The stigma attached to drug abuse is often reinforced by racial and ethnic stereotypes while at the same time these very stereotypes push young people towards substance abuse. It is this complex cycle of reinforcing negative stereotypes, marginalization, and drug abuse that prompted this publication which is meant for use by youth groups and workers dealing with this issue.

This Trainer's Guide provides session outlines on a full range of human rights topics including group exercises, instructions and tips for trainers. It also contains overhead transparencies used in conducting police training courses. The package also includes a training manual and a pocket book of human rights standards for police. The package is designed to provide all the necessary elements to conduct human rights training programmes for law enforcement officials in line the approach developed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The methodological material presented in this publication complements the recommendations of the System of National Accounts 1993, and reflects the changes and improvements that have been introduced to the System of National Accounts since its most recent version in 1993. Along with the previously published 1993 SNA, Updates and Amendments is intended for use by statisticians at the national and international levels and is expected to support the implementation process of the System of National Accounts.

With the continuous expansion of technical capabilities and communication media, authoritative geographical names are sought for accurate reporting, geo-referencing and inclusion in geographical information systems. The present Reference Manual focuses on the technical aspects of geographical names standardisation, including Rom anisation systems and toponymic data transfers and formats.

The UN Seminar on Implementing the UNSC Resolution 1540 (2004) in Latin America and the Caribbean was aimed at raising awareness about the obligations and requirements of the Resolutions 1540 and 1673 (2006) and at increasing and facilitating cooperation and assistance in implementing them at the national and regional levels.

This report highlights key developments and recent trends in sub-Saharan Africa - the case of Africa being considered by the UN Commission on Sustainable Development at its 16th and 17th sessions in 2008 and 2009. It notes progress in a number of areas while, at the same time, acknowledging that in other areas significant work is still needed to advance implementation of inter governmentally agreed goals and targets.

Africa faces daunting sustainable development challenges in coming decades, but also significant opportunities. The period since the beginning of this new millennium has been one of the strongest economic performance on the continent. This volume aims to highlight many exciting innovations for sustainable development in Africa at the local level. It also begins to assess the scope of scaling up these innovations to make an impact on a larger scale. The preparation of this volume is the result of a fruitful dialogue and interaction between the UN Secretariat and practitioners in the field in...

There is a growing concern among the international community that a pending water crisis is threatening the entire global population, not only those living in arid to semi-arid areas. This Report, the second in the series of the "United Nations World Water Development Report" (WWDR), gives and overview of the water resources in the ESCWA (Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia) region based on the most recent data and information obtained from member countries. The state of water resources in the region is analyzed and assessed on the basis of data and indicators selected from...