Statistical yearbook 2002-2004, 49th ed.
9210612140 Statistical yearbook 2002-2004, 49th ed. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division. United Nations Publications 2005 863 pages $145.00 Hardcover HA155 This yearbook compiles internationally available statistics on social...

Human development and human security in Eurasia.
The author provides a comprehensive and forward looking overview of human development and human security in Eurasia, arguing that these two dimensions of government policy are inextricably related to peace. A key point in good governance is transparency. The author explains the situation of the various countries in Eurasia...

Food safety, South-North asymmetries, and the clash of regulatory regimes.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD ... The prayer is thus not purely a collection of spiritual recitals.... It turns ... to the mundane requirements of food, clothing, shelter--what would, in human rights parlance, be called economic rights.... We must also take account of the word "daily." There...

The resurgent idea of world government.
The idea of world government is returning to the mainstream of scholarly thinking about international relations. Universities in North America and Europe now routinely advertise for positions in "global governance," a term that few would have heard of a decade ago. Chapters on cosmopolitanism and governance appear in many...

International Geneva yearbook; 2005-2006, organization and activities of international institutions in Geneva; v.19.
9210001540 International Geneva yearbook; 2005-2006, organization and activities of international institutions in Geneva; v.19. Ed. by Eco'Diagnostic, Geneva. United Nations Publications 2005 634 pages $49.00 Paperback JX3091 Geneva, Switzerland has long...

New agenda coalition resolution CA/54/563-GJ (the UN's draft resolution on nuclear disarmament).
Final vote on UN resolution A/54/563-G, "Towards a nuclear-free world: the need for a new agenda" (the New Agenda Coalition resolution): In favour (111): Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape...

Working where armies don't dare: new risk management tool makes investing in bad places less perilous.
Just because a country is broken doesn't give multinational corporations the freedom to violate international laws within its borders, indulge in bribery or exploit the local people and resources, says the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Companies still must follow the same code of conduct...

OPEC from myth to reality.
I. INTRODUCTION--THE IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY SECURITY, RESOURCE DIPLOMACY, AND THE MAIN CHANGES IN NEARLY HALF A CENTURY OF OPEC'S FORMATION A. Energy Dependency, Foreign Policy, and the U.S. Example B. Some of the Major Changes in the Oil and Gas Industry Since OPEC's Formation C. Oil and Gas Will...

NGOs in international law; efficiency in flexibility?
9781847205605 NGOs in international law; efficiency in flexibility? Ed. by Pierre Marie Dupuy and Luisa Vierucci. Edward Elgar Publishing 2008 281 pages $140.00 Hardcover KZ4850 The increasingly active role of non-governmental...

International environmental norms applicable to nuclear activities, with particular focus on decisions of international tribunals and international settlements.
I. INTRODUCTION Treaties, customary international law, and general principles of law constitute the primary sources of international environmental law as of international law in general, while judicial decisions and scholarly writings comprise "subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law." (1) However, the new sources of...