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Provides a snapshot of the social and economic conditions in each of the member States, using statistical indicators from a wide variety of different domains, ranging from GDP per capita to rates of computer use by age and sex, and from gender differences in wage rates to the proportion of land area covered by forest.

Presents a summary of the principal national accounting aggregates based on official national accounts data for more than 200 countries and areas, covering the years from 1970 to 2012. Tables include analysis of data on gross domestic product (GDP) by different structural components.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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