Novartis and the United Nations Global Compact Initiative

Opportunities and Risks of the United Nations Global Compact

Global Health-Related Public-Private Partnerships and the United Nations

This is one in a series of policy briefs commissioned by the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to encourage sound thinking on aspects of globalisation. These briefs have been commissioned from and produced by the GASPP programme, an AngloFinnish research and public information programme based partly in STAKES, Helsinki. The opinions expressed are those of the authors. This initial series of b...

according to the law and practices of the united nations

according to the article 4(1) of the charter of the united nations four conditions (stateness, peace-loving, acceptance of the obligations in the charters obligation) should be maintained for the admission of the new members. despite the express enunciation of these conditions and the confirmation of those conditions by the international court of justice (icj) in his advisory opinion on “the co...

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization United Nations

Termites are the most important soil fauna in the Sahelian zone of Africa, intensely interacting with the soil. Both the biotic and abiotic state of the soil affect the termite population and activity. The construction by termites of nests, gallery systems or sheetings from soil or from a mixture of soil and other material within the soil horizons or on the soil surface affect the physical and ...

United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme