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  1. Library Resource
    rapport_pastoralisme
    Reports & Research
    August, 2018
    Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria

    Why this study?
    Recent years have witnessed an increase in violent conflicts involving pastoralists in parts of West Africa and the Sahel. They often take the form of clashes between herders and farmers, impacting human, national and regional security.
    Given its mandate and role in conflict prevention, the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States, initiated this study in 2017 to examine the causes and identify concrete solutions to conflicts related to pastoralism.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    September, 2017
    Chad

    The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2349 (2017) of 31 March 2017, in which the Council requested the Secretary-General to produce a written report within five months on the assessment by the United Nations of the situation in the Lake Chad Basin. The report provides an update on the progress made and the challenges remaining and suggests measures for consideration relating to elements of the resolution.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2011
    Global

    The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are a set of guidelines for States and companies to prevent, address and remedy human rights abuses committed in business operations.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2005
    Global

    At its fifty-sixth session the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human
    Rights, in its resolution 2004/2, welcomed the progress report of the Special Rapporteur and
    requested the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to circulate
    the draft principles on housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons
    contained therein widely among non-governmental organizations, Governments, specialized
    agencies and other interested parties for comment, and requested the Special Rapporteur to take

  5. Library Resource
    Global Drylands: A UN system-wide response cover image
    Manuals & Guidelines
    Reports & Research
    October, 2011
    Global

    More than two billion people depend on the world’s arid and semi-arid lands. Preventing land degradation and supporting sustainable development in drylands has major implications for food security, climate change and human settlement. This report, issued at the beginning of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification, sets out a shared strategy by UN agencies to rise to the challenge of addressing the special needs of these vital zones.


  6. Library Resource
    The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017 cover image
    Reports & Research
    August, 2017
    Global

    The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017 reviews progress made towards the 17 Goals in the second year of implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The report is based on the latest available data. It highlights both gains and challenges as the international community moves towards full realization of the ambitions and principles espoused in the 2030 Agenda.


  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    September, 2015
    Global

    On 25 September, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as the agreed framework for international development. It is the successor to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, unlike the MDGs, the 2030 Agenda presents a much wider scope by deliberately and more fully incorporating economic and environmental sustainability, as well as the aspiration of many countries for peaceful and inclusive societies. The agenda also applies to all countries rather than just the developing countries.

  8. Library Resource

    DA 10 Opening Workshop

    Conference Papers & Reports
    April, 2017
    Global

    •Indicator Framework Mandate

    •Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (IAEG-SDGs)

    •The Global Indicator Framework

    •Follow-up and reviews of the global indicators

    •Relationship between global, regional and national indicators

    •Data custodian agencies

    •IAEG-SDG work programme for 2017

    •IAEG-SDG reference materials

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