This paper was commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Denmark as a background document for a conference hosted by the Danish government on 25 and 26 November 2010 on ‘Risk and Results Management in Development Cooperation: Towards a Common Approach’. It is based on a series of interviews with humanitarian actors, including donors, international NGOs and UN agencies...

Discusses the implication of peace negotiations in the political democratization and social justice in Guatemala. Elements of the peace process; Phases of the civil war; Formation of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity; Creation of peace accords; Role of the United Nations Verification Mission on peace accords; Achievement of peace accords. Archdiocese Of Guatemala. 1999. Guatemala, Nev...

As the World Humanitarian Summit and the World Health Assembly convene on the same day in different cities, The PLOS Medicine Editors support a role for health in the UN Agenda for Humanity.

Note UNCTAD serves as the focal point within the United Nations Secretariat for all matters related to foreign direct investment (FDI) and transnational corporations (TNCs). and Development. UNCTAD seeks to further understanding of the nature of TNCs and their contribution to development and to create an enabling environment for international investment and enterprise development. UNCTAD's work...

This paper overviews the historical background and development of applied nutrition and community nutrition in Korea. The nutrition studies in the early years focused on animal experiments, human metabolism, and food analysis and therefore were limited to classrooms and research laboratories in universities without spreading into the lives of people. Korean specialists trained through the UN In...

• United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UN, 1982 (known as UNCLOS)), which includes a call for a maximum sustainable yield (MSY) approach to managing fisheries; • United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UN, 1992a (known as UNCED)), including Chapter 17 of Agenda 21 which highlights a precautionary approach; • United Nations Straddling Fish Stocks Agreement of 1995 (...

FAO, and its Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, needs to maintain its strong and active role in the field of nutrition by providing an agricultural and food friendly perspective to nutritional problems and therefore a food and agriculture approach to their solution. This underlies the importance of FAO for nutrition and the importance of nutrition for FAO. FAO cannot leave it to other ...

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, referred to as the Plant Treaty, was approved on 3 November 2001 by Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), headquartered in Rome, Italy. The FAO is an agency of the United Nations, headquartered in New York City, New York. The Plant Treaty established international standards for the conservation and e...

United Nations (2013) A Life of Dignity for All: Accelerating Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals and Advancing the United Nations Development Agenda Beyond 2015. Report of the Secretary-General. United Nations Resolution A/68/202. Available at http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc. asp?symbol=A%2F68%2F202 (accessed 3 November 2014). Wahlbeck, K., Westman, J., Nordentoft, M., et al...

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