21. Oceans And Law Of The Sea The united nations website for the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs. http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm

New developments and recent additions The oceans are the very foundation of human life... THE CONVENTION AND THE RELATED AGREEMENTS OCEANS AND THE LAW OF THE SEA IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BODIES ESTABLISHED BY THE CONVENTION SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES THE DIVISION, ITS FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ... List of experts Interagency cooperation and coordination [under development] 1982-2002: 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea A regular process for the global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio-economic aspects (GMA) Maritime space: legislation and treaties (database) UN ATLAS OF THE OCEANS ... Search Oceans and Law of the Sea site The use of this web site constitutes agreement with the terms and conditions of use of United Nations web sites.

22. United Nations Environment Programme united nations Environment Programme The united nations Environment Programme offers a wealth of information, including news, reports, articles, maps, quizzes, and data, on various environment and http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://www.unep.org/&y=02F7B88EC2880EB8&

23. Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization of the united nations essential documents, statistics, maps and multimedia resources. united nations System. Newsroom. http://www.fao.org/default.htm

24. Regional Office For Africa - UNEP Acts as the link between the various units and centres of UNEP and the countries in the region, and promotes collaboration and partnerships with organizations active in sustainable development in Africa. http://www.unep.org/ROA/

Ministerial Conference Environment Outlook Envi Information Network NEPAD ... Partners Search UNEP UNEP Home Highlights NEPAD Environment Action Plan AMCEN Special Session - Maputo, Mozambique AEO for Youth On Focus The Third African Round Table on Sustainable Consumption and Production, 17-24 May, Casablanca, Morocco The Nairobi River Basin Project Phase III World Water Day, 2003 Workshop of Journalists- Nairobi, 26-28 November 2002 Related Programmes Ozone Industry Env. Journalists Division of Regional Cooperation Other Regional Offices Asia Pacific Europe North America West Asia ... roainfo@unep.org

25. UNODC - United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime About Us. united nations Crime and Drug Conventions UNODC is cosponsor of the Joint united nations Programme on HIV/AIDS UNAIDS http://www.undcp.org/

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26. NGO Global Network Site with links to nongovernmental organizations associated with the united nations. http://www.ngo.org/

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27. UNITeS: United Nations Information Technology Services - Index Page Aims at creating a worldwide program for information technology volunteers. http://www.unites.org/

United Nations Information Technology Service FAQs ICT Stories Search Sitemap ... More stories added about volunteers and ICT4D In his Millennium Report, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan stressed the importance for developing countries to benefit from opportunities emerging from the digital revolution, and stressed the vital role volunteers are playing in helping to bridge the digital divide between industrialized and developing countries, in key fields like health, education, income generation, gender equity, environment and humanitarian aid. UNITeS, the United Nations Information Technology Service, promotes volunteer involvement as fundamental to efforts focused on information and communications technologies for development (ICT4D). The United Nations Volunteers programme coordinates this UN ICT initiative.

28. United Nations Statistics Division The Statistics Division is responsible for the collection and dissemination of economic and social statistics and the provision of assistance to Member States in improving their statistical capabilities and in adopting international statistics guidelines and standards. http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/

29. Un.org - United Nations News Service This is the united nations News Centre in New York. Here you will find daily UN News, UN Documents and Publications, UN Overview information, UN Conference information, Photos, and other UN 11 May united nations SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan is deeply disturbed by the alarming violence in Gaza City wave of violence shook the united nations mission in Kosovo "to its http://www.un.org/News

