The primary goals of land-use planning are enunciated. A plea is made for consideration of the total biosphere and not just its separate components. The environmental impact statement process is reviewed and some suggestions made for its strengthening. Moves for international adoption of this process are noted, as well as the concept of eco-development currently under examination by UN agencies.

The entry into force of the UN Persistent Organic Pollutants Convention (POPs Convention) in May 2004 means that increasing attention will be paid to monitoring of breastmilk as an indicator of levels of chemical residues in the human body. And in June 2004, the Ministers and Representatives of Member States in the European Region of WHO responsible for health and the environment stated that "M...

Though many Iraqis are unhappy with the presence of US-led forces, most express strong support for various forms of international assistance, including the presence of foreign security forces, UN (rather than US) leadership on reconstruction, an international conference of global and regional players to address Iraq's needs, engagement by the Arab League and a variety of forms of nonmilitary US...

Urbanization is defined by the United Nations as the movement of people from rural to urban areas, whose population is projected to amount to half of the world’s population in 2008, rising to about 60% in 2030. As an increasingly higher number of people leave farms and villages to live in cities particularly in the developing countries, urban centres will grow at a rate previously unseen in man...

„ „ To„achieve„its„aims,„ACT„will„have„to„avoid„being„caught„up„in„the„stalled„debate„over„ Council„membership„reform.„The„group,„currently„dominated„by„small„states,„will„ also„need„new„partners„from„different„geographical„regions,„and„with„more„political„ weight.„Moreover,„if„ACT„wants„to„involve„the„permanent„members„of„the„Security„ Council,„it„may„have„to„limit„its„emphasis„on„the„role„of„...

D espite recent studies on leadership, the discipline of International Relations is still reluctant to engage in studies of individual agency in the international structure. Two prominent examples are the leader of the Catholic Church, the pope, and the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (UNSG). Neither of them is a leader in control of considerable hard power, yet both exemplify the puzzle ...