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This report was prepared as part of the National Dialogue on Water Policy and Integrated Water Resources Management in Kyrgyzstan with support from the UNECE. The basis for preparation of report was the request of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic to implement a set of measures aimed at improving irrigation technologies and introduction of effective methods of crop irrigation, including
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The National Policy Dialogues is the main operational instrument of the EU Water Initiative (EUWI), an international partnership that aims to contribute to the achievement of the water related Millennium Development Goals. UNECE is the strategic partner supporting the policy dialogue process on IWRM. The OECD is the strategic partner for water supply and sanitation.
Conference of European Statisticians Recommendations for the 2020 Censuses of Population and Housing
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The main objectives of the Conference of European Statisticians Recommendations for the 2020 Censuses of Population and Housing are: to provide guidance and assistance to countries in the planning and execution of their population and housing censuses; and to facilitate and improve the comparability of census at the UN regional level through the identification of a core set of census topics
Updated Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols
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This updated handbook contains the Convention text and the most-up-to-date versions of all eight protocols to the Convention in their most recent amended version.
The Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution was the first international legally binding instrument to deal with problems of air pollution on a broad regional basis. It was signed in 1979 and entered into force in 1983. It
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Transboundary water cooperation is necessary to manage shared waters in an integrated and sustainable way. It has the potential to generate many significant benefits for cooperating countries, such as accelerated economic growth, improved human well-being, enhanced environmental sustainability and increased political stability. Nevertheless, many challenges can prevent or delay countries from
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Transboundary water cooperation is necessary to manage shared waters in an integrated and sustainable way. It has the potential to generate many significant benefits for cooperating countries, such as accelerated economic growth, improved human well-being, enhanced environmental sustainability and increased political stability. Nevertheless, many challenges can prevent or delay countries from
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La cooperación en materia de aguas transfronterizas es necesaria para gestionar las aguas compartidas de manera integrada y sostenible. Tiene el potencial de generar numerosos beneficios importantes para los países que cooperan, tales como la aceleración del crecimiento económico, la mejora del bienestar humano, la mejora de la sostenibilidad ambiental y el aumento de la estabilidad política.
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Transboundary water cooperation is necessary to manage shared waters in an integrated and sustainable way. It has the potential to generate many significant benefits for cooperating countries, such as accelerated economic growth, improved human well-being, enhanced environmental sustainability and increased political stability. Nevertheless, many challenges can prevent or delay countries from
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Employment is at the centre of most people's lives, and the quality of an individual's employment is an important element of his or her well-being. At the same time, labour markets are evolving and the conditions of employment are continuously changing, which affects the lives of individual workers and members of their households. This development has been accompanied by growing interest in
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The publication examines the causes of informal housing development in South-East Europe and assesses the Government’s policies to address this issue.
Over the last 25 years, informal settlements have become an increasingly important and urgent matter in the region. At an international conference in 2007, it was estimated that more than 50 million people lived in informal settlements in 20
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The UNECE Social Housing Study examines the current trends, challenges and social housing models in the UNECE region. It provides recommendations for possible future activities based on an extensive literature review of housing issues in over 50 countries and interviews with over 30 representatives of governments, private and non- governmental organizations.
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This updated 2015 brochure (ECE/TRADE/415/Rev.1) provides information about the resources available, free of charge, from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) that can be used to support Aid-for-Trade projects. The resources include international conventions, publications, standards and training materials, and
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The Safety Guidelines and Good Practices for Oil Terminals were developed within the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) project on hazard and crisis management in the Danube Delta involving the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine under the auspices of the Assistance programme of the Industrial Accidents Convention. The Conference of the Parties to the
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ECE/TRANS/249, Sales No. E.15.VIII.2,ISBN 978-92-1-139153-3, Price: US$ 35, Languages: E, F, RThe Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such Carriage (ATP) was done at Geneva on 1 September 1970 and entered into force on 21 November 1976. The objectives of
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Residential heating with wood and coal is an important source of ambient (outdoor) air pollution; it can also cause substantial indoor air pollution through either direct exposure or infiltration from outside. Evidence links emissions from wood and coal heating to serious health effects such as respiratory and cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Wood and coal burning also emit carcinogenic
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Руководство ЕЭК ООН по полевой инспекции семенного картофеля (ECE/TRADE/421) разработано с целью оказания странам помощи в практическом применении данного стандарта, последняя версия которого размещена на веб-сайте ЕЭК ООН.
Руководство рекомендуется к применению по усмотрению национального компетентного органа. В
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Pour obtenir une récolte saine et à haut rendement de plants de pomme de terre pour le commerce international, les producteurs doivent au départ planter des plants de la plus haute qualité. La Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Europe (CEE-ONU) a élaboré une norme internationale de qualité de référence pour les plants de pomme de terre (Norme CEE-ONU S-1) afin d’aider les
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To harvest a plentiful and healthy yield of seed potatoes for trading internationally, producers have first to plant seed potatoes of the highest quality. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has drawn up an international reference quality Standard for Seed Potatoes (UNECE Standard S-1) to help producers do exactly this. The UNECE Guide to Seed Potato Field Inspection has
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Download in PDF or e-Pub format (smartphones)The publication titled "Transport for Sustainable Development: The case of Inland Transport” is the result of the cooperation among the five
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