Secretary-General Main UN Bodies UN Homepage Spokesman for Secretary-General ... Briefing Highlights Press Releases Latest Search News Conferences Secretary-General "Off the Cuff" Other Press Briefings Search ... Video What, When at UN New York Geneva Calendar of Events E-mail News Alerts Subscribe here Multimedia UN Radio Webcast ... Media Accreditation Resources Documents UN System Links UN Envoys Fact Sheets ... Press Inquiries News Magazines UN Chronicle Africa Recovery OCHA News Humanitarian Affairs Region. Commissions ... Disarmament Update ont size="2"> To view the Java applets for the News Ticker, your browser must be Java enabled... Search UN News Past 2 weeks Past 30 days Past 45 days Advanced Search News Focus Iraq Focus on the latest developments Sudan UN responds to the latest developments in the country Middle East Quest for a comprehensive settlement continues Fighting Terrorism International community responds to threat Afghanistan UN helps to bring peace, relief aid and hope of recovery

30. Special Session On Children - UNICEF Fit for Children Building a World Fit for Children reports on the landmark united nations Special Session on Children, held at UN headquarters in May 2002. http://www.unicef.org/specialsession/

English World leaders 'Say Yes' for children From 8 to 10 May 2002, more than 7,000 people participated in the most important international conference on children in more than a decade, the Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Children, at which the nations of the world committed themselves to a series of goals to improve the situation of children and young people. Recent publications Building a World Fit for Children Building a World Fit for Children reports on the landmark United Nations Special Session on Children, held at UN headquarters in May 2002. [ download The United Nations Special Session on Children: A first anniversary report on follow-up Full document Annex [PDF] Now available: 'A World Fit for Children' final text English (PDF, Acrobat Reader required.)

31. United Nations Convention On The Rights Of Children Text of the convention provided by Save The Children Canada. http://www.savethechildren.ca/en/whoweare/whounrights.html

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children Article 1 Definition of Child Every person under 18, unless national law grants majority at an earlier age. Article 2 Freedom from Discrimination Rights in the Convention apply to all children without exception; the State is to protect children from any form of discrimination or punishment based on family's status, activities or beliefs. Article 3 Best Interests of Child The best interests of the child to prevail in all legal and administrative decisions; the State is to ensure the establishment of institutional standards for the care and protection of children. Article 4 Implementation of Rights The State is to translate the rights of this Convention into actuality. Article 5 Respect for Parental Responsibility The State is to respect the rights of parents or guardians to provide direction to the child in the exercise of the rights in this Convention. Article 6 The Child's right to life; the State is to ensure the survival and maximum development of the child.

32. UNHCR's Website Has Moved - You Are Being Redirected The UN's refugee agency, the site contains feature stories and information about the UN's work for http://www.unhcr.ch/

33. Climate Change: United Nations Environment Programme GRID-Arendal Climate change information from GRIDArendal, the united nations Environment Programme information office. http://www.grida.no/climate/

GRID-Arendal Quick Search: Current rate of global CO emissions in tonnes per year, based on your computer's clock. ( Details Vital Climate Graphics The impacts of climate change As evidence accumulates that we may already be witnessing the early signs of global climate change, the need to communicate this issue to both policymakers and the general public becomes ever more urgent. Buy it from EarthPrint.com Vital Climate Graphics: Africa Adverse impacts including extremes, are spread across the diverse environments of Africa, putting a huge proportion of the African continent at risk. Buy it from EarthPrint.com IPCC Climate Change 2001 This web-site contains the full text and graphics from the four Climate Change 2001 reports by the IPCC's Working Groups. The web site was produced for the 7th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Marrakech, Morocco, 2001. Buy them from EarthPrint.com

34. United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA Espanol Espanol Francais Francais Arabic Arabic. Home, How You Can Help, UNFPA Site Map, Register/Login, Help. About UNFPA Population http://www.unfpa.org/swp/swpmain.htm

Table of Contents Overview of Adolescents Life Gender Inequality and Reproductive Health HIV/AIDS and Adolescents Promoting Healthier Behavior ... Other UN Sites

35. Untitled Document Provides services and facilities to the hundreds of citizens' groups concerned with the peace and disarmament activities of the united nations. Events calendar, articles and resources, publications, and internship information. http://www.igc.apc.org/disarm/

