United Nations

BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OR STRENGTHENING CORPORATE CONTROL?

UNCTAD XII Civil society forum at the British Council Auditorium, GHANA will look at the impacts of biofuels on small and medium producers, consumers, and on the perspectives for sustainable development.

UNCTAD XII: Hit or Miss?

What's at stake at the upcoming United Nations Conference on Trade and Development?

Human Right to Water and the Question of Affordability

Submission Note on the Right to Water to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights sought input from stakeholders in conducting the detailed study on the scope and content of the relevant human rights obligations related to equitable access to safe drinking water and sanitation under international human rights instruments. The purpose of the submission is three-fold:

Sustainable Bioenergy: A Framework for Decision Makers

FAO looks at challenges presented by biofuels, including access, food security, and rural development.

Eye on America: Social Watch 1997-2004

IATP has compiled our contributions to SocialWatch between the years 1997-2004.

CSO Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals

The CSO Division of UNDP is pleased to present CSO Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals, a compilation of viewpoints from three members of the UNDP CSO Advisory Committee [Martin Khor/Third World Network Malaysia), Sunita Narain/ Center for Science and environment (India) and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz/ Tebtebba Foundation (Philippines) ], and from Carol Barton of the Women's Inter

Planting the Rights Seed: A Human Rights Perspective on Agriculture Trade and the WTO translated into Nepali

This has been translated into Nepali from the original English.

The Treaty Database

The Treaty Database is comprehensive overview of the U.S. history of joining or ignoring multilateral treaties. It also contains a summary of US government treaty actions broken down by presidential administration dating back to 1893. Besides the Treaty Database there are additional links to the Treaty Database Factsheet, press release and research data for the report.