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Yearbook of the United Nations 2015
Since the founding of the United Nations the Yearbook of the United Nations has stood as the authoritative reference work on the annual actions and achievements of the Organization. As with the preceding sixty-eight volumes of the Yearbook the present—sixty-ninth—volume composes a peerless resource contextualizing the deliberations of the United Nations on peace and security matters human rights economic and social questions legal issues and administrative and budgetary topics. Providing a clear-eyed impartial and accurate narrative of the Organization the 2015 edition of the Yearbook describes the efforts by the United Nations to reach major multilateral milestones—foremost the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The volume also highlights efforts to ease the severe humanitarian and political crisis in the Syrian Arab Republic which entered its fifth year; support recovery in Afghanistan; and attain a diplomatic resolution to the conflicts in Yemen and in the eastern part of Ukraine. The volume further documents how the United Nations supported the more than 1 million refugees reaching the shores of Europe in flight from conflict and violence along with its success in helping victims of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda attain legal recourse to justice.
Yearbook of the United Nations 2014
With its comprehensive coverage of political and security matters human rights issues economic and social questions legal issues and administrative and budgetary matters the Yearbook of the United Nations stands as the authoritative reference work on the annual activities and concerns of the Organization. Fully indexed the Yearbook includes all major General Assembly Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions uniquely placing them in a narrative context of United Nations consideration deliberation and action. This sixty-eighth volume presents the work of the United Nations in dealing with recurring conflicts with severe humanitarian consequences including in the Syrian Arab Republic where more than 12 million people were in need of basic food clothing and shelter. The volume also highlights the Organization’s rapid response to an escalatory global health emergency—the Ebola virus disease outbreak across West Africa. It documents the Organization’s coordination of policy discussions to finalize a global sustainable development agenda with the security of future generations as the core concern; and its efforts to rebuild societies emerging from conflict while keeping the fragile peace in other places. It further details the entry into force of the landmark Arms Trade Treaty the missile downing of a passenger airliner in the midst of a geopolitical crisis in eastern Ukraine and securing international human rights and humanitarian law and prosecuting abusers.
Yearbook of the United Nations 2013
With its comprehensive coverage of political and security matters human rights issues economic and social questions legal issues and institutional administrative and budgetary matters the Yearbook of the United Nations stands as the most authoritative reference work on the activities and concerns of the Organization. Fully indexed the Yearbook includes the texts of all major General Assembly Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions putting all of these in a narrative context of United Nations consideration decision and action.
Yearbook of the United Nations 2012
With its comprehensive coverage of political and security matters human rights issues economic and social questions legal issues and institutional administrative and budgetary matters the Yearbook of the United Nations stands as the most authoritative reference work on the activities and concerns of the Organization. Fully indexed the Yearbook includes the texts of all major General Assembly Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions putting all of these in a narrative context of United Nations consideration decision and action.
Yearbook of the United Nations 2011
Yearbook of the United Nations 2010
Yearbook of the United Nations 2009
Yearbook of the United Nations 2008
With its comprehensive coverage of political and security matters human rights issues economic and social questions legal issues and institutional administrative and budgetary matters the Yearbook of the United Nations is the most authoritative reference work available on the activities and concerns of the Organization. Fully indexed the Yearbook includes the texts of all major General Assembly Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions. This latest volume the sixty-second highlights the attention given by the United Nations in 2008 to conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the Georgian province of Abkhazia and the Sudan along with the challenges posed by the global food security crisis severe economic recession climate change natural disasters piracy and terrorism.
Yearbook of the United Nations 2007
With its comprehensive coverage of political and security matters human rights issues economic and social questions legal issues and institutional administrative and budgetary matters this publication is the most authoritative reference work available on the activities and concerns of the Organization. Fully indexed the Yearbook includes the texts of all major General Assembly Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions and decisions. This latest volume the sixty-first highlights the attention given by the United Nations in 2007 to conflicts in Afghanistan Central Africa and in the Darfur region as well as instability in the Middle East along with the challenges posed by poverty gender inequality uneven development climate change and terrorism.
Yearbook of the United Nations 2006
Delivering as 1 - A Unified Response to Global Challenges
This is the sixtieth volume of the most comprehensive and authoritative reference work on the activities of the Organization 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. Its 33 chapters deeply cover developments in the main political and security questions; human rights; economic and social questions; legal questions; and institutional administrative and budgetary questions.
Yearbook of the United Nations 2005
Sixtieth Anniversary Edition - Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All
This unique publication the Sixtieth Anniversary Edition chronicles all the major activities of the United Nations system including those of intergovernmental and expert bodies major reports Secretariat activities and in selected cases the views of the Member States. It presents results of the 2005 World Summit Conference which gathered leaders from 170 countries to assess UN achievements and progress made towards implementation of the 2000 Millennium Declaration and adopted measures contained in a Summit Outcome Document for the Organization’s future course. This 1716 pages volume is fully indexed and reproduces all major resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly Security Council and Economic and Social Council issued during the year together with the voting records. The publication is an indispensable and authoritative reference tool for the research community diplomats government officials and the public at large.
Yearbook of the United Nations 2004
A More Secure World - Our Shared Responsibility
Yearbook of the United Nations 2003
This unique publication the fifty-seventh volume of the Yearbook of the United Nations chronicles all the major activities undertaken in the United Nations system in the year 2003. Some of the issues faced in that particularly challenging year include the rift in the Security Council over the use of force by a United States-led coalition against Iraq because of its alleged retention of banned weapons of mass destruction the terrorist attack on the Organization’s headquarters in Baghdad the establishment by the Secretary-General of the High-level Panel on Threats Challenges and Change and the Security Council’s adoption of a declaration on combating terrorism.
Yearbook of the United Nations 2002
Yearbook of the United Nations 2001
The Yearbook of the United Nations comprehensive and reliable is the primary reference work on the United Nations. This fifty-fifth volume of the Yearbook details the many activities of the Organization and its organs programmes and bodies in 2001. It provides an overview of the major challenges the Organization has addressed in a variety of areas including peacekeeping and peacemaking; disarmament; human rights; refugees and displaced persons; international crime and corruption; natural resources and energy; and System-wide Special Initiative on Africa. This 1500 pages volume is fully indexed and reproduces all major General Assembly Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions issued during the year. It will be a valuable resource for diplomats government officials scholars journalists and others with a serious interest in international and United Nations affairs.
Yearbook of the United Nations 2000
The Yearbook of the United Nations details the many activities of the Organization and it’s organs programmes and bodies as they are carried out in all corners of the globe. It gives an account of their endeavours to create better and more peaceful conditions for all mankind and their efforts to deal with matters of pressing concern in a variety of areas. Each volume is fully indexed and reproduces all major General Assembly Security Council and Economic and Social Council resolutions issued during the year.