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'An invaluable and comprehensive source book on environment and development issues' - "International Affairs". 'A myriad of detailed and difficult to find details on the interrelationship between treaties, IGO, NGOs and governments' - "Journal of the International Juridical Organization for Environment and Development". The essential reference to all the rapidly multiplying international agreements on environment and development issues. This seventh annual edition of the Yearbook demonstrates the international community's position on specific environment and development problems, the main obstacles to effective international solutions, and how to overcome them. It assesses both the achievements and shortcomings of co-operation, distinguishing between the rhetoric and the reality of environment world politics.List of contents include: Current Issues and Key Themes; Agreements on Environment and Development Systematically listed key data and illustrations concerning the most important international agreements presented on the basis of information from the organizations in question and other sources, covering such matters as: objectives, scope, time and place of establishment; status of participation; affiliated instruments and organizations; major activities; secretariat; finance; rules and standards; monitoring and implementation; decision-making bodies; key publications; and, Internet sources.This edition includes extensive revisions of entries covering, for example, the new Kyoto Protocol on climate change and agreements related to the 1998 International Year of the Ocean; Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs), including UN specialized agencies objectives, type of organization, membership, date of establishment, secretariat, activities, decision-making bodies, finance, key publications, and Internet sources; International Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) - objectives, type of organization, membership, date of establishment, secretariat, activities, budget, key publications, and Internet sources; and, Country Profiles Summaries of the performance and main commitments of 14 OECD countries in addition to Argentina, China, India, Malaysia, and the Russian Federation. It was originally published in 1998. |