United Nations Books

The book offers a comprehensive collection of treaties and international agreements registered with the United Nations since 1946, totaling around 30,000 documents. Each treaty is presented in its original language alongside translations into English and French when necessary. The series organizes treaties chronologically and includes details on their history, such as participation, amendments, and terminations. Additionally, separate comprehensive indices for every 50 volumes are available, and a Standing Order service is offered for ongoing updates, with out-of-print volumes accessible on microfiche.

The report offers an in-depth analysis of global illicit drug markets, emphasizing the need for effective control strategies. It provides extensive data on production, trafficking, and consumption trends across various substances, including opium/heroin, coca/cocaine, cannabis, and amphetamine-type stimulants. By detailing the operational dynamics of these transnational markets, the report aims to enhance understanding and inform policy responses to combat drug-related issues.

The 2001 Articles by the International Law Commission represent a significant advancement in international law, clarifying breaches and their consequences. They incorporate categories of general public interest, such as human rights and environmental issues. This volume includes a comprehensive introduction, the Articles' text and commentary, along with a guide to legislative history, a detailed index, and a table of cases, making it an essential resource for understanding the ILC's important contributions to international law.

Focusing on the classification and labeling of chemicals, this comprehensive guide outlines the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) designed to standardize regulations and enhance safety concerning chemical hazards. The fifth revised edition introduces a new test method for oxidizing solids and clarifies criteria for various hazard classes, including skin corrosion and severe eye damage. It also features updated classification tables, new pictogram codes, and streamlined precautionary statements, aiming to improve information accessibility and protect human health and the environment.

The progressive development and codification of international law constitutes one of the principal responsibilities of the United Nations in the legal field. An important area for the exercise of such responsibilities is the new environment of outer space and, through the efforts of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and its Legal Subcommittee, a number of significant contributions to the law of outer space have been made. The United Nations has, indeed, become a focal point for international cooperation in outer space and for the formulation of necessary international rules. Outer space, extraordinary in many respects, is, in addition, unique from the legal point of view. It is only recently that human activities and international interaction in outer space have become realities and that beginnings have been made in the formulation of international rules to facilitate international relations in outer space. As is appropriate to an environment whose nature is so extraordinary, the extension of international law to outer space has been gradual and evolutionary - commencing with the study of questions relating to legal aspects, proceeding to the formulation of principles of a legal nature and, then, incorporating such principles in general multilateral treaties.

The publication presents the Financial Report and Audited Financial Statements and Report of the Board of Auditors on the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations.

This publication presents the resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations during its sessions. The report indicates the allocation of agenda items; contains a list of principal and subsidiary organs with reference to their composition; and includes a list of conventions, declarations, and other instruments.

In 2009, the United Nations Member States decided to make further and decisive progress, within a decade, in controlling illicit drug supply and demand. Many illicit drug markets have reached global dimensions and require control strategies on a comparable scale. In that context, there is a need to better understand these transnational markets and the manner in which they operate. This year's World Drug Report is a contribution towards that objective. It opens with an analytical discussion of three key transnational drug markets: the markets for heroin, cocaine and amphetamine-type stimulants. The market discussion is followed by a presentation of statistical trends for all major drug categories. The latest information on drug production, seizures and consumption is presented. Finally, there is a discussion on the relationship between drug trafficking and instability.

In accordance with Article 102 of the Charter and the relevant General Assembly Resolutions, every treaty and international agreement registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat since 1946 is published in the United Nations Treaty Series. At present, the collection includes about 30,000 treaties reproduced in their authentic languages, together with translations into English and French, as necessary. The Treaty Series, where treaties are published in the chronological order of registration, also provides details about their subsequent history (i.e., participation in a treaty, reservations, amendments, termination, etc.). Comprehensive Indices covering 50 to volume-lots are published separately. A Standing Order service is available for the Series and out to of to print volumes are available on microfiche.