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United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA)

The UN-ESCWA, one of the five regional United Nations commissions, is composed of 17 Arab countries of Western Asia. It provides a framework for the formulation and harmonization of sectoral policies for member countries. It is a platform of expertise and knowledge for congresses, and it fosters coordination and is a source of information for the region. It publishes reports, surveys, newsletters and manuals and studies ...

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Population Unit

The UNECE Population Unit is promoting policy dialogues among the UNECE Member States on various facets of demographic change in Europe and North America. Its activities are supporting the implementation of the final documents of inter-governmental conferences on population issues, and contributing towards better-informed policy-making by organizing programmes of data collection and research.

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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has a mandate from the international community to promote and protect all human rights. It works to ensure the enforcement of universally recognized human rights norms, including through promoting both the universal ratification and implementation of the major human rights treaties and respect for the rule of law.

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United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

The Statistics Division compiles and disseminates global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. The Division regularly publishes data updates, including the Demographic Yearbook and books and reports on statistics and statistical methods. The Division’s databases are also available on this site.

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European Commission

The main features of the Commission’s web site are: the latest official press releases, photos and live TV coverage of EU affairs, details of forthcoming events, links to the policies administered and implemented by the Commission, the possibility of influencing the decision-making process, easy access to its organisation (meetings, work programme, contacts...), direct links to its key information services.

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Eurosfaire

EUROSFAIRE (Service français d’accès à l’information sur la recherche en Europe) is a French language portal providing access to information sources on research in Europe, notably EUROPA (the EU institutional server) and CORDIS (official website of the 7th framework programme). EUROSFAIRE includes various sections presenting the different support and development programmes for European research: Cooperation, Ideas, People, Capacities, Euratom, CCR-JRC and more... With the transition to Horizon 2020 , the site is no longer updated.

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Population Division

The United Nations Population Division is responsible for monitoring and appraisal in the field of population. It provides support and servicing of intergovernmental bodies and supports the implementation of the recommendations in the Programme of Action adopted by the International Conference on Population and Development. Its website serves to disseminate information and research findings in the following fields: fertility, mortality, international and internal migration, HIV/AIDS, urbanization, contraception, population ...

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Funded in 1945, FAO leads international efforts to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum where all nations meet as equals to negotiate agreements and debate policy. FAO is also a source of knowledge and information. FAO collect, analyse and disseminate data that aid development. Its Internet website provides technical documents, newsletters, reports, books, distribute several magazines, create numerous CD-ROMS ...

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European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

ECRE promotes the rights of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe, in particular through advocacy on asylum and refugee policies towards EU institutions. A wide range of publications, reports, press releases, statistics on asylum policies are available online.

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UN-Habitat.

Established in 1978, UN-Habitat promotes a sustainable urban development and adequate shelter for all.