economics Publications Database
BOOKSHOP
EarthPrint.com  Environmental books and publications


Nairobi Declaration on UNEP February 1997

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Agenda 21: Environment and Development
Rio De Janeiro, 14 June 1992
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

Declaration Of The United Nations Conference On The Human Environment
Stockholm, 5 - 12 June 1972
Stockholm 1972 : Report of the United Nations Conference on the Environment
SUBTOPICS MAIN DOCUMENTS
BIO-DIVERSITY



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CBD - SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Partner Conventions & Organizations

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
Joint Website of the Biodiversity-related Conventions
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Programmes and Issues

CSD - COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / AGENDA 21
Biological Diversity
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blue arrowDecisions of the General Assembly and the Commission on Sustainable Development
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CHEMICALS
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IOMC - INTER-ORGANIZATION PROGRAMME FOR THE SOUND MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS
UNEP / ILO / FAO / WHO / UNIDO / UNITAR / OECD

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME - UNEP
CHEMICALS
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL DECISION SS.VII/3, February 2002
Inventory of Information Sources on Chemicals
Internet Guide: Finding Information on Chemicals
Publications
UNEP Chemicals Newsletters and Press Releases

Legal File
Code of Ethics on international Trade in Chemicals  
Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers  
CHILDREN

INFORMATION RESOURCES

   
UNICEF - UNITED NATIONS CHILDRENS FUND
blue arrowUNICEF Publications Environment, Sanitation and Water UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME - UNEP
blue arrow"Our Planet"
Magazine for Sustainable Development, Atlas, interactive
CLIMATE CHANGE
See Global Issues:
Climate Change
 
 
CULTURE & EDUCATION
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UNESCO - UNITED NATIONS  EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC  AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity
A complementary contribution to the global biodiversity assessment

Sources Magazine  
The New Courier- Now issued biannually, Email: unesco.courier@unesco.org
DESERTIFICATION

INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC & MEDIA
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See Also:
Global Issues:
Climate Change
UNCCD - UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT FOR THE CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION
Basic Facts
Frequently Requested Documents
Knowledge-base on Desertification
Conference of the Parties (COP): Documents and Reports


Text and Ratification Status of the Convention to Combat Desertification 
  ENTRY INTO FORCE, 26 December 1996

UNDP - UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
THE GLOBAL DRYLANDS PARTNERSHIP
Publications
DEVELOPMENT

DOCUMENTS
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) - NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) - WORLD BANK
Protecting Our Planet - Securing Our Future - Linkages among Global Environment Issues and Human Needs November 1998
The World Bank Environment Page
UNIDIR - UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
blue arrowIndustrialization, Environment and the Millennium Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa

2004 UNIDO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT
DEVELOPMENT
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GEF HOME PAGE

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME - UNEP
Publications on Industry & Sustainable Development
Agenda 21: Environment and Development - FINAL DOCUMENT, UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Rio de Janeiro, 14 June 1992

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY - GEF

GEF Guidebook

GEF Documents
HAZARDOUS WASTE

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THE BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL
blue arrowThe Basel Convention    [ AND RELATED DOCUMENTS ]

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    Adopted 22 March 1989 - Entry into Force 5 May 1992
 -  UN Treaty Section Text of the Convention

blue arrowBasel Protocol on Liability & Compensation
   
Final text of the Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation - Adopted at the Fifth Conference of Parties (COP-5), 10 December 1999

blue arrowPublications  Publications and other documentation of the Basel Convention
blue arrowMeetings Documents Official documents for meetings of the Conference of the Parties and its Subsidiary Bodies
HEALTH
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INFORMATION RESOURCES

WHO - WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Health, Environment and Sustainable Development
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY] 1997
Protection of the Human Environment Home Page


UNEP - UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
ENVIRONMENT NET
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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

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UNEP - UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
CHEMICALS
Code of Ethics on international Trade in Chemicals

Flyer on Global Mercury Assessment
POPULATION

UN POPULATION

INFORMATION NETWORK
UNFPA - UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND
Population and Environmental Change
"The State of World Population 2001" Report

September 2001
TRANSPORT

ENVIRONMENT & HUMAN SETTLEMENT
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PROGRAMME OF JOINT ACTION ON TRANSPORT AND THE ENVIRONMNET - POJA - UN ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE 
Documents  [ E/F/R ]

The Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
WATER / SEAS
SEE under : "CLIMATE CHANGE" and Law of the Sea
 
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