Author: United Nations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
ACCIS Guide to United Nations Information Sources on Health
Author: United Nations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
ACCIS Guide to United Nations Information Sources on the Environment
Author: Administrative Committee on Coordination. Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Information Systems
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Directory of United Nations Information Sources
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
ACCIS Guide to United Nations Information Sources on Food and Agriculture
Author: United Nations
Publisher: Australian Geographic
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher: Australian Geographic
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Added Value of Geographical Information Systems in Public and Environmental Health
Author: M.J. de Lepper
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0585315604
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Health for all by the year 2000 is the blueprint for change agreed to by the Member States of the World Health Organization. In Europe, this blueprint is built on 38 regional targets, many of which have the underlying aim of uncovering new knowledge and of using existing knowledge more effectively. The targets related to a healthy environment have the ultimate goals of safeguarding human health against environmental hazards, and of enhancing the quality of life by providing clean and safe water, air, food, and working and living conditions. Allied to these goals is the need to reduce the sense of jeopardy that many people feel about what they perceive as 'the risks of everyday life'. These goals are an integral part of the European Charter on Environment and Health, adopted by 29 European Member States and the Commission of the European Communities in December 1989. The Charter stresses the shared responsibility of everyone to protect the environment, to be given adequate and accurate information, and to be involved in decision-making. It outUnes the principles for public policy as well as what needs to be done to transform them into action. In this, strong information systems have a vital role to play by helping to monitor the effectiveness of measures taken, of trends analysed, of priorities set and of decisions made.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0585315604
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Health for all by the year 2000 is the blueprint for change agreed to by the Member States of the World Health Organization. In Europe, this blueprint is built on 38 regional targets, many of which have the underlying aim of uncovering new knowledge and of using existing knowledge more effectively. The targets related to a healthy environment have the ultimate goals of safeguarding human health against environmental hazards, and of enhancing the quality of life by providing clean and safe water, air, food, and working and living conditions. Allied to these goals is the need to reduce the sense of jeopardy that many people feel about what they perceive as 'the risks of everyday life'. These goals are an integral part of the European Charter on Environment and Health, adopted by 29 European Member States and the Commission of the European Communities in December 1989. The Charter stresses the shared responsibility of everyone to protect the environment, to be given adequate and accurate information, and to be involved in decision-making. It outUnes the principles for public policy as well as what needs to be done to transform them into action. In this, strong information systems have a vital role to play by helping to monitor the effectiveness of measures taken, of trends analysed, of priorities set and of decisions made.
Information System Security Guidelines for the United Nations Organizations
Author: United Nations. Advisory Committee for the Co-ordination of Information Systems
Publisher: New York : United Nations
ISBN:
Category : Computer crimes
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher: New York : United Nations
ISBN:
Category : Computer crimes
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945
Author: Winston Langley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136595937
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
This comprehensive and up-to-date encyclopedia on human rights issues from 1945 to the present includes more than 400 entries on incidents and violations, instruments and initiatives, countries, and human rights activities. Its scope is global, and its purpose is both to sum up the accomplishments in human rights in our time and also to point out and describe the violations that continue to be perpetrated around the world. Entries cover major issues; incidents and violations; concepts and terms; activists; organizations; and human rights instruments. Entries cover more than 50 countries, from Afghanistan to Yugoslavia. Entries conclude with suggestions for further readings; and a timeline of significant dates since 1945 and the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are also included.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136595937
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
This comprehensive and up-to-date encyclopedia on human rights issues from 1945 to the present includes more than 400 entries on incidents and violations, instruments and initiatives, countries, and human rights activities. Its scope is global, and its purpose is both to sum up the accomplishments in human rights in our time and also to point out and describe the violations that continue to be perpetrated around the world. Entries cover major issues; incidents and violations; concepts and terms; activists; organizations; and human rights instruments. Entries cover more than 50 countries, from Afghanistan to Yugoslavia. Entries conclude with suggestions for further readings; and a timeline of significant dates since 1945 and the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are also included.
Global Atmospheric Change and Public Health
Author: James C. White
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400904436
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The world is just beginning to face up to the problems which will be brought about by global climate change. Most people equate climate change with rising temperatures, disturbed weather patterns, agricultural crises, and sea level rises; yet potential health effects may be the most significant factors in the whole developing picture. Man's effect on climate accelerates as population increases. Population increases strain infrastructures and strained infrastructures lead to stresses on society. We already are experiencing higher ultraviolet B radiation through our depleted ozone layer and can expect more cancers, more cataracts, and diminishing immunity. Expected changing weather and storm patterns may result in disturbed and diminished agricultural production with malnutrition and famine on a grandiose scale; diseases would migrate and the number of displaced persons would increase greatly. This book consists of papers presented at a meeting on Global Atmospheric Change and Public Health, held in Washington, D.C., in December 1989. It was sponsored by the Air Resources Information Clearinghouse (ARIC), a project of the Center for En vironmental Information, Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit organization in Rochester, New York, and co-sponsored by thirty-two U.S., Canadian and international organizations and agencies. The conference was the first to bring together in a public forum the health, scien tific, policy and information communities to address the issues. The book examines potential public health and health-related impacts on society, communicable diseases, cancer and cataract, immunity, heat effects, respiratory problems and human nutrition.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400904436
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
The world is just beginning to face up to the problems which will be brought about by global climate change. Most people equate climate change with rising temperatures, disturbed weather patterns, agricultural crises, and sea level rises; yet potential health effects may be the most significant factors in the whole developing picture. Man's effect on climate accelerates as population increases. Population increases strain infrastructures and strained infrastructures lead to stresses on society. We already are experiencing higher ultraviolet B radiation through our depleted ozone layer and can expect more cancers, more cataracts, and diminishing immunity. Expected changing weather and storm patterns may result in disturbed and diminished agricultural production with malnutrition and famine on a grandiose scale; diseases would migrate and the number of displaced persons would increase greatly. This book consists of papers presented at a meeting on Global Atmospheric Change and Public Health, held in Washington, D.C., in December 1989. It was sponsored by the Air Resources Information Clearinghouse (ARIC), a project of the Center for En vironmental Information, Inc. (CEI), a nonprofit organization in Rochester, New York, and co-sponsored by thirty-two U.S., Canadian and international organizations and agencies. The conference was the first to bring together in a public forum the health, scien tific, policy and information communities to address the issues. The book examines potential public health and health-related impacts on society, communicable diseases, cancer and cataract, immunity, heat effects, respiratory problems and human nutrition.
Guide to Human Rights Research
Author: John J. Tobin
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : A publication of the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
3. Asia.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : A publication of the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
3. Asia.
Optical Storage
Author: United Nations. Advisory Committee for the Co-ordination of Information Systems
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computer storage devices
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Computer storage devices
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description