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    Monitoring and governance of persistent organic pollutants in Asia

    United Nations University,United Nations University Press

    In efforts to manage chemical pollutants such as POPs in Asia, the UN University (UNU) and Shimadzu Corporation established a pilot project in 1996 to aid developing Asian countries with…

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    Childmothers: 17 stories about being a mother while still a child

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    Meet seventeen girls from five countries who have become mothers while still children. Their captivating stories provide a unique insight into their dreams, challenges and great strength. Their stories are…

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    Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2014 and Report of the Board of Auditors: United Nations University

    Official Records of the Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements for the biennium Ended 31 December 2014 and Report of the Board of Auditors: United Nations Office for Project Service

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    EU Enlargement and Turkish Labour Migration

    Gonul Oguz,United Nations University

    Provides an evaluation of labor migration in general and Turkish labor migration to the European Union in particular. This title introduces the link between the European integration process and Turkish…

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    The People Vs. the State: Reflections on Un Authority, U.S. Power and the Responsibility to Protect

    United Nations University,Ramesh Thakur

    The author, former senior vice-rector of the United Nations University and UN assistant secretary general, is described as one of the intellectual godfathers of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). This…

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    Transforming the United Nations system: designs for a workable world

    Joseph E. Schwartzberg,United Nations University

    Global problems require global solutions. The United Nations as presently constituted, however, is incapable of addressing many global problems effectively. This title proposes numerous systemic improvements to the UN system…

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    Satoyama-Satoumi Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Socio-ecological Production Landscapes of Japan

    Suitable for development planners, policymakers, scientists, postgraduate students, and others interested in the environment and development, this title presents the findings of the Japan Satoyama Satoumi Assessment (JSSA), a study…

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    Public works and social protection in sub-Saharan Africa: do public works work for the poor?

    Anna Gabriele McCord,United Nations University

    Explores the function and limitations of Public Works Programmes and outlines major programme choice and design issues. This draws lessons from the international context and challenges the assumptions underlying these…

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    Exorcising the demons within: xenophobia, violence and statecraft in contemporary South Africa

    United Nations University

    Makes sense of recent anti-outsider violence by situating it within an extended history of South African statecraft that both produced the conditions for the attacks and has been reshaped by…

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    Financial report and audited financial statements for the biennium ended 31 December 2013 and report of the Board of Auditors: Vol. 4: United Nations University

    United Nations: General Assembly

    This is the official record of the financial report and audited financial statements for the biennium ended 31 December 2013.

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    Handbook on national spectrum management 2015

    United Nations University,International Telecommunication Union

    This Handbook describes the key elements of spectrum management

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    Handbook on earth exploration-satellite service

    United Nations University,International Telecommunication Union

    This Handbook provides full and comprehensive information on the development of EESS systems.

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    Handbook on radio astronomy 2013

    United Nations University,International Telecommunication Union

    The Handbook on Radio Astronomy has been developed by experts of Working Party 7D of ITU-R Study Group 7 (Science Services) that is responsible for radio astronomy.

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    Handbook on ground wave propagation 2014

    United Nations University,International Telecommunication Union

    The Handbook on ground wave propagation is of special interest for communication

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    Handbook on space research communication

    United Nations University,International Telecommunication Union

    This Handbook is concerned principally with those aspects of the space research service that are relevant to the management of radio spectrum usage in order to minimize interference between radiocommunication…

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    Measuring the information society report 2015

    United Nations University,International Telecommunication Union

    The Measuring the Information Society Report (MISR), which has been published annually since 2009, features key ICT data and benchmarking tools to measure the information society, including the ICT Development…

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    Handbook on computer-aided techniques for spectrum management (CAT) 2015

    United Nations University,International Telecommunication Union

    This Handbook should be seen as complementary to Handbooks ‘National Spectrum Management’ (2015) and ‘Spectrum Monitoring’ (2011)

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    Yearbook of statistics 2015: telecommunication/ICT indicators 2005-2014

    United Nations University,International Telecommunication Union

    This is the 41st edition of the Yearbook of Statistics.

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    Trends in telecommunication reform 2016

    United Nations University,International Telecommunication Union

    The annual Trends in Telecommunication Reform publications are a key part of the dialogue with the world’s information and communications technology (ICT) policy-makers and regulators

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    Measuring the information society report 2016

    United Nations University,International Telecommunication Union

    The Measuring the Information Society Report, which has been published annually since 2009, features key ICT data and benchmarking tools to measure the information society, including the ICT Development Index…

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    The dark side of globalization

    United Nations University

    Globalisation has brought many benefits, but it also has a dark side. From arms trafficking in West Africa through armed insurgencies in South Asia and the upsurge of jihad in…

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    Regional integration in East Asia: theoretical and historical perspectives

    Satoshi Amako,United Nations University,Kenji Horiuchi

    Asian regional integration, which has shown remarkable progress since the end of the 1990s, is at a major crossroads. This title re-examines theoretical approaches to comprehending the actual state of…

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    Post-conflict reconstruction and development in Africa: concepts, role-players, policy and practice

    United Nations University

    During the 1990s, nine out of ten of the world’s bloodiest conflicts occurred on the African continent. This book considers the problems surrounding the concept of post-conflict and the blurring…

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    Accountable government in Africa: perspectives from public law and political studies

    United Nations University

    Examines ways of making African governments accountable and describes the extent to which these mechanisms work in practice. It presents new knowledge about legal and political developments in a number…

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    Escaping victimhood: children, youth and post-conflict peacebuilding

    United Nations University

    Provides examples of initiatives to help young people escape the traps of victimhood and voicelessness and actively engage in rebuilding their communities and nations. This book examines international and national…

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    Green economy and good governance for sustainable development: opportunities, promises and concerns

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    Much of the debate on green growth and environmental governance tends to be general in nature and is often conceptual or limited to single disciplines. This book includes discussion on…

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    Human rights regimes in the Americas

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    Examines the complex role of human rights norms and standards throughout the region, illustrating the evolution and impact of international conventions, laws, and institutions. The chapters combine historical detail with…

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    Rural and urban sustainability governance

    United Nations University

    Focuses on traditional urban and rural environments and the wide range of players whose interacting activities are helping to preserve or destroy them. This book presents examples of multilayer environmental…

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    Declaracion universal de derechos humanos: Conjunto de 100 ejemplares

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    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the first international agreement setting out freedoms, rights and entitlements for all humanity to claim. It emphasises the inextricable relationship between fundamental freedoms…

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    Inclusive Wealth Report 2012: Measuring Progress Toward Sustainability

    This report presents an alternative measure of a nation’s progress in comparison to short-term economic indicators like GDP and the Human Development Index (HDI). The Inclusive Wealth Index assesses a…

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    Inclusive Wealth Report 2014: Measuring Progress toward Sustainability

    The Inclusive Wealth Report 2014 is the second book in an important biennial series that provides a new framework for measuring the inclusive wealth of nations. It assesses a nation’s…

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    Inclusive Wealth Report 2014: Measuring Progress toward Sustainability

    The Inclusive Wealth Report 2014 is the second book in an important biennial series that provides a new framework for measuring the inclusive wealth of nations. It assesses a nation’s…

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    The United Nations

    Sven Bernhard Gareis (University of Muenster, Germany.),Johannes Varwick

    The fully updated new edition of this popular text provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the main areas of activity of the United Nations today, its organization and evolution…

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    The United Nations

    Sven Bernhard Gareis (University of Muenster, Germany.),Johannes Varwick

    The fully updated new edition of this popular text provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the main areas of activity of the United Nations today, its organization and evolution…

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