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The Protocol on Water and Health states that the provision of drinking water and sanitation must ensure equitable access to these services for all members of the population. Three critical factors have been identified as crucial to ensuring equitable access to water and sanitation: reducing geographical disparities, overcoming barriers faced by vulnerable and marginalized groups, and addressing
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This multilingual glossary (English, French, Russian and Spanish) provides a non-exhaustive list of terms related to gender and trade. Trade in general can contribute to improving the living standards of individuals. Specific policies aimed to better integrate women into international trade and support women’s economic activity will enable women to move into higher-skill work, gain economic
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The textile industry has evolved from a production model based on natural fibres and protectionist policies for local industry to a model where synthetic fibres have become pervasive, production has been offshored, and the speed of manufacture and distribution of products has increased rapidly. Most of the fashion industry operates under the fast-fashion model, which involves more collections per
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This publication is the statistical supplement to the 82nd session of the UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry about the current and next year's forest products markets. The tables in the publication show detailed forest products production and trade forecasts by country for 2024 and 2025. The tables are generated based on submissions by member States from Europe, North America and
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A study based on selected UNECE member States’s experiences has been recently developed to provide comparative analysis and strategic recommendations for establishing an agency responsible for promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy in Georgia. This study provides valuable insights for countries in the UNECE region and beyond. Policy makers and other stakeholders can use information
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Preface - Elisabeth Türk, Director, Economic Cooperation and Trade, UNECE
A circular economy is an economy where (i) the value of materials in the economy is maximised and maintained for as long as possible; (ii) the input of materials and their consumption is minimised; and (iii) the generation of waste is prevented as well as negative environmental impacts reduced throughout
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This document represents a significant milestone as it marks the first-ever pan-European Master Plan dedicated to walking. The Master Plan was adopted by the THE PEP Steering Committee in its twenty-second session October 28-30, 2024.
The development of a pan-European Master Plan on Walking is embedded in the Vienna Declaration to put the promotion of walking, due to its numerous benefits for
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This document provides guidelines to describe the best practices of coordinated risk management among multiple government agencies through a single window system. It is based on the work of the Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory Systems (GRM), Recommendation V on Addressing Product Non-Compliance Risks in International Trade and the work of the United Nations Centre for Trade
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This guide provides a first draft of considerations for standards-related gender action plans (GAP). It is intended to be a starting point for discussion within the Team of Specialists of Gender-Responsive Standards (ToS-GRS). It is expected that this initial guide will be further developed to become a more detailed guide to help bodies to develop their gender actions and GAP.
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The Model Rules facilitate the financing and acquisition of railway rolling stock leading to a reduced cost for those wishing to invest in the railways. They are issued under the auspices of SC.2 and implement a key requirement of the Luxembourg Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment. The rules lay down the methods and responsibilities for affixing the
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Les règles types facilitent le financement et l’acquisition de matériel roulant ferroviaire, ce qui réduit les coûts pour ceux qui souhaitent investir dans les chemins de fer. Elles sont publiées sous les auspices du SC.2 et mettent en oeuvre une exigence clé du Protocole de Luxembourg à la Convention du Cap relative aux garanties internationales portant sur des matériels d’équipement mobiles.
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Модельные правила облегчают финансирование и приобретение железнодорожного подвижного состава, что приводит к снижению затрат для тех, кто желает инвестировать в железные дороги. Они выпускаются под эгидой SC.2 и реализуют ключевое требование Люксембургского протокола к Кейптаунской конвенции о международных гарантиях в отношении мобильного оборудования. Правила определяют способы и
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Natural hazards such as lightning, high and low temperatures, landslides, earthquakes or floods can impact the operation and safety of hazardous installations and result in accidents referred to as Natural Hazard Triggered Technological accidents, or Natech accidents. Installations that process, store or handle hazardous substances can in principle be vulnerable to the impact of natural hazards.
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The circularity of paper and paperboard value chains is implemented principally thanks to the link between the design and production on the one hand and the use and end-of-life management on the other. As paper products become more complex and have to fulfil more functions, it is important that designers and producers of paper-based products are aware of the paper recycling process and contribute
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Risk management is the key method to achieve a balance between facilitating and controlling trade. Unless absolutely every single shipment is to be physically verified, agencies will need to establish criteria to choose which shipments to control and which shipments not to control. This will be through risk management. This publication brings together the core concepts of risk management as it
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International harmonization and interoperability of regulations of products with embedded artificial intelligence (AI) or other digital technologies is a challenge for regulators, but essential in order to achieve regulatory objectives, while avoiding unnecessary technical barriers to trade and multiplication of conformity testing. This task is complicated by the fact that products with embedded
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This publication is a review of policy documents prepared within the Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP) to support the elaboration of a comprehensive strategy on transport, health and environment, mandated in the Vienna Declaration. It provides a brief account of actions involving transport, health and environment, most of which preceded the Vienna Declaration.
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Adopted on 30 September 1957 in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the ADR entered into force on 29 January 1968.
This authoritative Agreement is intended to increase the safety of international transport of dangerous goods by road. Its Annexes A and B contain the technical requirements for road transport, i.e. the conditions under which
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L’ADR, fait à Genève le 30 septembre 1957 sous l'égide de la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l'Europe, est entré en vigueur le 29 janvier 1968.
Cet Accord est destiné à accroître la sécurité du transport international de marchandises dangereuses par route. Ses annexes A et B imposent les conditions dans lesquelles les marchandises dangereuses, lorsqu'elles ne sont pas interdites,
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The Inland Transport Committee (ITC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) adopted its Strategy on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Inland Transport (ECE/TRANS/344, annex I) at its eight-sixth session (Geneva, 20-23 February 2024