ABOUT US CONTACT US COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, PEACE AND SECURITY CALENDAR DISARMAMENT TIMES OTHER PUBLICATIONS NGO RESOURCES ... GENDER AND DISARMAMENT last updated 4 May 2004 INTERNSHIPS

36. UN Volunteers Home Page The united nations Volunteers programme, UNV is the UN programme that supports human development globally by promoting volunteerism and by mobilizing volunteers http://www.unv.org/

Sitemap Search Contact Home For Peace and Development The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is the UN organization that supports human development globally by promoting volunteerism and by mobilizing volunteers. It is administered by UNDP and operates amidst growing recognition that volunteerism makes important contributions, economically and socially, to more cohesive societies by building trust and reciprocity among citizens. Every year some 5,000 UN Volunteers from more than 150 different nationalities actively support the programmes of the United Nations itself and almost all UN funds, programmes and specialized agencies. News Sweden and UN Volunteers announce new Peace Promoters project in Guatemala The Government of Sweden has pledged over US $1.3 million for a new Peace Promoters project in Guatemala. In cooperation with the UN Volunteers programme, the project's activities will promote citizen participation for peace, and will be managed by eight Swedish volunteers and 20 national UN Volunteers, including several indigenous people. An agreement pledging the financial support was signed at the Swedish embassy in Guatemala City. Since 1997, Peace Promoters have been a vital part of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA).

37. Untitled Document Adopted by the united nations General Assembly on 20 November 1989, and ratified by all nations except the United States and Somalia. http://www.unicef.org/crc/

38. Office Of The United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights The Office of the united nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) protects and promotes all human rights for all. united nations, H IGHLIGHTS, S EARCHES. http://www.unhchr.ch/

H I G H L I G H T S S E A R C H E S Report of the High Commissioner : The Present Situation of Human Rights in Iraq [Advance unedited version] and Annexes I II III IV ... Committee on the Rights of the Child, (Geneva, 17 May-4 June 2004) Treaty Bodies Database Search Charter-based Bodies Database More search options... l Site Map and Index W E L C O M E C E N T R E Latest entries Universal Declaration of Human Rights in over 300 languages S E C T I O N S ABOUT US FIELD PRESENCES ISSUES DOCUMENTS ... PRESS ROOM General Information Fund-raising Publications Civil Society Support Initiatives Vacancies ... Internships and Fellowships Related Links N E W S SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ENDS VISIT TO CANADA Read more ... SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO HEALTH TO VISIT PERU FROM 7 TO 15 JUNE Read more ... BOARD OF VOLUNTARY FUND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TECHNICAL COOPERATION TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 8 TO 11 JUNE Read more ... SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REPRESENTATIVE CONGRATULATES PERU ON NEW LAW ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS Read more ...

39. UNU-INRA -- United Nations University Institute For Natural Resources In Africa Established in 1986 to catalyze the formation of human capital in science and technology for the effective conservation, management and utilization of Africa's natural resources. http://www.unu.edu/inra/

About UNU-INRA Programme Areas Operating Units People ... Publications Recent News (click on the titles for more details): INRA launches Internet guide to assist African scientists The current edition of the UNU Update reports on UNU-INRA's new online database resource: The Soils and Genetic Resources Database. Contact Us College of Research Associates United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) is a research and training centre (RTC) of United Nations University (UNU). internal

40. Convention On The Rights Of The Child Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the united nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/k2crc.htm

Convention on the Rights of the Child Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989 entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with article 49 Status of ratifications Declarations and reservations Committee on the Rights of the Child F l S l A l C l R Preamble The States Parties to the present Convention, Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Bearing in mind that the peoples of the United Nations have, in the Charter, reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth of the human person, and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, Recognizing that the United Nations has, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenants on Human Rights, proclaimed and agreed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, Recalling that, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations has proclaimed that childhood is entitled to special care and assistance

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