ECLAC
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2008
The digital version of this annual publication is one of the leading sources of statistical information of the region, and contains social, economic and environmental data from the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
Full text (pdf, 430 pages, 2,78Mb)
FAO
"State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2008" (SOFIA)
Existing responsible fishing practices need to be more widely implemented and current management plans should be expanded to include strategies for coping with climate change.
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Chapters
Press release
UNHCHR
Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society. The handbook explains how the different UN human rights mandates and mechanisms work, and how members of civil society can engage with them most effectively.
Full text (pdf, 206 pages)
Chapters
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UNIFEM
Who Answers to Women? Gender & Accountability - Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009.
The report focuses on five key areas where the need to strengthen accountability to women is urgent: politics and governance, access to public services, economic opportunities, justice, and finally the distribution of international assistance for development and security.
Full report(163 pages, Eng, Spa)
FAO
Rice Market Monitor (February 2009, Volume XII - Issue No. 1)
Full text (pdf, 39 pages)
Introduction to UN Assistance to Myanmar
The UN has been present in Myanmar through a number of agencies since the country gained its independence in 1948.
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Summary
State of Polar Research
Multidisciplinary research provides new evidence of the widespread effects of global warming in the polar regions.
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UNIDO
Industrial Development Report "Breaking in and moving up: New industrial challenges for the bottom billion and the middle-income countries"
The report focuses on countries that have been left behind, trying to break into global markets for manufactured goods.
Full text (pdf, 146 pages, 7.9Mb)
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WFP
Report on the state of food insecurity in rural India
Full text (pdf, 2 pages, 2.3Mb)
UNDP Croatian Human Development Report 2008
A climate for change: climate change and its impacts on society and economy in Croatia.
The new report analyses the links between the economy, human development and climate change in Croatia: 3 to 3.5 degrees Celsius increase will affect public health, environment and industry.
Full text, summary, fast facts: http://undp.interactive1.hr/show.jsp?page=103433&preview=true&versionid=103434&refresh=1234545407727
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UNEP
"The Environmental Food crises: Environment's role in averting future food crises - a UNEP rapid response assessment"
The 2008 food crisis - which plunged millions back into hunger - may foreshadow an even bigger crisis in the years to come.
Full text (pdf, 104 pages) : http://www.grida.no/_res/site/file/publications/FoodCrisis_lores.pdf
FAO
Global study of shrimp fisheries - FAO FISHERIES TECHNICAL PAPER, No. 475
The report reviews current problems and solutions of shrimp fishing in ten selected countries: Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Trinidad and Tobago and the United States.
Read more: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/10126/icode/
UNAMA
Annual Report (2008): Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Human Rights Unit
Full text (pdf, 48 pages): http://www.unama-afg.org/docs/_UN-Docs/_human%20rights/2009/UNAMA_09february-Annual%20Report_PoC%202008_FINAL_11Feb09.pdf
Press release: http://unama.unmissions.org/default.aspx?/news/_pr/2009/English/09feb17-Protection-of-civilians.pdf
The A to Z Guide to Afghanistan Assistance.
Prepared by the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), an independent research organization based in Kabul.
Full report and summary: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7P7G7G?OpenDocument
UNODC
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons
Based on data gathered from 155 countries, the report offers the first global assessment of the scope of human trafficking and what is being done to fight it.
Full text (pdf, 292 pages): http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Global_Report_on_TIP.pdf
Press release:
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/frontpage/unodc-report-on-human-trafficking-exposes-modern-form-of-slavery-.html
NB: UNODC is the only UN entity mandated to focus on the criminal justice element of the crime of human trafficking, and also acts as custodian of the Convention on Transnational Organized Crimeand its supplementary protocols on trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling
E/CN.9/2009/4
Monitoring of population programmes, focusing on the contribution of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development to the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals - Report of the Secretary-General
Full text: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=E/CN.9/2009/4
UNICEF
The Humanitarian Action Report 2009
This year’s HAR outlines UNICEF’s appeal for children and women in 36 emergencies around the world, including Zimbabwe, the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Myanmar.
Full text (pdf, 232 pages): http://www.unicef.org/har09/files/HAR_2009_FULL_Report_English.pdf
UNICEF / UNDP / UNMAS
Portfolio of Mine Action Projects 2009 - 12th edition
The annual portfolio is a collection of mine action project proposals that reflect a strategic response by field-based partners to the landmine and ERW problems in specific countries or territories.
Summary: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MSAO-7NP8NU?OpenDocument
Full text (pdf, 458 pages, 2 Mb):
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/retrieveattachments?openagent&shortid=MSAO-7NP8NU&file=Full_Report.pdf
IMF
"Global Financial Stability Report: GFSR Market Update"
World growth is forecast to fall to its lowest level since World War II, with financial markets remaining under stress and the global economy taking a sharp turn for the worse, sending both global output and trade plummeting, the IMF said in an Update to its World Economic Outlook and Global Financial Stability Report.
PDF version (6 pages, 334kb): http://www.imf.org/External/Pubs/FT/fmu/eng/2009/01/pdf/0109.pdf
IMF
"World Economic Outlook Update: Global Economic Slump Challenges Policies"
World growth is projected to fall to just ½ percent in 2009, its lowest rate in 60 years, the IMF said in an Update to its World Economic Outlook, released on January 28 together with an update to its Global Financial Stability Report.
PDF version(6 pages, 533kb): http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/update/01/pdf/0109.pdf
ILO
"Global Employment Trends" (GET) 2009
This annual report examines what we know already about the impact of the crisis on jobs and what we could expect from several possible scenarios of the way it might evolve in the year ahead.
Full text(pdf, 54 pages, 569 Kb):
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_101461.pdf
UNESCO
Courier - 2009, No. 1
The February issue highlights underwater heritage, marks the entry into force of the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage last month and the first meeting of States Parties (26-27 March).
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44404&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html